WHAT’S IT FOR:
This tab allows you to set global settings for your game.
The game screen ratio:
Even with different screens, the game will stay in the chosen ratio, which is good for consistent gameplay across a variety of hardware.
Whole screen radio button: the game will fill the user screen, whatever its ratio. The only possible inconsistent mode. 16/9 radio button: the game will use the 16/9 ratio. 4/3 radio button: the game will use the 4/3 ratio, like most retro games. 3/4 radio button: this ratio is good for vertical shooters.
Game orientation preferences:
Change the way the assets are imported and placed in the level. The SHMUP Creator will do its best to orient the objects in the chosen direction: for example, the bullets will be rotated by 90 degrees for horizontal levels.
Horizontal orientation radio button
Vertical orientation radio button
Graphics:
pixel sprites scale spinner (from 1 to 4): allow you to display your low resolution sprites on HD screen with a special shader which keeps the pixels sharp.
player hit color color: the color added to the player when it’s hit by a bullet
enemies hit color color: the color added to an enemy when it’s hit by a bullet
Wave off-camera termination:
timeout spinner: if a wave is off-camera for this timeout, it is deactivated.
only pause the enemies checkbox: instead of being deactivated, the off-camera wave is only paused. If the camera sees it again later, it will wake up again.
Bullets off-camera termination:
timeout spinner: if a bullet is off-camera for this timeout it is deactivated.
Items off-camera termination:
timeout spinner: if an item is off-camera for this timeout it is deactivated.
Text sound:
When a text is displayed letter by letter, a sound is played when the letter appears. You can choose your own sound if you want.
sound menu: the displayed letter sound
volume spinner: the sound volume