Help...My head is about to explode!
Hi all,
To cut a long story short, I have a number of apps already on the App Store and they have all been developed in Objective-C. I then wanted to create a physics based game which was beyond my Objective-C knowledge so started hunting for another SDK that could help me with that. I immediately came across GameSalad and spent a couple of weeks creating a little game I had in mind but there were a couple of things that put me off. Firstly the load times didn't seem all that great (especially between scenes) and then there was the little spinning logo that was annoying and I couldn't seem to get rid of it.
I then did some more research and looked at Corona, I then spent 3-4 weeks using that and as much as it is great, I've decided I'm sick and tired of writing code! I mostly enjoy the creative process and watching my idea progress not writing lines and lines of code. Yesterday I took a look at Stencyl and again it looks pretty good but I'm not convinced I want to put myself through another tough learning curve, my brain has had enough of that over the last 6 weeks!!
So, surprise surprise, here I am again looking at GameSalad and so I have a couple of questions:
1. Can I get rid of the spinning loading circe?
2. If I go with a pro subscription and publish to the App Store will my app have a GameSalad splash screen or created with GameSalad logo somewhere and if so can I have the option to remove it?
3. Is it normal for the the relatively long loading times? (don't get me wrong its not horrific or anything, just thinking it could be shorter).
4. I have read in loads of places that GameSalad is supposed to be dropping Lua and will code natively, is that right and has it happened yet? I couldn't seem to find an answer.
Thanks all, my decision making has finally gone up the shoot. Any help would be much appreciated.
To cut a long story short, I have a number of apps already on the App Store and they have all been developed in Objective-C. I then wanted to create a physics based game which was beyond my Objective-C knowledge so started hunting for another SDK that could help me with that. I immediately came across GameSalad and spent a couple of weeks creating a little game I had in mind but there were a couple of things that put me off. Firstly the load times didn't seem all that great (especially between scenes) and then there was the little spinning logo that was annoying and I couldn't seem to get rid of it.
I then did some more research and looked at Corona, I then spent 3-4 weeks using that and as much as it is great, I've decided I'm sick and tired of writing code! I mostly enjoy the creative process and watching my idea progress not writing lines and lines of code. Yesterday I took a look at Stencyl and again it looks pretty good but I'm not convinced I want to put myself through another tough learning curve, my brain has had enough of that over the last 6 weeks!!
So, surprise surprise, here I am again looking at GameSalad and so I have a couple of questions:
1. Can I get rid of the spinning loading circe?
2. If I go with a pro subscription and publish to the App Store will my app have a GameSalad splash screen or created with GameSalad logo somewhere and if so can I have the option to remove it?
3. Is it normal for the the relatively long loading times? (don't get me wrong its not horrific or anything, just thinking it could be shorter).
4. I have read in loads of places that GameSalad is supposed to be dropping Lua and will code natively, is that right and has it happened yet? I couldn't seem to find an answer.
Thanks all, my decision making has finally gone up the shoot. Any help would be much appreciated.
Comments
1. No it's the method of displaying load times and not likely to change.
2. With pro you can have custom load/splash screens (this can be done on the basic version as well under the advance publishing options).
3. Load times depend on well optimized your game is (assets, code etc.).
4. A Lua free version is still in the works no ETA. It will be available for Pro users once it arrives.
Is there anyway to move the spinning circle to a position of my choice? I'm pretty confident this will be no.