need info on whether or not this is a good idea.

CodeMonster

i was wondering if making my whole game in one scene is a good idea, so there would be no load times.
but since im making a massive plat-former game with 20 levels to start of with, would my app even load? like would it be laggy because of everything being in one scene? or should i make every level in a seperate scene? im confused because i sure as dont want my game to be laggy.

quantumsheep

I'd say you could approach it from different angles.

If each level is just one screen in size, you could use tables to change graphics/positioning of stuff.

If the levels are bigger than the screen size, I'd recommend just doing a seperate scene for each level.

Hope that helps,

QS =D

Tiny_Ideas

Hi,

All my games are done on one scene, yes it doesn't elminate load times which is a bonus, but it gives me a lot more freedom in effects and transitions.

If your worried about load times, then I would so dont worry. It's really not going to affect your game anyway. Plus GS has done a lot of improvements and have more on the way.

If its easy and doesn't evolve a whole lot of screen space I would say go for it and use tables to change positions, that's what I have done. Otherwise don't worry to much.

Keep on developing

CodeMonster

cheers @jeromy and @quantumsheep each level is a massive platformer level, like example if you have played leps world, each of my levels would be about that big,
also instead of using tables i use the control camera behaviour.
like i know how to do all of this, but its just would it make my app more laggy having a crazy big game all in one scene??

quantumsheep

On my latest game https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/air-supply-infinite/id697969098?mt=8 I have most of the game in one scene. This includes:

Main Menu
Options
Main Gameplay screen

It's far smaller than a huge platformer and I ran into some trouble on the options screen.

Adding large images (because it's a universal build I had to include iPad Retina graphics) to the options screen crashed the game instantly.

I had to redesign the options screen (and in truth, it looks much nicer than what I had originally planned).

I honestly don't think you can get 20 levels of the size you're talking about into one scene!

QS =D

CodeMonster

Haha well that's good to know before i put it together. Planning on releasing 2 games by jan. So hope it works. Cheers.