Blurry retro graphics

hi people,

i'm trying to make a retro style game and i use retro template but sprite becomes blurry when moving. i can't share a screenshot because it looks perfect in screenshot.

below is the capx file. you can see it yourself.

dl.dropbox.com/u/87325929/barbaros32x32.capx

I think I see what you mean, but isn't that just the effect you get on older monitors, sometimes called "ghosting"? It would probably look worse on laptops.

I think the blurry-ness is lessened by reducing his speed.

Also I don't know if it was intentional but there's really no need for a separate / pegged player object.

See here:

dl.dropbox.com/u/116137178/Help/HelpWithPlatform.capx

I got rid of the player object and fixed some of your animation (it was jerky because you had bounding box different on different frames of "running").

thanks silkc2

i tried to reduce the speed but nothing changed. and maybe you're right because i am using a laptop nearly 2 years old. so you say that won't be a problem on newer monitors?

thanks for animation too. but you really think no need for player object? is it because graphics are already blocky enough?

i checked your version and on landed, poor little barbarossa starts to trembling continuously :)

i think i still need a player object to avoid such bugs.

On my work monitor it's a barely noticeable blur. I will try on my fancy gaming monitor at home tonight & let you know.

I haven't used a separate player object in any of my games.. just check your bounding boxes are correct (on each animation frame they must be the same too).

e.g. I can see on the "stand" animation the bounding box isn't on the bottom of the frame, where his feet are. So this causes the wobbling.

Using a separate player object to peg to was hiding the real problem.

I've saved over the file so you can check the link again to see what I mean. He is now smooth. :)

thanks again for your help :)

ebrar - did you try turning on 'Point sampling' rather than 'Linear sampling' in the project properties? You might also want to see if 'Pixel Rounding' makes a difference. I noticed a massive improvement in the Retro look when using 'Pixel Rounding' and 'Point sampling'.

space ape, thanks but point sampling and pixel rounding are by default on if you use retro template.

One thing that I noticed is that a stark white background really accentuates any blurriness caused by sprite movement. Unless you plan on having a white bg in the final product, perhaps change that first?

cincipon, i tried your tip and it makes the blurriness a little less noticable but i think nothing changed in fact (as you mean i think). maybe the monitor theory of silkc2 is true.

thanks anyway. i don't plan to keep the white bg by the way.