X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: f996b,385fd67d6a87c346,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-03 02:39:34 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!212.75.92.6!not-for-mail From: "Joaquim G�ndara" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Nerd Boy, episode 442 Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 11:39:03 +0200 Lines: 45 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 212.75.92.6 X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1065173972 13524789 212.75.92.6 (16 [102694]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:32 So I'm making mobile phone games now. They only have 256 colours, there can only be 255 map tiles, which can only ,,, be 8x8 pixels in size... `OO ..' <||. .||. ______________ bb ______ || _______________ ...the phones are slow, so the That sucks! frame rate is low, and the only `,,, sounds are beeps and MIDI! `OO ..' -||- .||. _____ bb ______ || ____ What? Why not make games for Xbox ` `,,, or Playstation? OO ..' || .||. ___________ bb ______ || ________ Whoops. Can't talk to you, , you're an idiot. ,,, OO oo' )) || jg d d || ---- I actually am making a mobile phone game. It uses the Mophun API (www.mophun.com), and all the weird restrictions makes it kinda fun to work with. -- OO Joaquim G�ndara .||. http://www.Nerd-Boy.net bb jg