Originally Posted by
The_A_Drain
Hi guys,
other developer of the game here.
About the framerate, it's a tricky subject to be honest because we've been refining the game as we've been building it, and keeping that in mind for future optimizations we can make. The Ouya is... a pretty odd machine, it doesn't really have a lot of graphical power and for some reason making optimizations (in particular to any kind of transparency) has been a bit of a nightmare.
With that in mind, currently the resolution is hard set for single player and then lowered in 3-4 player mode. My experience with it has been a reasonably solid 55-60fps for Cactus Canyon, but a variable 40-50 for Salmon Slalom, both of these drop significantly during 4 player mode. But as stated, with 3D games the Ouya really is a lot more limited than I'd initially thought and for this reason most developers seem to be avoiding split-screen modes due to the extra rendering required.
Hopefully that answers some of your questions, but with the power of the device itself in mind our target resolution (for 4-player mode) is actually a constant 30fps, if we can get it any higher than that we'll be really happy, but lowering the resolution is only a solution that you can take so far before it begins to look really bad. However, if people want the option to decide that for themselves, that's something I have no problem with, I much prefer when a game gives me the option to decide things like that for myself so it's something I'll definitely look at adding in the future.
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