Change input method

Instead of looking for mouse presses every frame, which caused a decent amount of lag, I changed the input method to look for touch input, which decreased lag and improved the experience

Game Scenes/Game.tscn

@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ __meta__ = {
 position = Vector2( -8.0022, -34.2137 )
 scale = Vector2( 0.401688, 0.401688 )
 frames = SubResource( 6 )
-frame = 1
 playing = true
 
 [node name="ParallaxBackground" type="ParallaxBackground" parent="."]

Scripts/Rocket.gd

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ var difficulty
 var deltaDifficulty = 0
 var explosionObj = load("res://Objects/Explosion.tscn")
 var collided = false
+var isScreenPressed = false
+var screenPressLocation = get_viewport().get_rect().size/2
 onready var gameNode = get_node("/root/Game")
 
 func _process(delta):
@@ -26,15 +28,24 @@ func _process(delta):
 		yield(get_tree().create_timer(1.5), "timeout")
 		queue_free()
 		get_tree().change_scene("res://Game Scenes/MainMenu.tscn")
-	if Input.is_mouse_button_pressed(BUTTON_LEFT):
-		if (get_viewport().get_mouse_position().x <= get_viewport_rect().size.x/2):
+	if isScreenPressed:
+		print (true);
+		if (screenPressLocation <= get_viewport_rect().size.x/2):
 			if angle > -1.5:
 				rotate(-0.05)
 				angle -= 0.05
-		elif (get_viewport().get_mouse_position().x > get_viewport_rect().size.x/2):
+		elif (screenPressLocation > get_viewport_rect().size.x/2):
 			if angle < 1.5:
 				rotate(0.05)
 				angle += 0.05
 	else:	
 		rotate(-angle/25)
 		angle -= angle/25
+
+func _input(event):
+	if event is InputEventScreenTouch:
+		if event.pressed == true:
+			isScreenPressed = true
+			screenPressLocation = event.position.x
+		if event.pressed == false:
+			isScreenPressed = false

Scripts/Text Container.gd

@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@ var time = 0
 func _process(delta):
 	time += delta
 	rotation = sin(time)/10
-	if Input.is_mouse_button_pressed(BUTTON_LEFT):
+	
+func _input(event):
+	if event is InputEventScreenTouch:
+		if event.pressed == true:
 			get_tree().change_scene("res://Game Scenes/Game.tscn")

export_presets.cfg

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ custom_features=""
 export_filter="all_resources"
 include_filter=""
 exclude_filter=""
-export_path="Builds/spacescape2d.ipa"
+export_path="../ios/spacescape.ipa"
 patch_list=PoolStringArray(  )
 script_export_mode=1
 script_encryption_key=""

project.godot

@@ -28,14 +28,9 @@ window/size/height=1792
 
 [input]
 
-turn_left={
+turn={
 "deadzone": 0.5,
-"events": [ Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":0,"alt":false,"shift":false,"control":false,"meta":false,"command":false,"pressed":false,"scancode":16777231,"unicode":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
- ]
-}
-turn_right={
-"deadzone": 0.5,
-"events": [ Object(InputEventKey,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":0,"alt":false,"shift":false,"control":false,"meta":false,"command":false,"pressed":false,"scancode":16777233,"unicode":0,"echo":false,"script":null)
+"events": [ Object(InputEventMouseButton,"resource_local_to_scene":false,"resource_name":"","device":0,"alt":false,"shift":false,"control":false,"meta":false,"command":false,"button_mask":0,"position":Vector2( 0, 0 ),"global_position":Vector2( 0, 0 ),"factor":1.0,"button_index":1,"pressed":false,"doubleclick":false,"script":null)
  ]
 }