Re: [Super-tux-devel] 800x600 resolution

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 02:04:46AM +0200, Ingo Ruhnke wrote:
> 800x600 has another very important advantage: my TV-Out and my TV can
> handle it, which isn't the case for larger resolutions and well,
> SuperTux like games are best enjoyed infront of a TV instead of a
> monitor.

Oooh!  One reason to keep 640x480...  That's as high as PDAs go.
Imagine Super Tux (maybe with parallax background turned off ;^) ) running
on the 640x480 model Sharp Zaurus PDAs! >:^)


<snip>
> Not really, Flash is already pretty dominant in that place :)

Well, even if there was a 'Flash' version of a Super Mario style game,
I doubt the tiles were vectors.  They would probably just use squares and
draw a pre-drawn bitmap onto them.  (e.g, if it scaled up, it would look
pixelated)

That's different from using SVG for the tile art itself. :^)


<snip>
> Well, the loss already is in the graphic itself. Doesn't really matter
> if you can scale losslessly when the source itself already is sucky,
> which is the case for most vector gfx after all, they just have this
> 'vectorish' look which you can't really escape.

And I do admit, I think 'vector' look that we'd get witht he current state
of SVG art tools and SVG rendering would be a step backwards from the
gorgeous art we have right now!


<snip>
> >  - being pioneers
> 
> See Flash.

See above. :^)


-bill!