Re: [GD-General] More screen res love (tile graphics)

[Brian H. <ho...@py...>]

>I'm confused... isn't the problem different aspect ratios?  

That can be a problem, but I'm not even looking that far ahead.

>I don't
>see how different resolutions from your target resolution with=
 the
>same aspect ratio are a problem.  

If you design your artwork as a 32x32 titles, then your game is 
predicated upon, say, 15x10 tiles in your play area if you=
 designed 
it around 640x480.

Now you try to run at 1024x768.  You can either fit more tiles on=
 the 
screen (but note that they'll be much smaller and harder to 
identify), which can screw up play balance, or you can try to=
 scale 
up your artwork to match, which will obviate any advantage of=
 going 
to a higher resolution.

The typical solution is just to force things into 640x480 mode,=
 but 
on an LCD monitor the interpolation artifacts are so severe that=
 this 
isn't really a tenable solution either.

Brian