I want to make a Super Mario Kart like game, with mode 7 style graphics, but I have no clue where to start. How could I make a game in this style?
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Honestly that something I’ve been wanting to do too (although my idea was something more like F-Zero then Mario Kart.)
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I mean, I’ve been using Gdevelop for 2 years, but I’ve never used Javascript or anything
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I think it’s not absolutely necessary to use JS to do this sort of game.
On the other hand, a certain experience with GD is useful, particularly if the game is in 3D or isometric.
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Xierra
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If you use 3D sprites instead of models, it will look a bit like mode 7 even if it’s “real” 3D.
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Davy’s actually pretty spot on.
Mode 7 was basically 3D rendering on the SNES.
It took a single layer and mapped it as a texture on a single plane which let in be scaled and rotated independently of all of the other layers.
Your best bet is to use 3D rendering for this.
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Would I use billboards or regular 3d objects/models?
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Gdevelop should make a mode7 example game. That’d be really cool
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Hello!
Excuse-me but could anyone describe all the graphic modes you speak?
I am not expert with that.
Thanks.
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Xierra
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Mode 7 refers to a process used in SNES games to make 2D backgrounds look 3D. I attached some pictures of games that use Mode 7.
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Pushing this post because I’m not giving up on the F-Zero like idea.
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Yeah an F-Zero like game would be so cool! I’m just an Mario Kart Andy and wanna make something kinda like Mario Kart Super Circuit. I dunno if I’ll be able to do it by myself, but I may have a go
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Do you have any issue with the solution which is using 3D features?
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I am finding that using the car mechanics with 3d on a 3d object just isn’t working when it does work for a 3d model. I don’t know if this is an issue with the billboard functionality of if it’s a problem with the 3d object
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The billboard behavior forces the rotation of the object according to the camera. For a car, you probably want to do it the other way around and rotate the camera according to the car rotation with the 3rd person camera behavior for instance.
Doesn’t mode 7 work by rotating the background to make it look 3D? Is there a way to replicate that?
There is: 3D features.