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

[John A. T. <ja...@ja...>]

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 11:20 AM, <com...@ip...> wrote:

> 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.


That comment was in the context of a web app, in which case you are
downloading the app itself and talking to a web server anyway (and that's
the point, GWT bundles the sprites into the app download so there are no
extra round-trips and it is permanently cacheable).

-- 
John A. Tamplin