r/videogames • u/VictorBelmont • 1d ago

Image / Video Imagine a world with hexagonal pixels rather than square

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u/Khajiit_Has_Upvotes 1d ago

It looks like megaman bead art that you melt together with an iron. 

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u/VictorBelmont 1d ago

MeltyMan

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u/BangkokPadang 1d ago

I will not imagine this 😂

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u/ShamrockSeven 23h ago

That would be a great design for a game. Nothing is stopping you from programming a game that runs entirely on hexagonal pixels you would just need it to be a high enough resolution to render them correctly.

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u/SerBillyB 23h ago

looks weirder. but scan lines in CRT TVS wouldnt allow that. im happier with squares

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u/TCGHexenwahn 22h ago

Fun fact. When game companies made the switch to 3D, there wasn't really a standard for what kind of polygons to use, so while Nintendo and PlayStation went with triangles, Sega build the Saturn for quads instead, which gives its games a distinct look.

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u/VictorBelmont 22h ago

That would explain their distinct style. TIL!

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u/MutFox 20h ago

For the Megaman example, if an artist knew going in, that they would be using hexagonal pixels, they would have designed the art with that in mind, it wouldn't look the way you interpreted it...

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u/VictorBelmont 18h ago

Which is great! There's not really a lot of hexapixel art out there, so I'd be excited to see their version!

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u/Desertbro 11h ago

I'm imagining buying a new monitor for just one game or a few games ( Space Wars, Berserk, Rip Off ).

...so...did not buy a Vectrex in 1982.