Same as Screenshot?

Shockwave · January 16, 2009

This is going to be an invitation for the next retro computer museum event.

Perhaps if my fellow group members in Codigos like it I'll even release it as a 32kb in the scene, but for now I have done a few things different to normal and I'd appreciate a little bit of testing please!

What I am hoping is that the display you get is the same as the screen shot.

I'm not looking for ideas for the intro (yet!) as it's going to change a fair bit, I'm more concerned that what you see is the same as the shot.

Many thanks guys.

Shockwave · January 16, 2009

Whoops, wrong archive
Sorry!

DrewPee · January 16, 2009

Works fine on mine mate. Thanks for this!

DrewPee

Shockwave · January 16, 2009

If it fails anywhere I'll be grateful to know what machine / card

Thanks.

bikerboy · January 16, 2009

same as screenshot here.

hellfire · January 16, 2009

works fine (geforce 8800).

Jim · January 16, 2009

Is OK here too. Pretty fx. Windowed it probably needs WS_EX_TOPMOST else the window doesn't appear on top. When you click/alt-tab it to bring it up, it turns back in to an edit box (that's the tiny framework "edit" class problem), click it again and it will crash.

Jim

benny! · January 17, 2009

Yup. Sweet effect, runs smooth and looks like screeny.
Message handling in windowed mode is wrong. To repro-
duce it:

- Open fx in window mode
- Click outside the window
- Try to re-activate fx window

On my machine this results into a crash.

Paul · January 17, 2009

Only problem is that my head is spinning

Shockwave · January 17, 2009

Thanks for the feedback, the edit bug is a well known *ahem* feature of the hacked framework, the same thing is true of everything made with it, I'll add WS_EX_TOPMOST but I don't think that the other bug is going to be fixed sadly.

Hotshot · January 17, 2009

Work fine on mine and lovely Shape

Rbz · January 17, 2009

Nice colors and design idea.

I just found a little bug with your shape connection when it rotate, take a look at attached image, I have marked it with an arrow

hellfire · January 17, 2009

I would like to mention that most modern flat-screens are not 4:3 anymore.
On many devices hardware-scaling 800x600 results in ugly artefacts and wrong aspect ratio.
It's totally okay if you can't support every display's native resolution but when running in windowed-mode I'd atleast like to move the window to some appropriate position.
As long as you're not heading for 4k, please spend a couple of bytes on ergonomics.
I'm sure many users will appreciate your effort.

The effect and colour-sheme reminds me very much of this btw.

Shockwave · January 17, 2009

Ack thanks rbz, I hadn't calculated PI accurately enough, I fixed the gap.

Hellfire, yes, you are right of course, I'll alter the windowed mode.

The intro is indeed quite similar looking to that Fegefeuer cracktro by Widowmaker, I like the overlapping squares effect in that intro.

Positron · January 19, 2009

Runs smooth. Nice design.

- NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
- Athlon 64 X2
- 2 GB

Shockwave · January 19, 2009

Thanks.

I'm stuck for an effect to happen in the middle now.

I attached a new version with some of the issues fixed, Anybody got any ideas what I can put in the middle?

It's not essential that the chessfield stays.

I would definately like to do something cute looking.

DrewPee · January 19, 2009

Shockwave,
Would it be possible for the logo to go there? with something done to that? Just a thought?

Drew

Shockwave · January 19, 2009

Yes that could be done

I am looking for an effect really though... The logo doesnt really suit the visuals so I was going to display the logo at the start and transition between them.

hellfire · January 19, 2009

The purpose of a "background-effect" is to give a feeling of "depth" to whatever is in front of it.
But it's rather difficult to figure out the depth of the chessboard, for several reasons:
- there is no shading but a constant 2d-colour-gradient (which is irritating)
- the chesspattern repeats too often, so you can't tell a direction from the visible edges.
- there is no connection between the board and shape in front of it
So in my opinion it doesn't really work well as a background-effect and it's hard to tell anything that could "fit" in front of it.

Maybe I would try to give the chessboard some structure or make bars out of it, like this

- just with a "something cute looking" color-sheme

That could make a nice scroller, too...
Maybe you can make that shape in front of the board some sort of lens to disconnect the background when in- and outside of the shape.

Shockwave · January 19, 2009

Yes, you're right... It does need something to give it a sense of depth doesn't it?

Thanks.