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#1 2009-02-18 13:45:47
I think I've found the best way to 3D...
I was thinkin' one day about 3D in Scratch. Surely it's possible?
There are three ways to do 3D:
• With A tiny wee sprite, a pen, and many many math equations.
• With pre-rendered sprites, and a lot more maths.
• My favourite: A 2D map which' coordinates are transferred to a 3D world.
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Here Is my attempt (Very, very, WIP).
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/djmoomoo/421476
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#2 2009-02-18 14:32:48
Re: I think I've found the best way to 3D...
djmoomoo wrote:
I was thinkin' one day about 3D in Scratch. Surely it's possible?
There are three ways to do 3D:
• With A tiny wee sprite, a pen, and many many math equations.
• With pre-rendered sprites, and a lot more maths.
• My favourite: A 2D map which' coordinates are transferred to a 3D world.
It's hard to do point three. If anyone could do that, scratch would change!
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#3 2009-02-19 19:36:04
- SeanCanoodle
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- Registered: 2008-06-20
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Re: I think I've found the best way to 3D...
3D is very possible, but even more impractical. The amount of time that would go into it to make a slow ridiculously inefficient system could be spent learning another language to 3D with.
That said, pseudo 3D is defiantly the best option. Isometric is a great system for making things look 3D, or even gradients to add depth to sprites. Of all your ideas, the third one would actually work best in Scratch. Creating a 2D height map stored in a list (for the lack of real arrays) then rendered with the pen or stamp could create some nice 3D effects.
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#5 2009-02-19 20:49:06
- blahdeblah
- Scratcher
- Registered: 2008-02-19
- Posts: 45
Re: I think I've found the best way to 3D...
Isn't the 3rd option harder than the first 2??
Anyway, another method is to pre-render a 3D object, import into Scratch at different angle/costume, and then apply some maths (:p). Then some script to make the static costume of the sprite change depending on the real 3D input...something like that. Kind of a combination.
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#6 2009-02-19 21:40:44
Re: I think I've found the best way to 3D...
djmoomoo wrote:
I was thinkin' one day about 3D in Scratch. Surely it's possible?
There are three ways to do 3D:
• With A tiny wee sprite, a pen, and many many math equations.
• With pre-rendered sprites, and a lot more maths.
• My favourite: A 2D map which' coordinates are transferred to a 3D world.
__
Here Is my attempt (Very, very, WIP).
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/djmoomoo/421476
I did something that kinda looks 3D
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/DougV2/340692
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