Optimizing loading time
nietisne
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Hello there
I noticed that quite a few games made with gamesalad have a big loading time. I wonder if this is unavoidable or not. I do not have a mac yet but i am planning to buy one and use game salad. As I am discussing things with the artist I am wondering what I should ask from him and what I should expect from the loading time. Preferably I would like:
a) a background with a constant animation on it (the whole background would be animated water that would change all the time) and would last a few seconds
b) 5 animations with 2 of them covering 20% of the scren and lasting probably 3 secs, 2 of them covering around 40% of the screen lasting around 4-5 seconds and an animation that covers 70% of the screen and lasts 4-5 seconds. For the frame rate I had in mind 20 per sec, but i am not sure that would be feasible anymore. I could bring it a bit down, but I am not sure how much.
c) A few other things, but nothing too much. The game would also use a small track of 1 min and simple sound effects.
Should I expect that this would bring up too much the loading time?
Should I give up the animations?
I noticed that quite a few games made with gamesalad have a big loading time. I wonder if this is unavoidable or not. I do not have a mac yet but i am planning to buy one and use game salad. As I am discussing things with the artist I am wondering what I should ask from him and what I should expect from the loading time. Preferably I would like:
a) a background with a constant animation on it (the whole background would be animated water that would change all the time) and would last a few seconds
b) 5 animations with 2 of them covering 20% of the scren and lasting probably 3 secs, 2 of them covering around 40% of the screen lasting around 4-5 seconds and an animation that covers 70% of the screen and lasts 4-5 seconds. For the frame rate I had in mind 20 per sec, but i am not sure that would be feasible anymore. I could bring it a bit down, but I am not sure how much.
c) A few other things, but nothing too much. The game would also use a small track of 1 min and simple sound effects.
Should I expect that this would bring up too much the loading time?
Should I give up the animations?
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