Re: [Rails-devel] Support Needed: New complex Tiles and Maps

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I don't like the notion of downloading sprites every time you want to play
a game. It restricts game functionality to online play only, and introduces
new variables to the game-play process. Including the sprites as part of
the download/install bundle would be fine, though.


>I'm not positive SVG is the way to go for a web-based app - personally,
I
>would probably use sprited images downloaded from the server.  Particularly
>if you are going to reuse the Java codebase and compile with GWT, as you
>get the compile-time spriting for free.