[casual_games] Game resolution

[Kenton White]

Ron, before this week I would have agreed with you.  But then we made a few
phone calls to users - just to ask about how they like our game, any
problems they were having, and how we could improve.

I was absolutely floored when one user mentioned that they needed to change
the resolution of their monitor because our 800x600 sized window was TOO
LARGE!

I don't completely understand if this one user's experience is common.  My
first look into the problem brought me to understand that some people,
especially those with poorer eyesight, run their computers at lower screen
resolution to make the text bigger.  As experienced computer users we know
that there are other ways to make larger text, but our intended audience may
not.

Kenton

-----Original Message-----
From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org [mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org]
On Behalf Of Ron
Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 8:04 PM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: [casual_games] Game resolution

Pretty much every downloadable casual game I've seen is 800x600 these 
days.  Do people think going to 1024x768 would be a problem?

I realize that this might cause problems down the road for an in-browser 
web version, etc, but ignore that for now.

Based on the stats I've seen, less than 1% of people are running with a 
desktop less than 1024x768.  The only issue would be someone wanting to 
play in windowed mode with a 1024x768 desktop.

Are games ready to make this jump?  What are the downsides?

Ron

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