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morley@camins.camosun.bc.ca writes:

>I'm kinda playing around with a tile-based game and I gotta question for
>you people...  How many unique tiles are used in a given game?  For exam
le,
>in the Ultima series, does anyone know how many unique graphic tiles wer

>used in each game in the series?  How about other games?  If I use a sin
le
>byte to index a tile then I can have a maximum of 256 tiles.  Is this
>enough or should I use a 16 bit word (which is way more than enough)?
>Obviously I'm concerned about saving as much disk space and memory as
>possible for the other elements of the game.  

>Also, it seems to me that 16x16 pixel tiles are just right for this kind
>of game.  What other common sizes are used?

>Thanks!

>MARK
>morley@camins.camosun.bc.ca

..I used 24x24 for Flight of the Boodles (demo game); I like this a lot
more than 16^2 as it gives you a closer view of everything and allows the
artwork more room to be expressive (couldn't tell from boodles though!).

Really, 256 tiles should be plenty (I <<think>>) for an Ultima style game,
especially if the tiles are large (say, 32^2 or higher with "floating"
actors); other details (trees, etc) can be added in with on-map objects.

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