What size is the best when starting a new project for all iOS, Android devices?

cbt

Hi all,

Until today all my games were for iPhones. (Before iPhone5)

Now that there is iPhone 5 and porting games to iPads and Androids makes sense I want to start my new project with the easiest possible workload.

What size should I start it?
If I do the project for iPhone 4 retina, will it need extra work for iPhone 5? (Auto resize?) (Or vice versa)
If I do the project for iPad HD, and use "Project Resizer" from DBA, how much work will it need for iPhone4/5? (Or vice versa)


Just tell me anything you know about this issue or please just point me in the right direction so I can read tutors, how tos.

Thanks in advance.

SolarPepperStudios

I start it with the 720p setting because it is nice and wide so it fits perfectly onto the iPhone 5 and Android screens, but also looks nice on iPad and Tablets.

cbt

What about iPhone 4s? And does it get black borders on devices when it ets resized to anything else than 720p?

SnapFireStudios

If I were you, I'd just design for iPhone 5, but make actors move around so that it works on a 4 also. I always do seperate iPad apps, but that's just me.
- Thomas

tenrdrmer

Now a days what you need to be looking at is aspect ratios. With overscan it doesn't matter if you use 720p or iPhone 5 its gonna looks the same.

For me and my 13" screen I do all my building on iPhone 5 size and they play with cam settings for a handful of common aspect ratios and it seems to work pretty well for me.

cbt

@tenrdrmer
I see. Thanks for the answer! But since I have a 28" and a 25" standing next to each other I'll go with 720p

@SnapFireStudios
Naa I'm too lazy fo' doin' seperate projects

cbt

@SnapFireStudios
And by the way what do you mean by "make actors move around so that it works on a 4 also"?

What kind of rules are universal?

Should I do almost all of the stuff with 'Device.Screen.Size.Width/Height' to make it work properly?