Gamesalad Viewer Load symbol?

Philipppuus

Hi GS Friends!

I tried to use Gamesalad Viewer with xcode ( I paid $99 iOS Program) and it works wonderful!

Now my Question? If I test it (Viewer) with my advice (Ipad) and I switch for example scenes into my game, on the upper frame there is always a loading symbol for a short moment if its loading. Is this normal ? It's disturbing me a little bit. I hope somebody knows exactly what I mean ^^.
Thank you!

jonmulcahy

the loading symbol is always there when it is loading. Apple requires that you display some sort of loading indicator when loading assets. if you don't have one, they will reject your app.

with the .11 RC released last week we have the ability to replace the load symbol with your own, but it's size and location are locked.

Philipppuus

Thanks for answering. So, I can't remove that symbol or change in another position? How can I make my own load symbol ? are there any tutorials ? Or can i make my own load symbol invisible ^^ with alpha ?

jonmulcahy

The grey box is always in that corner.

When you publish you can upload a 128px square image with transparency to replace the wheel.

If you put nothing there apple may reject your app.

Philipppuus

Okay thank you, do you mean publish button in Gamesalad (1st page) ? or somewhere in xcode to put my 128 px square image?

bjandthekatz

When you click publish in gamesalad you do it there, however I believe a custom spinner requires Pro.

Philipppuus

thank you bjandthekatz :-)

Skyrocket_Entertainment

@jonmulcahy, other engine like Stancyl, don't have it. From scene to scene, just change faster without loading wheel.

I wish GameSalad team focus on that.
It's very ugly when loading wheel appear. I don't feel I like it.

jonmulcahy

I know other engines allow more customization, we have what we have.

As far as the loading wheel goes, it is in apple's Human Interface Guidelines that you have a loading indicator:

An activity indicator:

Spins while a task is progressing and disappears when the task completes
Doesn’t allow user interaction

Use an activity indicator in a toolbar or a main view to show that processing is occurring, without suggesting when it will finish.

Don’t display a stationary activity indicator. Users associate a stationary activity indicator with a stalled process.

Use an activity indicator to reassure users that their task or process hasn’t stalled. Sometimes it’s more important to simply reassure users than to suggest when processing will finish.

Customize an activity indicator to harmonize with the view it’s in. If appropriate, coordinate the size and color of an activity indicator with the background of the view it’s in.

Before I used game salad i used some other SDKs, and I saw projects (including one of mine) get rejected for not having an indicator when loading was going on.

if you have a loading screen that is .5 seconds you might squeak by, but if it's taking seconds, you want (and so does apple) a loading indicator.

Philipppuus

Thank you so much! But when I try to click on the Publish button in GS (first screen), my Safari Browser opens and I have to adjust other stuffs for uploading it etc. I didn't see a option where they offer you to attache an 128 px square image Load Pic.

That's a great Idea to put an invisible 128 px square image instead of the rotating load bar.

But where can i find it exactly ? Or do I need a Pro ($299) Account?

Thank you so much guys!!! :-)

Philipppuus

JONMULCAHY :-)! I have a question! I saw a very nice children game what you create! A alphabet-Game (Green Blackboard) where kids can learn (write) the Alphabets! I saw that between switching the Scenes you implement a LOADING Scene. How did you do that ? ^^

Philipppuus

i mean this game!

http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/49517/trace-your-name-a-name-tracing-app-for-kids-jonmulcahy

How did you do that Loading scene between ?

jonmulcahy

it was all manual using timers, the process is like this:

touch button
move loading actor to center of the screen ( i keep it off screen and with alpha of 0)
change alpha to 1
after .1 seconds
change scene

the loading window may be pro only, not sure on that. It should show up on both andriod and ios publish pages

Philipppuus

Thank you Jonmulcahy :-)!!!!

bjandthekatz

@Philipppuuss

@bjandthekatz said:
When you click publish in gamesalad you do it there, however I believe a custom spinner requires Pro.

Philipppuus

Thank you so much bjandthekatz. So if I buy the Pro ($299) then I can upload the Loading 128px Pic, right ? "however I believe a custom spinner requires Pro. <---" I didn't understand this sentence very well, but i guess you mean that :-)!!!!

bjandthekatz

Yes.

Philipppuus

So, how can I positioning my loadbar ? I want to positioning it in the corner right down.

Thank you