support many sizes of screen not just 640 x 480

[dougmencken]

The deauflt 640x480 window is too small, the minimum should be 800x600, even better 1024x769. In 16/9 monitors in fullsrceen everything is flat, since the original game is adapted to 3/4 monitors (TV). It would be useful to make the output screen adjustable.

https://github.com/dougmencken/HeadOverHeels/issues/25#issuecomment-379858665

[dougmencken]

Yeah, that’s nice idea

headoverheels --width=800 --height=600

headoverheels --width=1280 --height=720

headoverheels --width=640 --height=800

[dougmencken]

@attuska it’s pretty playable at 800 x 600 yet

[attuska]

Super! I'm trying to test it.

[dougmencken]

There’s no option in menu of game for this yet, you need to pass --width=foo and --height=bar at the moment of game’s invocation

And yes, recently added transitions between screens are slow at something like --width=1600 --height=900

[attuska]

Is OK. In my desktop, I can pass these parameters on, for default, but it would be better to be able to define in the menu too.

[dougmencken]

The problem is which ones to present to user in menu. “ Hard coded ” lists like 640 x 480, 800 x 600, 1024 x 600 ( 576? ), 1280 x 720? That wouldn’t satisfy everyone

[attuska]

The basic graphics size remains in window mode as in 640x480 mode, which is independent of the size of the window.

[dougmencken]

Yes, I don’t stretch ( scale ) sprites of game, and I doubt I would. Scaling by hardware is much faster, it doesn’t need any code, and going full~screen is no problem

And you may enjoy huge rooms without scrolling and dealing with camera

[dougmencken]

I added icon 128 x 128 to repository

Plus here is 512 x 512

and vector

head_heels_vector.svg.zip

[dougmencken]

with https://github.com/dougmencken/HeadOverHeels/commit/58c250603c1be33868608db51451b8e2cb240909 the only thing that remains to do here is the option in the video menu

[dougmencken]

to do

✓ adapt existing slides to the new window size (without relaunching the game) ✓ the option to choose custom (any) size

[dougmencken]

✓ ~adapt existing slides to the new window size~

[dougmencken]

✓ ~the option to choose custom (any) size~

[dougmencken]

to do

✓ better background (without black borders) for slides in the present graphics set

[dougmencken]

with e4445573523c808d6a2ad15e31d2738faefec977, the background picture is okay for 1920×1080

✓ ~better background (without black borders)~

[dougmencken]

to do

✓ make the default screen size to be bigger than 640×480