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From: bob@coolfone.comze.com
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Subject: Re: fake 3d
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On Sunday, May 27, 2012 8:16:03 PM UTC-5, Miles Bader wrote:
> bob@coolfone.comze.com writes:
> > What's the term for graphics like what you see in Zynga's CityVille?
> >
> > It's kind of like 3d but 2d.  How do they do that?
> 
> Do you mean "orthographic projection", or maybe more specifically
> "isometric projection" [a kind of orthographic projection where
> the x, y, and z axes are exactly 120 degrees apart in the
> projection]?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_projection
> 
> [Gives various types]
> 
> -miles
> 
> -- 
> P.S.  All information contained in the above letter is false,
>       for reasons of military security.

Thanks.

I bet they're rendering a lot of that isometric stuff in Blender like this guy does here:

http://clintbellanger.net/rpg/tutorials/isometric_tiles/