Posted September 01, 2024 by Snow140
#Help
Have you ever wanted to create a perfect retro game, but had no ideas for what colors to use? Here, I found a color palette that resembles that of a backlit Gameboy, ready to use. simply take the RGB or Hex value, and insert it into your game. It's as easy as that!
Here is a full table of all the information you need:
Here are some code examples for drawing a rectangle and changing it's color based on the palette. For simplicity, every example will use the darkest green. They may also use Libraries.
1) HTML/CSS
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
.rectangle {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: rgb(0, 79, 58);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="rectangle"></div>
</body>
</html>
2) Javascript
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<div id="rectangle" style="width:100px; height:100px;"></div>
<script>
document.getElementById("rectangle").style.backgroundColor = rgb(0, 79, 58);
</script>
</body>
</html>
3) Python (TKinter)
import pygame
pygame.init()
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((800, 600))
running = True
while running:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
running = False
screen.fill((255, 255, 255))
pygame.draw.rect(screen, (0, 79, 58), (100, 100, 100, 100))
pygame.display.flip()
pygame.quit()
4) Java
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class RectangleColorChange extends JPanel {
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.setColor(new Color(0, 79, 58));
g.fillRect(50, 50, 100, 100);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(200, 200);
frame.add(new RectangleColorChange());
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
5) C# (Unity)
using UnityEngine;
public class RectangleColorChange : MonoBehaviour {
void OnGUI() {
GUI.color = new Color(0f, 79f/255f, 58f/255f);
GUI.Box(new Rect(100, 100, 100, 100), GUIContent.none);
}
}
6) C++ (SDL)
#include <SDL.h>
int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO);
SDL_Window* window = SDL_CreateWindow("Rectangle Color Change", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 800, 600, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
SDL_Renderer* renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(window, -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED);
SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, 0, 79, 58, 255);
SDL_Rect rect = {100, 100, 100, 100};
SDL_RenderFillRect(renderer, &rect);
SDL_RenderPresent(renderer);
SDL_Delay(3000);
SDL_DestroyRenderer(renderer);
SDL_DestroyWindow(window);
SDL_Quit();
return 0;
}
7) Swift (SpriteKit)
import SpriteKit
import GameplayKit
class GameScene: SKScene {
override func didMove(to view: SKView) {
let rectangle = SKShapeNode(rectOf: CGSize(width: 100, height: 100))
rectangle.fillColor = SKColor(red: 0/255, green: 79/255, blue: 58/255, alpha: 1)
rectangle.position = CGPoint(x: frame.midX, y: frame.midY)
addChild(rectangle)
}
}
@main
struct MyApp: App {
var body: some Scene {
WindowGroup {
ContentView()
}
}
}
8) Kotlin (LibGDX)
import com.badlogic.gdx.ApplicationAdapter
import com.badlogic.gdx.Gdx
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.GL20
import com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.glutils.ShapeRenderer
class MyGdxGame : ApplicationAdapter() {
private lateinit var shapeRenderer: ShapeRenderer
override fun create() {
shapeRenderer = ShapeRenderer()
}
override fun render() {
Gdx.gl.glClear(GL20.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT)
shapeRenderer.begin(ShapeRenderer.ShapeType.Filled)
shapeRenderer.color = com.badlogic.gdx.graphics.Color(0f, 79/255f, 58/255f, 1f)
shapeRenderer.rect(100f, 100f, 100f, 100f)
shapeRenderer.end()
}
override fun dispose() {
shapeRenderer.dispose()
}
}
9) Ruby (Gosu)
require 'gosu'
class GameWindow < Gosu::Window
def initialize
super 800, 600
self.caption = "Rectangle Color Change"
end
def draw
Gosu.draw_rect(100, 100, 100, 100, Gosu::Color.rgb(0, 79, 58))
end
end
window = GameWindow.new
window.show
10) Lua (Love2D)
function love.draw()
love.graphics.setColor(0, 79/255, 58/255)
love.graphics.rectangle("fill", 100, 100, 100, 100)
end
I hope this helped you!
P.S. I know that including 10 languages was a little much, but once I started, I didn't want to stop (Gotta love GameDev procrastination)