What's slowing my game down?

RushDawg

Hey guys,

My first game, Helicopters in Space!, is a whopping 26 MB. It runs well on the iPhone 4, but fairly choppy on early hardware.

I was wondering if you could help me pinpoint the biggest culprit for the slowdown and recommend solutions as I am working on an update to the game.

So far, causes I've identified are:

-Life bar shown on screen uses Constrain Attribute
-Enemies are spawned constantly throughout the level. Typically 2 to 3 different types spawned every 1 to 2 seconds.
-Enemies and the main player are all animated
-Enemies explode into particles

Any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks!

jonmulcahy

Spawning/destroying is the worst culprit.

When you test on the viewer, whats your memory breakdown?