My game size is to big

RexipexiRexipexi Member Posts: 17
in Working with GS (Mac)

Hello!
I am creating a very simple game. But some how, now when I am finished
the project size is 27 mb.
I dont rly understand how it can be that big, and I have tried to remove some actors but
the size does not get smaller.
Is there a way to make the game smaller?

Thanks for all the help!_

Answers

  • Braydon_SFXBraydon_SFX Member, Sous Chef, Bowlboy Sidekick Posts: 9,273

    27 MB isn't that large. That's pretty small in fact. You should be fine submitting to Apple, Amazon, Google Play, you name it. There should be no issues with an app that size.

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  • asheftasheft Member Posts: 8
    edited June 2014

    Maybe try reducing the file sizes of your images and sounds? For the images, make sure they are numbers raised to the power of two (512x512, 256x1024, etc.). Apparently, using images that are larger than that by even one pixel can cause memory usage to be doubled.

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited June 2014

    @asheft

    Sorry to sound like I am being negative towards your suggestions :\ but . . .

    @asheft said:
    Maybe try reducing the file sizes of your images and sounds?

    I really wouldn't bother, why reduce the quality of an already tiny game just to squeeze it into some arbitrary file size ? 27mb is already tiny.

    @asheft said:
    For the images, make sure they are square numbers (512x512, 256x1024, etc.).

    Square numbers = 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36 . . . . etc. The numbers you should ideally be sticking to are numbers raised to the power of 2.

    @asheft said:
    Apparently, using images that deviate from that by even one pixel can cause memory usage to be doubled.

    Just to be clear, 'deviate' should really be simply 'larger than' - i.e. if an image is larger than one of the powers-of-two numbers by even a single pixel it will double memory usage.

    @asheft said:
    These might also help http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/46652/31-optimization-tips/p1.

    Lots of that information is very out of date and no longer relevant, a lot of it was wrong in the first place !

  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    edited June 2014

    I use our free PNG tool to reduce sizes of the images without any noticeable loss in quality (try the different compression settings).

    It has many other uses as seen below.

    Darren.

  • RexipexiRexipexi Member Posts: 17

    I removed a lot of images from my image library and that took the game from 27 MB down to 12 MB, if that helps anyone :smile:

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