Grim’s Treasure is going through some screen layout changes in order to accommodate 16:9 resolutions on monitors. This is a little easy since it is a pixelated retro-style indie game based on 2D Zelda, however I wanted to keep the number of tiles displayed on the screen the same throughout all monitors. The minimum screen size is: 480 (width) x 270 (height). Each room will be limited to 9 x 7 tiles which leaves about 122 pixels on the left side of the screen for our in-game menu.
Display settings in my Godot engine.
The in-game menu will have the map, health, equipped items, inventory, and other important player statuses. This is nice to have while taking advantage of the extra screen width in a 16:9 resolution and avoiding opening up a secondary menu on top of the screen like traditional Zelda games.
In-game menu on the left and the game room on the right.
This update was an important push to getting Grim’s Treasure onto full-screen monitors and enjoying the pixelated action adventure gameplay! What do you think about this resolution and screen layout?
