Graphical Elements

Introduction to Graphical Elements

In a Super Nintendo game like Donkey Kong Country, most visible elements are made up of a series of individual graphic 'tiles' which combine to create the graphics which you see while playing. There are many different ways that these graphics can be displayed, such as one single image which fills the entire screen (such as DKC's title screen), independantly scrolling background or foreground graphics (as seen in caves, factories etc.), the characters (sprites) themselves, and so forth.

So far, this section will be dealing with 'static' graphics only, rather than animated graphics like character/object sprites. These may be included at a later stage, but probably in a separate resources subsection.

Any non-scrolling, non-tiling fullscreen graphics. This section includes such graphics as the title screen, world map screens, Kong family backgrounds, etc.

Scrolling graphical layers used as background and foreground scenery.