I've decided to use 32x16 pixel metatiles for my game. Do these background graphics look god-awful, or do they look OK for a start? And does this ROM (mapper: NROM-128) work on NES hardware?
ROM: http://pics.pineight.com/nes/meta32.zip - tested on recent fceu and nintendulator
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Screenshot (using GIMP filters to fake NTSC distortion):
My metatile engine
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I think they look pretty good man. The filter you put on that image is a bit extreme I guess it will really depend on how your sprites will look as well. I'm guessing that you're asking if it's too blurry or something? If so, it's noticeable because it looks different from other games, but it doesn't look bad. If the background is what you're going to use as a building block, it's a great start.
Thanks.Roth wrote:I think they look pretty good man. [...] If the background is what you're going to use as a building block, it's a great start.
That's the ghetto TV emulator. Here's how I did it in GIMP, and you could probably even automate it with a bit of Script-Fu:The filter you put on that image is a bit extreme [...] I'm guessing that you're asking if it's too blurry or something?
- Take fce ultra tv image (256x224 assuming nominal NTSC NES overscan).
- Scale to 512x448 (nearest neighbor) to simulate NES dot clock rate.
- Pad to 558x448 to simulate full width of NTSC scanline.
- Filters > Distorts > Video, additive rotated, to simulate NTSC encoder.
- Convolve with [0 1 1 1 0] to simulate NTSC decoder.
- Scale to height=224 (linear) and back to height=448 (nearest neighbor) to simulate interframe blending.
- Scale to 640x448 (cubic) and crop to 588x448 to simulate aspect ratio.
Cooool! Platform engine! =D You all know I love those. Looks nice, man. I'd say it was a good call on the 32x16 metatiles, if you're using vertical mirroring. You'll be able so set the attributes much more easily, whether you're scrolling horizontally or vertically, as you'll only be working with attribute nibbles. You know, it's always either the top nibble or the lower nibble. Good call.
That's pretty much how the game I'm on works, even if it uses 32x32 metatiles. It splits attributes in two rows, but not in two colunms. It is simpler, and still decent.tokumaru wrote:I'd say it was a good call on the 32x16 metatiles, if you're using vertical mirroring. You'll be able so set the attributes much more easily, whether you're scrolling horizontally or vertically, as you'll only be working with attribute nibbles
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