Anybody play indie games on a rMBP? (re: 2D gaming at native resolution)

[sofakng]

Does anybody have any recommended games that work at retina resolution on a 13" rMBP?

I'm wondering how indie games like Dwarf Fortress, Faster Than Light, Don't Starve, etc, would play at native resolution and if they are compatible...

 

[leman]

All these games will easily run on the native resolution, but they won't really benefit from it as there do not use any HiDPI textures. Besides, I don't see much point running FTL full-screen, the game is designed for a window.

P.S. Dwarf Fortress Mac version is just beyond horrible, I recommend running it through Parallels.

 

[sofakng]

Thanks for the response!

How will those games look because they don't have HiDPI textures? (will they look blurry?)

 

[leman]

No, they will not look blurry. Not any blurrier than a native 1200x800 display, anyway.

Its a quite tricky question, actually - 'blurry' would usually apply to some sort of high definition imaging, and yet FTL uses pixel art (I would say it looks 'blocky' ) and Dwarf Fortress is ASCII art. With don't starve I could't see much difference in image quality compared to the normal window mode.

 

[SomeGuyDude]

Depends on the game. Binding of Isaac is optimized REALLY badly on OSX and drags like crazy whenever you enter a room.