Game Design on Proxy Collections

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Hello, i’m starting to develop on Defold from 1 week, it’s a very good Engine!
I want to create a pixel art MMORPG, with classic dungeon maps/cities and fields and relatives mobs.

I have already designed 31 themed fields and cities in tiled.

What is the best solution for organize the game in terms of performance and memory management?

I know that i can create a controller object, and i need to have at least 31 collection proxies (1 for every map) with a script controller managing the changes…

It isnt a bad design? There is a common method to generate at runtime my maps?
Or is better to have all these proxies?

Thanks for help

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If the maps are fairly sizable proxies are perfect.

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That means if i have big maps the proxy design is better than a file based tilemap generator?

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That depends on the total size of your maps. If each is heavy on textures, for instance.

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Hey there,

I’m trying to look for the first time into proxies as well (after having implemented most of my mechanics - bad idea!) and i’m having a hard time putting thing in the right place.

Do you guys have a handy example of proxy usage? I don’t think the manual example is available for download (or am i missing something?)

Thanks in advance!

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Here’s an example of a controller script that loads and unloads a menu and a “game” using collection proxies:

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And if you want to simplify the process of changing screens, you can use screen manager libraries, like these:

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Thanks both! I’ll look at the example, I think I’m getting the hang of it!

Right now I’m more looking into loading levels, and I’m trying to get the player character and the physic to follow :slight_smile:

Cheers

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