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A topic by Team Gormless created Oct 14, 2016 Views: 427 Replies: 12

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Team GormlessJam HostSubmitted7 years ago

And they shall be answered.

(Eventually)

tarsus7 years ago

Can it run in a standard ratio screen then have artificially added black bars to simulate a different ratio

Team GormlessJam HostSubmitted7 years ago

I think that is fine, as it makes running the game easier. As long a the effective screenspace for the game itself is a non-standard aspect ratio. If you can, try to avoid putting the UI in the 'black bars' to challenge yourself further.

tarsus7 years ago

that was the plan. I also wanted to have aspect ratio get worse as you play and this means I can alter it on the fly without causing graphical problem

Team GormlessJam HostSubmitted7 years ago

That idea sounds kick-ass. Can't wait to see that in action.

Gabor Heja (gheja)7 years ago

Should the game be created between 21st 1:00 AM to 24th 1:00 AM or is that just the submission window? Also, what time zone is it in? :)

Team GormlessJam HostSubmitted7 years ago

Ideally it should be built between those times, yep. The idea is to throw together a game in that short period of time (even if it turns out to be not very good - it's about learning!)

The times are GMT (UK)

Gabor Heja (gheja)7 years ago

Thanks!

Team GormlessJam HostSubmitted7 years ago

No problem, good luck!

Mattias Cibien7 years ago

Is the gameboy or other devices aspect ratio not allowed? (IE 3:2 or similar)?

Team GormlessJam HostSubmitted7 years ago

That is allowed, we don't want to stop you building your ideas. But we would love to encourage you to push yourself to more unconventional ratio.

So yes, go for it if that's what you want! But to design the game to incorporate the aspect ratio as part of the play would be really cool.

JJHaggar7 years ago

The rules state "Game has to be made for a non standard aspect ratio. 1:1, 1:15, 30:1 and so on is allowed while 4:3 and 16:9 and other common ones are not."
So my question is, could you please list all the ones that are not allowed? "other common ones" is a bit ambiguous. For example, NES/MegaDrive/SNES resolutions are ok? To certain crazy people (like myself XD) those resolutions could resemble "common" ones XD

Alexander Birke aka Out Of Bounds GamesHost7 years ago

Well the internal framebuffers for those consoles might not be in a common aspect ratio but since they are made to be displayed on 4:3 TVs they don't qualify.

We don't really want to enumerate aspect ratios that are not allowed. Generally speaking you either make something that's square, longer than widescreen or in a tall format such as in arcade cabinets. The idea is to make something where it is clear it's not a standard resolution so making something in say 4:3.2 would defeat that purpose ;)

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