Comments on: Safe zone annoyances http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/05/01/safe-zone-annoyances/ Creating games, one brightly glowing line at a time. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:47:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Silas http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/05/01/safe-zone-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Silas Thu, 01 May 2008 20:01:46 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=145#comment-53 I venture to suggest that this is as much a QA failure as a development problem. Microsoft *really* ought to test anything submitted for XBLA on a reasonably sized standard definition TV, and say "No, go fix it" to anything that fails to respect the safe zone and/or uses smaller fonts than are readable. It's rather like the problems that arise in PC gaming when the developers have access to the latest hardware; there arises an assumption that the bleeding edge is all that counts, which distinctly stuffs those of us who have effectively fallen off the back of the blade... I venture to suggest that this is as much a QA failure as a development problem. Microsoft *really* ought to test anything submitted for XBLA on a reasonably sized standard definition TV, and say “No, go fix it” to anything that fails to respect the safe zone and/or uses smaller fonts than are readable. It’s rather like the problems that arise in PC gaming when the developers have access to the latest hardware; there arises an assumption that the bleeding edge is all that counts, which distinctly stuffs those of us who have effectively fallen off the back of the blade…

]]> By: trevor http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/05/01/safe-zone-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-48 trevor Thu, 01 May 2008 06:35:02 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=145#comment-48 Ah, yes, you're exactly right. I've now found the scores which I finally assumed were outside the safe frame last night. They're right square in the middle of the screen, just being drawn as tiny grey text on a noisily textured pale blue background. Yay for usability. Ah, yes, you’re exactly right. I’ve now found the scores which I finally assumed were outside the safe frame last night. They’re right square in the middle of the screen, just being drawn as tiny grey text on a noisily textured pale blue background. Yay for usability.

]]> By: Liam http://www.vectorstorm.org/2008/05/01/safe-zone-annoyances/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Liam Thu, 01 May 2008 02:10:38 +0000 http://www.vectorstorm.org/?p=145#comment-47 For reference, I found the font on Lost Cities too small for comfortable viewing on my 720p screen... I was also alerted to the fact that my ongoing score was a *option* that I had to turn on; by default it doesn't show the total score for you, only the pile-by-pile scores. Which is an odd default, if you ask me. So its possible you aren't missing what you think you are... For reference, I found the font on Lost Cities too small for comfortable viewing on my 720p screen…

I was also alerted to the fact that my ongoing score was a *option* that I had to turn on; by default it doesn’t show the total score for you, only the pile-by-pile scores. Which is an odd default, if you ask me. So its possible you aren’t missing what you think you are…

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