Windowed mode allows much more of the level to be seen at once
3 years ago
Tasmania, Australia

So I was recently messing around with recording software for Dino Run when I noticed a strange occurance. If you choose to stretch the sides of the game while in windowed mode it leads to the screen expanding quite considerably. This gives a much better view of oncoming obstacles that are generating in front of you.

https://imgur.com/a/BlzE3u9

Now this does lead to a couple of interesting results. Firstly, depending on how much you stretch it you can actually see the world being generated as you run. The game only loads a few steps in front of you so there is a limit to this bug. Alongside this the areas outside of the intended view have strange lighting, with a light box being placed around your character where your intended view would end.

I can imagine that playing in such a zoomed out way would be rather disorientating for someone who has played regularly for so long. Still I'd imagine it could bring an advantage if one was able to become skilled while playing like this.

Edited by the author 3 years ago
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Florida, USA

now this is how this game was meant to be played https://imgur.com/vhYuUhg For real tho this is actually an incredible discovery and has so many benefits!

Edited by the author 3 years ago
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