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Question by patrijs · Jun 23, 2013 at 08:11 PM · camera2d3d

3D background effects in a 2D game

Is this possible, do the current batch of 2D toolkits support such functionality or would I need to code this all myself? Any hints, tips or advice on how to have create an animated 3D background for a 2D game?

Here is a video of what I am trying to achieve (the effect). The game is Fantavision and it is a 2D game with an animated 3D background (http://youtu.be/LfQNZ-fSLOo?t=51s).

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Answer by amphoterik · Jun 24, 2013 at 12:27 PM

Doing this is very simple. Your game will need two cameras. Put all of your 2D elements on a single layer and set a camera to orthogonal and have it view only that layer. Put your 3D stuff on another layer and have a perspective camera see only that layer.

More info on multiple cameras can be found here: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/195359/when-why-should-i-use-multiple-cameras-for-differe.html

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Ok. That is making more sense. I shall have to investigate the use of 2 cameras as this is all new to me.

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Answer by KMKxJOEY1 · Jun 24, 2013 at 01:31 AM

Yes you can easily achieve this; Unity is a 3d game engine, so essentially you would make your '3d background' and then all the playable aspects of your 2d game (e.g. the sprites and such) would be constrained to only 2 axis' giving it the arcade feel. Im not sure what you mean by coding this, you really could just make the background and leave it there.

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examples? you literally can just drag 3d models into the scene. no coding required i would think. take any 3d model from your assets folder and drag it into your level

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