do people set platform one by one when making a game like doodle jump?

guilleface

i once download a template,when i played i could go really high, it seems to me that all the platforms were at different location, but when i saw the scene i only saw like 5 platforms,i thought when you make a game like this i have to put one by one the way i wanted all the way to the top, i ask this because iam planning making a airplane shooting game left to right, so do i have to place all the enemies airplanes in the scene, or is better to keep the outside the scene and spawn them?

DimensionGames

No, this would be terrible for memory and take ages! What you need to do is randomise where and how often monsters appear etc. so random(1,100) when attribute=1 spawn or recycle monster. This is basically the same for the platforms so when they go off screen you randomise their x/y coordinates. Look at the code in some of the free templates to help you understand and yes recycling is better than spawning.

Cheers.

simo103

best practice is to move them back to the other side of the screen once they have passed through.

guilleface

ah ok guys thanks cuz i do was thinking making a scene like 3000 wide and place my actors in their position lol