MrRagePants Posted July 25, 2014 Report Share Posted July 25, 2014 Just wondering if anybody would like to share/teach some of their technique (or experience) working with Isometric view. I have been a big fan of Ragnarok Online, Final Fantasy Tactics, Disgaea, and I would like to create an artistic way of making games like those. Say, like, 3D environment but hand drawn (2D) characters. But, my concern is, will 2D Isometric be too time consuming, considering I have to draw each body part four times (N,S,E,W) or even eight times (N,S,E,W, NE, NW, SE, SW). If such is the case, I am thinking of just switching to 3D. Thank you in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike at BrashMonkey Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hi MrRagePants, Even pro game studios with big budgets to burn would never consider animating an Isometric game with purely hand drawn animation, The time and therefore budget required is unreasonable to say the least. I can say when we finally get around to making any kind of isometric art pack, we'll be first creating and animating the characters in 3d, then re-rendering, breaking them into parts, and then reassembling the frames in Spriter...reusing body parts, heads, shields (images) etc etc as much as possible. There's no getting around it...its a massive undertaking... 3d makes it much more attainable. cheers, Mike at BrashMonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRagePants Posted July 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2014 Mike, Thank you for your expert opinion in this matter. Your words, though few, have saved me tons of time, which itself, once spent, can never be brought back. More power to you and your crew. Hopefully, when I do get the ball rolling, I might come up with something to contribute for the community. As of now, I am still a student of game development. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radijator Posted February 24, 2016 Report Share Posted February 24, 2016 I'm new in game design, and I have found this post very informative. Tnx a lot ppl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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