Jpg cover art...pixel size?

[Christy_Waites]

I’m completing my cover art and do not know what size limit it should be. And should I use the *image cover_art.jpg tag on the start up page? I’ve looked everywhere for answers to these questions.

[Jacic]

It needs to be .png rather than .jpg. Not sure if there is a recommendation for anything within the game (if it’s too big it will get resized down, but you don’t want mammoth file sizes for the complete game.) For official pictures (splash screens, icons and the like) look up the recommendations on the cog site, there’s a list.

[Christy_Waites]

Thank you for replying. That helped.

[Prof_Chaos]

Never use .jpg, they’re bad. The file will degrade every time you save it. It throws away pixels.

[Lucid]

It gets submitted separately, so you don’t use the *image command. You should check the latest requirements, but I wrote them out in a new format and it looked something like this:

The complete list:

• 1024x1024, resizable to 48x48, no title

• 480x320, with title

• 1024x500, with title

• 1400x560, with title

• 480x800, no title

• 640x960, no title

• 640x1136, no title

• 2048x2732, no title

• 2732x2048, no title
  [Edited - JSH]

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For Steam:
184x69, with title
231x87, with title
460x215, with title
467x181, with title
616x353, with title

[RETowers]

I’m currently in the process of rewriting our submission page to expand on this. This is a rough draft, but is still the latest information:

Specifications and Sizes: All artwork should be in PNG format, and should not contain alpha channels or transparencies. Additionally all artwork must be in specific sizes, and may have requirements to be aware of based on their usage as noted below.

• Icon: A 1024x1024 is required, but certain mobile devices will resize this down to as low as 48x48. This icon should not include the name of your game. On iOS devices the corners of the icon will be rounded, and it recommended that artists be aware of this to account for it in artwork. Additionally we round the corners of Android icons in the same format for ease of production, and to minimize the number of art assets required.
• Splash Screens: This screen will be displayed briefly as the game starts (on most devices) and will act as the first screenshot in the mobile app stores. These should not include the name of your game. Note that on iOS phones, the image will have a series of buttons superimposed down the middle, which may obstruct specific elements of the image. Sizes required are: 480x800 portrait (Android), 640x960 portrait (Android, iPhone 4), 1242x2208 portrait (iPhone 5+), 1536x2048 portrait (iPad), 2048x1536 landscape (iPad), 2048x2732 portrait (iPad Pro), and 2732x2048 landscape (iPad Pro).
• Standard Promotional Art: These landscape images will be used in various locations and should include the name of your game in a large font:
  • 480x320 landscape: This is used for the web store, the android stores, and any web links that display images, such as social media posts. This may be reduced to as low as 180x120, and as such the title should be in a clear font that remains legible at that size.
  • 1024x500 landscape: This is used for the android store.
  • 1400x560 landscape (optional, may be requested): This is used for banners on mailers. The format of the mailer assumes this contains the name of the game.
• Steam Promotial Art (optional, may be requested): Note that Steam publication is subject to approval by Hosted Games based on separate criteria from general game publication. Sizes required are 616x353, 467x181, 460x215, 231x87, 184x69, and all five should include the name of your game in a large font (and 231x87 and 184x69 may primarily be the title of the game superimposed on the artwork). Note that the 467x181, 460x215, and 231x87 sizes will have a demo banner overlay in the upper left corner, and as such the title should either not be in that corner, or a separate demo image should be included that has the title in another location. Additionally, the 616x353 will have a banner over the bottom right corner when on discount which may also cover the title.

(Of course, if you have ‘internal cover art’, that’s different from the ‘cover art’, or ‘promotional artwork’ that we require, and so long as it’s otherwise acceptable by Hosted Games’ standards, we generally don’t get involved in it.)

[Christy_Waites]

Thank you so much! Extremely helpful. I could not find this list!

[Christy_Waites]

Very, very, very helpful! Thank you so much!

[Christy_Waites]

My goodness, I didn’t know I had to submit so many sizes and thing about things like corners! Thanks so much, this was extremely helpful. Off I go to resize!