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Camera Types:

2D:

  • 2D side view
  • Isometric
  • 2D from top


3D:
First-Person

Third-Person


Fixed camera placement

  • Resident Evil 2 example
    Fixed in game world - Authored cinematic framing, vouyeristic
    Fixed to character's shoulder - Immersive
  • Auth

Fixed on what:

  • Controlled by player
  • No control


Dynamic camera:

  • Ease in, Ease Out
  • Batman example: Close when walking, Crouch - Wide, Binoculars, Combat - Wide, Hide around Corner - dutch angle, First person at vents, hallucinations - dutch



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Camera Types:

2D:

  • 2D side view
  • Isometric
  • 2D from top


3D:
First-Person

Third-Person


Fixed camera placement

  • Resident Evil 2 example
    Fixed in game world - Authored cinematic framing, vouyeristic
    Fixed to character's shoulder - Immersive
  • Auth

Fixed on what:

  • Controlled by player
  • No control


Dynamic camera:

  • Ease in, Ease Out
  • Batman example: Close when walking, Crouch - Wide, Binoculars, Combat - Wide, Hide around Corner - dutch angle, First person at vents, hallucinations - dutch



On this page

Camera

Background

Gameplay

Aesthetics

Variety

Accessibility

Conclusion

Previous

Previous article

Next

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YBdesigning is a personal blog and guide into game design by Yelnar Bolatov, classical web & app UI/UX designer

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Instagram

Bluesky

YouTube

Patreon

More

References

Top patrons

Changelog

About project