The assets are maybe 3MB in size. How fast is your Internet? I guess I could make a loading message screen.

To link statically you {$define static} in at the top of Bare.Interop.SDL2, the problem is you will need libSDL2.a built for your OS/CPU in your libs folder. I can and have created them in the past, but right now I'd prefer to avoid the hassle. If you know how to use gcc, mecrial sdl sources, and setup link config settings before you make, go for it.