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Which would you rather see?

Dracula's Curse 2D
15 (78.9%)
Dracula's Curse 2.5.D
4 (21.1%)

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Voting closed: July 12, 2015, 03:46:41 PM

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Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse...2D or 2.5D?
« on: June 12, 2015, 03:46:41 PM »
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Hey folks, as most of you know I  have been working on Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse for some time now. Its in its beta stages now, and recently I have been getting into 3D modeling/animation. Which got me thinking; wouldnt it be badass to release a 2.5D version instead?! Given that, and by seeing a large outcry for a 2.5D remake online, what would you folks like to see more, a 2D or 2.5D remake? Keep in mind, if I make a 2.5D version its going to take quite a while to do it all, since ill be doing all the artwork. Or would you all rather see the 2D version get completed?
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Re: Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse...2D or 2.5D?
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2015, 05:31:27 PM »
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I suppose the question for the 2.5D version would be: Is it going to be feasible?
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Re: Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse...2D or 2.5D?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2015, 06:07:41 PM »
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Finish your game first, then think about doing a 2.5D later.
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Re: Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse...2D or 2.5D?
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2015, 06:13:45 PM »
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For me personally, I'd much rather have nice looking 2D sprites than the generic and muddy 3D graphics we seem to get on most 2.5D remakes these days.

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Re: Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse...2D or 2.5D?
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2015, 11:23:11 PM »
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I say finish your game first as well. Better to avoid a possible slippery slope. Once you've completed your current project and have everything finalized (bugs worked out too  ;)) then you can try your hand at a 2.5D version. You can think of it this way too. While working on your current game it will give you time to improve on 3D modeling. Then when you're ready, you'll have something good to work with.
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Re: Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse...2D or 2.5D?
« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2015, 04:42:40 AM »
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Castlevania should stay 2d pure and simple. I think your Castlevania game looks great in 2d. Graphics is just beautiful. We don't need some extra blocky 3d objects and scenery. Besides I don't think we want to wait another year for a finished game. Please just finish the game in 2d. If you really want it to be 2.5d then do it after you finish 2d version.

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« Reply #6 on: June 13, 2015, 04:57:17 AM »
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Personally, I'm pretty excited about the 2.5D aspect; when done correctly, 3D models can be just as aesthetically impressive as the most intricate 2D artwork.

All in all, it's a matter of preference; but if you're willing to invest enough time into 3D modelling to make 2.5D a reality, then by all means go for it.
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« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2015, 06:07:15 AM »
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I recommend finishing your current project first, since it has been in development so long. And secondly, if you are not using an engine made for 3d this would be a bad idea. I think we spoke about Fusion a while back but it isn't built for anything 3d/2.5d. You would have better results with Unity or Unreal 4. But in the meantime, finish your game!

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« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2015, 03:31:30 PM »
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Finish your game. It's been years!

After that makes Castlevania Chronicles 2.5: Simon's Quest... Like that play on the name?

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Re: Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse...2D or 2.5D?
« Reply #9 on: June 14, 2015, 04:21:53 PM »
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I am curious about something. If you were to make game using all 3D assets, what tool would you be using to create the game? I'm pretty sure you use Fusion 2.5, but I'm not familiar with any 3D support it may / may not have.

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Re: Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse...2D or 2.5D?
« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2015, 12:51:11 PM »
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Sounds like 2D it is lol. I just thought about bringing it up considering im getting pretty good at 3D animation finally lol.

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yeah I know lmao, its just about ready for another beta release :) and cool idea for the simons quest lol. Hell it would be cool to make the trilogy in 2.5D.

As for the concerns regarding the graphics, im using Zbrush to make the landscapes and they looks great in game! So no worries of cheesy looking 2.5D lol

@ ProjectDread - yeah dude im using CTF 2.5. Ive rendered my 3D stuff from a side view and set it up in CTF and it looks badass, its in full HD as well. The trick to make it look and feel more like 2.5D lies in Zbrush. When I render an asset, I put it at a slight angle to give it that depth of field and so far its turned out great!

So with that folks, im off to finishing up the polishing of cv3 in 2D :)
But enough talk, HAVE AT YOU!!!!!!!!

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« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2015, 05:18:38 PM »
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So it's prerendered sprites instead of 3d meshes?

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Re: Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse...2D or 2.5D?
« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2015, 05:32:00 PM »
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What i was playing with was taking Genesis from DAZ3D and exporting to Zbrush to customize him, then set a side camera in DAZ to make the animations.  I made a startup file with the camera preset to where it needs to be for it turn out good in DAZ, as well as staying at the same resolution.  As for the backgrounds they are 3D mesh but i angle them a bit and render them as pictures, then just drop them in the frame in MMF.
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« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2015, 05:46:17 PM »
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Gotcha. That is some of what I do in Daz for Anathema. I have a preset light and camera template that I created and use for maximum consistency.

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« Reply #14 on: June 15, 2015, 07:44:31 PM »
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We can always go the doom route using 3d maps, Voxels for objects and 2d sprites

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