[casual_games] Full Screen or Windowed Mode?

[Andrew Lum]

Hi Everyone,

I think people are misunderstanding my question. I expect that 95% of 
users are running at least in 1024x768.
However, 95% of casual games are developed in 800x600.

The real question is how many casual gamers play in Full Screen Mode. I 
expect that most casual gamers won't be able to tell a huge difference 
between 640x480 and 800x600 while in Full Screen Mode. However, this 
will very obvious in Windowed Mode especially if they are running at 
resolutions higher than 1024x768.

Additionally, I don't recommend any developer to developer their game in 
higher than 800x600 resolution for filesize reasons and for the lack of 
windowed mode support on 1024x768 monitors.

Andrew Lum

Aaron Murray wrote:

> Andrew - hopefully someone will chime in with a link to support their

> statements, but we just went through this decision and I was quite

> suprised by the results...something like 95% of users run 800x600 or

> higher, and 60%+ run 1024x768 or higher/wider.

>

> In addition, if someone is still running 640x480, what are the chances

> that they are:

> A. using a PC with enough ram/disk to play your game

> B. going to purchase it

>

> Just my 2 cents. Like I said, hopefully someone can provide a link to

> some recent portal stats.

>

> -Aaron

> Tandem Games

>

> On Jan 11, 2008 4:26 PM, Andrew Lum <andrew at fugazo.com> wrote:

>   

>> Hi Everyone,

>>

>> Fugazo is working on a new game and we are considering making the entire

>> game in 640x480 resolution to save on space. We've decided that the art

>> style looks fine in Full Screen 640x480 but we're not sure how many

>> users play casual games in Window Mode. At 1024x768 a 640x480 windowed

>> game isn't too bad but we're concerned about users who have a 1280x800,

>> or 1280x1024, or higher.

>>

>> Does anyone have any sort of data on what percentage of casual gamers

>> play games in Windowed Mode? Additionally, does anyone have any data on

>> what percentage of customers have monitors set to higher than 1024x768?

>>

>> Thanks!

>>

>> Andrew Lum

>>

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CEO, President
Fugazo, Inc.