Post by Tangent (Rose) in Questions about technicalities.

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I got two questions:

Can we please be allowed an intro screen to tell the player that the game is severely limited and to read the manual? I have a feeling I will encounter players who don't read before launching the game..
Instead of a 1 bit display, since the concept is more about 1 bit of output, could I make the screen random static, or random static that flashes between two different kinds of static? This way it looks a bit more interesting while keeping with the idea behind the rules.

I'm fairly certain people who play bit jam games will be reading the descriptions on the itch.io pages and/or any readme files packed with the game.

Regaring the second question: as long as there are only two states, that should be fine, right? Daniel himself has stated a few times now that it's more about the bit than the pixel representation.

Daniel Linssen8 years ago

1. that sounds fine, though if it's reasonable I'd try to make sure the intro screen isn't a part of the gameplay loop (e.g. a game over doesn't bring you back to the intro screen).

2. so long as the static is actually random then this is fine, too.

Tangent (Rose)8 years ago

I'll make sure I don't loop back to the title (I was about to ask why, but I think I understand how that might be abused).

And I was thinking pre-generated randomness (so the same repeating pieces for the two states, still not conveying extra info), or yes, complete randomness with only a single variation making the difference between the two states.

Thanks!