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Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Sun 26 Dec, 2010 7:03 pm
by Art_of_camelot
I couldn't agree more with Galandros. =) I have to say, I am glad it is still progressing if even at just a trickle. =)

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Tue 01 Feb, 2011 9:33 am
by kalan_vod
I am happy to see you around here still Patrick! I am much looking forward to this, but also what happened to Desolate 2?

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Sat 21 May, 2011 12:01 am
by Art_of_camelot
Friendly BUMP. =)

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Mon 23 May, 2011 9:20 pm
by DigiTan
Desolate!!! :excited:

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Wed 30 Nov, 2011 4:27 pm
by the_unknown_one
Man, I loved this game back in the day. Still hoping for a sequel/prequel/-quel.

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Mon 02 Jan, 2012 12:38 pm
by tr1p1ea
Did a small amount of coding believe it or not. Fixed some crucial bugs and added huffman text compression (getting around 30% which is handy). Have added a lot of the datacart text and made progress on the inventory and some items:

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And yes i understand the text is hard to read, but you do get used to it :).

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Mon 02 Jan, 2012 4:00 pm
by benryves
That's looking great, tr1p1ea! :) Have you tried antialiasing the text to improve legibility?

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Tue 03 Jan, 2012 6:54 am
by tr1p1ea
Ill be honest, i have considered it, but at this stage i cant be bothered haha :).

I have looked into it, however its the sheer small size of the font that is to blame. 3x4 is not very big.

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Tue 03 Jan, 2012 7:29 pm
by benryves
That's fair enough. :)

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Wed 04 Jan, 2012 12:00 pm
by tr1p1ea
It seems that grayscale wont help unless i want to violate the 3x4 font size restrition.

I have however doubled the space character to see if that makes words more distinguishable and thus more readable?

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Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Wed 04 Jan, 2012 9:39 pm
by benryves
I didn't say that the text was illegible, it's very good for how tiny it has to be courtesy of the low resolution display! I'd say that the wider space does look much clearer, though. :-)

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Thu 05 Jan, 2012 7:35 pm
by DJ_O
This looks greally great tr1p. Glad you're still doing calc stuff and working on this. :)

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Fri 06 Jan, 2012 1:27 pm
by chickendude
Me too! I also think the text looks better with the two-pixel space. Like you said before, though, i think it's mostly a matter of getting used to the font. I really love the reflection on the floor...

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Fri 13 Jan, 2012 10:23 pm
by Art_of_camelot
I'm really glad to see this still being worked on. The extra space actually does help the readability. :)

Re: Desolate Re-write

Posted: Thu 23 Feb, 2012 10:36 am
by tr1p1ea
Hi guys, just wondering what anyone thinks about a slight graphics change from the original to make things look a little less weird? Something like:

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The side walls are skinnier however they offer more depth?