Personally, I hate widescreen, and I sympathize. There's no gaming experience I hate more than playing a 1024x768 game on a widescreen monitor. The black bars on the sides look SO STUPID.
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Zomg looks fun!
My head hurts.
I would have thought having black bars on the top and bottom for standard displays would have been the best route, as it not only maintains the aspect ratio of the game, but gives it also gives the game a 'cinematic' feel, like in 'Beyond Good and Evil'.
That's how we're doing it -- but instead of black bars, it'll be the HUD containing the player's health, name, etc.
This was definitely something I noticed between the Alien Hominid PS2 and XBLA versions. The HD version seemed to kick my butt a little more, and I was quite sure it was due to enemies spawning earlier and further away from me due to the widescreen, thus their ability to shoot me easier. Or I could have just been deluded by my lame AH skills.
This difference also becomes annoying when watch HD channels that don't care to shoot their content at HD... they advertise this awesome HD quality but end up just filling in the sidebars with an ESPN logo or something like that.
Anyway, good luck with your resolution issues.
Fuck you mike for hurting my delicate brain.
I DUNNO MIKE YOU JUST SOUND LIKE A WEAK PROGRAMMER
AND YOU CAN'T EVEN BEAT GOD HAND ON DIFFICULT
is that a challenge
Computer science terms...I know they're necessary for effective communication within the industry, but they seem so hoity toity:
DETERMINISM! GAME LOGIC! DECOUPLE! STATE MACHINE! GRAY POUPON!
so true :)
the worst is when you mix marketing speak with it:
"Manufacturers operate in an environment that requires information exchange across every domain of the enterprise. Even more so in a global business climate that demands integrating operations and systems, collaboration must move beyond the buzzword and instead become a cornerstone."
It's like trying to convey the least amount of information in the maximum amount of convoluted text
Mike...follow your heart. You can do it!
Would there ever be a Flash version of this ?
Interesting, thanks!
I think I'll stick with square-pixeled computer monitor audience for now : (
I learned something today.
I'll remember that the next time I program a complex game to run on a nex-gen console. This has no effect on my life, but I read it. I need to prioritize better. Anyway, Castle Crashers is looking fantastic.
I couldn't think of anything better than black bars, just make them look as background'ish as possible eg. sandy yellow in the desert. Or make it a knights helm maybe. Or simply move HUD from bottom to sides (though that would confuse people).
You could do what many new HD channels are doing when they realize there is a vast lack of HD programs not being displayed somewhere else:
Do 4:3 programs in 16:9 with banners on each side.
Kinda like a DR Mario feel. Dunno if that would shit cheesy at all though...
Yeah I know that solves nothing . :)
woooooooooooooooooooo
Qweety
I personally agree with forcing it to be letterbox. Definitely don't "screw determinism". Decoupling sounds a bit too hard. Though, I guess it's up to you guys.
BTW, Is there a release date for this?