Hello @ejona86!
First, thanks a lot for this fantastic mod! Allow me explain where my excitement comes from: today, I successfully used this mod to play a vs game across the network. That's right, player one was my laptop, while player two was my console, and both used Retroarch and Netplay to play against each other while viewing the same screen. Amazing! We could play against each other across continents and still see what the other is doing!
It got me thinking: could this be made to be more like the Classic Tetris World Championship overlay? For illustration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLQOIwdjX4
So we're looking at six to seven bits of data, some we already have: score, next piece, lines, level, then the new ones score difference, Tetris rate (TRT), and possibly the tally of max three victories that would start a new match after three victories by the same player. That last one might be more hassle than it's worth, though, as outside of competition people might be fine with deciding for themselves how many games they want to play against each other, and it means additional game logic.
What do you think? Is any of these feasible? If only one is, it should be score difference with red and green, as it's the simplest indicator of who's leading. If place doesn't allow for additional data at all, maybe just making the taller score green and the smaller one red? Colours are easier to spot off the corner of your eye while concentrating on the playfield than just numbers.
As an aside, here's how the real CTWC overlay works, which is quite amazing in its own right:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tetris/comments/9sbdl6/how_the_classic_tetris_world_championship/
Many thanks again and best regards
Hello @ejona86!
First, thanks a lot for this fantastic mod! Allow me explain where my excitement comes from: today, I successfully used this mod to play a vs game across the network. That's right, player one was my laptop, while player two was my console, and both used Retroarch and Netplay to play against each other while viewing the same screen. Amazing! We could play against each other across continents and still see what the other is doing!
It got me thinking: could this be made to be more like the Classic Tetris World Championship overlay? For illustration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtLQOIwdjX4
So we're looking at six to seven bits of data, some we already have: score, next piece, lines, level, then the new ones score difference, Tetris rate (TRT), and possibly the tally of max three victories that would start a new match after three victories by the same player. That last one might be more hassle than it's worth, though, as outside of competition people might be fine with deciding for themselves how many games they want to play against each other, and it means additional game logic.
What do you think? Is any of these feasible? If only one is, it should be score difference with red and green, as it's the simplest indicator of who's leading. If place doesn't allow for additional data at all, maybe just making the taller score green and the smaller one red? Colours are easier to spot off the corner of your eye while concentrating on the playfield than just numbers.
As an aside, here's how the real CTWC overlay works, which is quite amazing in its own right:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Tetris/comments/9sbdl6/how_the_classic_tetris_world_championship/
Many thanks again and best regards