Latest observation regarding first experience

Questions
#1

I downloaded Defold from the website & I ran the engine. Below are my observations:-
1.) Is the engine only available for 32 bit windows? Because I only found x86_64 version on the website
2.) When I launch the engine,it takes 20-25 seconds to show project window. My PC is not that great but still I hope that I can improve this number
And I can feel lag while doing things. For example,if I double click .script file, I can feel lag. But I can easily ignore that. But yeah, time taken by engine to start is high
3.) I gave a try to side scrolling project & just for a try I made an APK & tested it on my mobile. It was cool ( although it required keyboard inputs but I just wanted to see whether the claim that Defold makes code work everywhere. Yes,it is true❤️)
But in build menu I did not found iOS option. Why?
4.) Walking astronaut example:- game runs successfully but unfortunately keys are not working. No idea where is the issue
Whereas roids sample game(asteroid shooter game) is running fine
I will tell more about my new experience later on :+1:

#2

iOS games can only be built & published from MacOS systems, unfortunately. That’s an Apple rule, and they only provide their build tools on their OS. Maybe someone else knows a workaround, though, using VMs or cloud services.

Regarding the Windows editor, I believe it is 64-bit (which is why it says x84_64). It runs on Java, so maybe that is why it’s slow to start up on your system.

#3
  1. The walking astronaut is a tutorial step by step on how to implement movement and animation.
#4

Oh now I got it
Thanks for the reply :+1:

#5

Thanks for the reply
BTW which platform you use for Defold?

#6

I develop on Windows 10, and have published a Defold game to Android.

#8

Then I didn’t got the meaning of your previous reply that “it is Java based hence taking more time on my PC”. I am also using it in windows 10 64 bit. Does it also take 20-25 sec to open in your PC too?

#9

You mean when you launch the Defold editor?

#10

1.)First I open the main folder where all files are there
2.)Then I launch Defold.exe
3.)A beautiful loading page appears which have “4-5 games made with defold” images & name of big companies who donate money to Defold
This stays for 25 seconds
4.) And I can feel lag while using the editor but I can ignore that. But games/ projects were running at good speed. Even build time is good enough. And when I made apk & ran it on my mobile, performance was good

#11

Yes, this is quite a long time. Can you provide some system specs for your computer? CPU, memory, harddrive, operating system?

#12

Pentium dual core 3Ghz
SSD based hard drive
6 gb RAM
Nvidia Gt710 graphics card (2gb)
Windows 10

#13

I’m wondering if this could be for the online resources (examples/tutorials) to load into the project selection window?
(I’m not sure if that part is asynchronous)

#14

Yes, maybe, we’ve had problems with the SVG schema for some of the images. The rest is statically defined and not downloaded on startup.

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