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24th January, 2010 at 22:03:24 -

I was just thinking...
Why is it that virtually all Klik games are still being made in 4:3 format, when most people have widescreen monitors?



 
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24th January, 2010 at 22:10:09 -

Do most people have widescreen monitors? How do you represent 'most' as a statistic?

 

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24th January, 2010 at 22:12:38 -

I will never give in! Long live 4:3!

Actually I was thinking about getting a widescreen when I build a desktop. But I generally don't like widescreen for most purposes.

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24th January, 2010 at 22:34:56 -

Projection/CRT looks 100x better than lcd. Widescreen also causes your computer to run slower.

 
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24th January, 2010 at 22:46:47 -

i still run 4:3 monitor :< (1024x768 even)

actually two of them so it's more like 8:3 with a stupid bar in the middle

 
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24th January, 2010 at 22:51:50 -

Okay, so it's about 50-50, but most regular gamers probably have newer computers than the average user, and not many places even sell 4-3 monitors these days.
http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/seo-blog/index.php/best-screen-size/

I don't like widescreen displays either (except on laptops), but I think we have to accept that we're going to be stuck with them. I also like CRT much better than LCD - I personally use a 4:3 CRT for all graphics work

 
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24th January, 2010 at 23:18:03 -

i recently got my first widescreen monitor and i'll be honest, i am enjoying it! but i'm thinking ideally i'd like to use both this big monster 16:9 thing and my CRT together... best of both worlds and that.

so yeah as you would expect i was thinking about this recently, i started my game in 4:3 and now i cant full screen it without it stretching, should i go through and make it work in 16:9? if i do then what about the 4:3 masses? i havnt worked out how to (if its possible) make it work in both.

 
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25th January, 2010 at 02:38:17 -

I make most of my games in 16:3.

They're reeeeeeeeeeeeally long.

 
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25th January, 2010 at 02:56:50 -

My screen is 4:3, it's only about 4 years old so it will be a long while before i replace it.

 
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25th January, 2010 at 03:18:28 -

I prefer 4:3 for most games, but I use my main 16:9 LCD for modern 3D games.

 
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25th January, 2010 at 05:09:05 -

I didn't have a widescreen monitor until I got this laptop, but otherwise I wouldn't have bothered. The reason is that not all klikers have widescreen monitors and it's a deal-breaker if you make your game to a size that doesn't fit a user's monitor. As long as there's at least a slim chance that someone won't have a 16:9 monitor, we have to play to the "lowest common denominator".

 
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25th January, 2010 at 05:16:28 -

I personally prefer my widescreen because I like a panoramic picture much better. This is just me though. If a picture is 4:3, I have my monitor set to not stretch it, so I'm good either way. Plus my ZuneHD and Droid are both widescreen so it's nice to have consistency across the board.

 
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29th January, 2010 at 21:30:13 -

Actually, I am making BBBA 2 in widescreen! yay ! People should be making games in widescreen, thats my opinion anyways. =P

 
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