Tutorial: How to Shrink Cocos 2d-x Program Sizes

Have you created a default Cocos 2d-x program only to be shocked by its gargantuan file size? A basic Cocos 2d-x program can be 2.5 gb or more. Highly unacceptable!

The reason for such a large program is that Cocos 2d-x copies the cocos2d libraries into your program’s folder so it can reference them. Rather than allowing it to do so, delete the cocos2d folder from within your program’s directory. Then open a command prompt (on a mac, this would be Terminal. On windows, this needs to be an ele...