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@axiomverge.bsky.social Did you ever try using non-square tiles? Please, talk me out of it.

@axiomverge.bsky.social

I think I made a Mockup and didn't like it. But I could see it working. Like in text games where the tiles are oblong. Different sized tiles (especially 12x12 and 10x10) also look pretty good to me.

Bit Kid

@bitkidgames.com

22 May

I'm playing around with wide tiles (19x16) to more closely simulate the 5:4 aspect ratio games would have been given when drawn to a CRT. Actually feels pretty good when upscaled, takes up more screen real estate without extending the playfield.

Tom Happ

@axiomverge.bsky.social

25 May

Why 19 and not 20? That way you could do grills/grids/meshes more evenly

Bit Kid

@bitkidgames.com

I honestly don't remember haha. I had come up with that months ago and came back to it later. But I was thinking the same since I replied :D

25/5/26, 6:17 pm0 reposts1 like

Tom Happ

@axiomverge.bsky.social

25 May

Now I'm wondering how 15x12 looks

1080p test

So the crop helped towards target aspect ratio a bit and didn't need to go to 20px. But I think it might look more even for slopes.

Bit Kid

@bitkidgames.com

25 May

Oh! I think I remember why! Basically I was trying to 5x scale to 1080p at end, but with 16px tiles there is no even division on the vertical side. Going with 14 tiles x16px = 224px. When upscaled 5x some of the top and bottom is getting cut off and naturally increasing aspect ratio wider.