Will you ever make high-res games for iPhone 4?

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Matt Rix
Member

The "Retina Display" really does seem great, but it raises a lot of questions for game developers. I can understand making apps(especially reading apps) with 4x resolution, because it'll really enhance the experience, but I don't think it'll be as big a deal for games.

The trade off is basically between 4x resolution(that you can barely see) or 4x performance/effects, or 4x battery life. I know it won't *actually* be 4x, but it'll be a large difference. These textures will use HUGE amount of memory, and the amount of GPU time it takes to draw 4x bigger textures is HUGE. It just doesn't seem worth the trade off unless you have a very simple game like solitaire.

Thoughts?

Posted 1 year ago #
David994A
Member

All of your points are totally valid. For now I'm not planning on supporting the higher resolution in my games due to all off the legacy devices out there and the fact the Apple will still be selling the 3GS for the next year.

Posted 1 year ago #
riq
Key Master

This is just speculation, but I think that games that run at 60 FPS in 2nd gen devices, should run at ~60 FPS in 4gen devices in high-res mode, and should also run at ~60 FPS on iPad.

Again, this is just speculation, but I think the chance of getting featured by the App Store is higher if your game supports classic, high-res and iPad resolutions.

Posted 1 year ago #

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