Is it a good idea to make a game for one aspect ratio and arbitrary screen resolution?
- by Mimars
After several very small games I have decided to make something more standalone (2D) and playable. However, I have met the problem of every game that is going to be played in more screen resolutions.
Basically, after some research I see that there are several solutions.
This seems to be the simplest one: Let's say I define a constant aspect ratio for the game (16:9) and the whole game will be created for a resolution 1680 x 1050.
The game will be rendered in this resolution and then I will be able to scale the render to match the player's display resolution. Therefore the game might be playable on almost any resolution, while it would keep the aspect ratio. So, if the game was run on 4:3 display, the top and the bottom of the display would be filled with black color.
It seems easy, but my question is - Is this a good approach for a simple game? The game will be simple, but I want to maintain high quality.
