05-30-2018, 03:57 AM
(05-27-2018, 07:37 AM)Domarius Wrote: I noticed in the commit logs it rejects anything higher than 8 bits per pixel - away with that full colour garbage! We don't like their kind around here, heheh.I don't have anything against true-color images, but Tilengine is for "low-color" pixel art without alpha channel. "Low-color" with 8-bit palettes per item is misleading, as the ability to use unlimited 256-color palettes is more than enough considering that all 16-bit systems had a limited number of 16-color palettes. For example the Sega Megadrive had 4 palettes of 16 colors. It's impressive what can be done with a few well chosen and used colors!
(05-27-2018, 07:37 AM)Domarius Wrote: I also noticed rejection of non-power of 2 tile sizes. I assume this is all for old school style performance boosts and not just for the sake of it?You're right, using power-of-two sizes allows addressing with just cheap shifts and masks instead of more expensive divisions and modulos. And it's easier to implement in hardware, that's why classic systems had this same restriction too.
Good luck finishing your game!