Windowed 2D vs fullscreen 2D games

Brice Manuel · Post by **Brice Manuel** » Fri May 21, 2004 2:22 am

Which do you prefer, and why?

Please don't turn this into a flame war. I am just trying to do some "market research".

DarkDragon · Post by **DarkDragon** » Fri May 21, 2004 6:26 am

I prefer Windowed Screen, because it is faster with starting and quitting the application. And you can change better between the windows.

Dreglor · Post by **Dreglor** » Fri May 21, 2004 7:16 am

windowed is better for arcade stuff nut if it a full blown super-worth-selling game then maybe full screen may be nicer

Post by **Dare2** » Fri May 21, 2004 8:04 am

I would prefer the option to choose.

If not possible, then windowed.

benny · Post by **benny** » Fri May 21, 2004 8:46 am

I would say it depends on the game.

For small games (e.g. for the coffeebreak) I definately prefer windowed screen games. Especially when there are logicgames where you have no time-pressure so you can easily switch to other applications during the game.

Nevertheless, it would be cool if a windowed game have the option for fullscreen(by pressing a key). Especially in action games, a windowed game screen (e.g. 640*400) could be critical in some points on a desktop resolution like 1280*1024 concerning accurate steering of your player.
[For screen switching see Danilo's code in this post viewtopic.php?t=6086&highlight= ]

Fullscreen games make sense, when you are developing a bigger game with a good storyline/atmosphere or a 3D-shooter.