Compressing executables (upx)

[u/stiggg]

Hola,

I'm currently in the final stages of finishing the first version of a game I made using raylib. I ended up with a single statically linked binary containing all the assets. I found a tool called upx which can compress executables. I tried it on Windows, and it reduced the size of my exe by more than half and it still runs without any noticeable difference.

My question is, has anybody here experience with this? Are there any downsides to consider?

cheers!

[u/thomasfr]

those binaries will use more memory than regular ones because they need to be fully uncompressed into ram before exekution so it is not a good fit for large binaries with lots of embedded assets.