Re: [Bontz-team] mpeg, new character

[Chuck]

ok owen, a while ago we chose to use 640x480 screen size in bontz, but i
don't think we have any real reason as to why that was chosen

should we increase this a step or two?
800x600?
1024x768??
1280x1024???  (i run this at home)
1600x1200????  (i run this at work)

this could do two things for us
1) it could give us more room on the screen
or
2) we could use more detailed textures and images.

you are the graphics guy, so i will leave it up to you.  i can program for
any resolution it doesn't really create any extra work for me.   i guess the
higher the resolution the more work for you...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Owen Swerkstrom" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:11 PM
Subject: [Bontz-team] mpeg, new character


> I am up to the challenge of finally doing the in-game
> cinematic of sterdroid crashing through the wall.  I
> don't have it for you yet, as it involves modeling a
> bunch of scenery I don't have done.  Sterdroid's
> sprite is 256x256, so just having enough room for
> him's going to take up a lot of the screen, never mind
> the debris and the broken wall, etc.  I'd always
> pictured him crashing through a wall that's to the
> side, like our characters came in from the left and he
> crashes through the right wall.  But, perhaps they're
> going down this long corridor to the north, and meet a
> wall there.  That would let me get away with a much
> smaller movie, and I actually like the layout better.
> So the video will probably be 352x256.
>
> In the meantime, I made a quick test render video last
> night, check out the media module to see two test
> mpg's.  one's at 640x240, the other at 352x240.  I've
> been mistaken about the "original, strict" mpeg
> standard, it wants 256 pixels high and not 240.  Well
> on the bright side that makes things nicer for
> sterdroid :^)  Anyway this video's the same thing,
> just different aspect ratio, and wants to be stretched
> to exactly 640x240 either way.  You can use that to
> test the video abilities instead of whatever other...
> umm, wholesome videos you might have laying around.
>
> You might be curious who this pinkish lizard thing is.
>  At the battle for the moon, Furgason et al aren't
> able to defeat the huge swamp monster all alone.  This
> character comes out of the blue and for reasons only
> she knows for sure, helps them out.
>
> Kim had noticed I'd had several characters named after
> buddies of mine, "Rob" as the flatulent character,
> "Dusty" as the thief, "Sell" as the useless character.
>  She wondered if she might get the same treatment, and
> I thought, well yeah, a character with a big stick as
> a weapon, that would work.  :^)  (To anyone who
> doesn't know what I'm talking about, Kim used to keep
> a big stick by her desk where we worked, and it
> frightened people)  I'm terrible at designing female
> characters, but I sketched up a few weird
> vaguely-effemenate things and she liked this one.  I'd
> been looking for an excuse to introduce another
> playable character late in the game anyway
> (half-to-2/3 through) and this all just seemed to come
> together.
>
> So, right.  I'll get cracking on some scenery for
> Furgason's secured future-house, and an animation of
> SterDroid breaking on through to the other side.
>
> (p.s. happy birthday to me!  I'm an ancient 24 today)
>
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