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

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

>There is no perfect solution for one-stop, unconstrained=
 content
>production paired with perfect, multi-resolution display. Well,
>there is vector artwork (designed to solve this exact problem)=
 like
>Flash or SVG. And of course 3D (vector artwork in the next
>dimension!).

Well sure, but since vector graphics and 3D are both common=
 solutions 
to their respective problems, I was hoping (foolishly, granted),=
 that 
there was an equivalent in the tile/sprite space.  I doubted=
 there 
was, but because I haven't worked in that medium before I didn't=
 want 
to blithely assume that was the case, hence my query.

>Before you spend too many hours fighting this issue, I would do=
 more
>than guess about your target market. 

Excuse me while I laugh.  HAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!  Sorry, just had to 
giggle at the notion that there's a source for meaningful=
 statistics 
on consumer penetration of hardware =3D)

>TheCounter.com (who gather statistics off the web -- skewed,=
 yes,
>but you did mention downloadable content so it is applicable)

For this game it will appeal to a more hardcore gamer market, but=
 it 
will still be relatively low system spec.  If you take a look at=
 
games like MOO3, Galactic Civilizations, etc. you'll note that 
they're not aimed at the highest end of hardware but they are 
definitely aimed at a non-casual gaming market.  The same could=
 be 
said of many of the isometric RPGs out there.

For that market, I'm assuming 1024 and up is a much larger=
 fraction.

>"Do you want the image stretched (which might be blurrier) or
>centered (which might be smaller)?" 

Right, this will likely be the case for any modes outside of 
1024x768.

Brian