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Question about one of the rules

A topic by Radar created Aug 03, 2022 Views: 89 Replies: 2

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Radar2 years ago

Hi everyone,

I have a question about the rules. Let's say I have my 64x64 game centered in my html game. 6x6 for each pixel so 384x384 in total. I want to have something outside the borders of my actual game so it's not boring to look at.

Now the rules say that border art outside the actual game is allowed if it's not rendered by the game. But what if I want to put a fancy shader in the background? Cause technically that's code generated, although it will not affect my actual game at all inside the 384x384 area. Would that be allowed?

JackOatley2 years ago

It's rendered by your program/game.

Basically what that rule boils down to is on a webpage one could have their 64x64 game in a frame and do anything else on the page. So you can only replicate that within reason if it's more convenient to do it another way (especially if not actually on the web).

But remember, other people rating your game may see it as using more than your resolutions worth, and give a lower rating in Authenticity.

Radar2 years ago

Thanks for the clarification. The game will be judged based on its itch.io version right? I'm planning on deploying my game on Heroku where I might add some background shaders, but I will embed the Heroku page inside an iframe in the itch.io version so that the background shaders will not be seen (cropped out). Is this OK by the rules?