Banding in Games: A Noisy Rant [pdf]

Check out 2-tone the game "return of the obra dinn" and its devlog!

https://obradinn.com/

Dithering with high recognasability: https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg121719...

earlier: https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg104520...

Dithering and motion: https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=40832.msg136374...

But honestly just read the whole devlog!

Definitely an interesting read, but I was expecting Benalish Hero and Mesa Pegasus instead.

https://mtg.gamepedia.com/Banding

Playdead spat out a series of incredible GDC talks after their game INSIDE. They did a full presentation on the ending of the game [0] as a collab between engineering, rendering and art.

It’s fascinating just to see the creativity, but also a teaching moment on striking the balance between tight, accurate engineering and enough hack&mirrors to pass inspection.

[0] https://youtu.be/gFkYjAKuUCE

Yes! I remember thinking the same thing about those Skyrim loading screens: 'My GPU and monitor can output millions of colors, and my monitor only has about 2 million pixels. Why do these look so bad?[0]' I've always wondered if dithering would help, and how it would be implemented.

[0] Bethesda's broken engine notwithstanding.