Scroll Back: The Theory and Practice of Cameras in Side-Scrollers

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Post by sp332 » Fri, May 08, 2015, 5:43 PM UTC

Scroll Back: The Theory and Practice of Cameras in Side-Scrollers
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Post by 1wd » Fri, May 08, 2015, 8:24 PM UTC

Abuse (1996) had some kind of (inverted) target focus I think. Or is that a snappy lerp-smooth?

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Post by benihana » Fri, May 08, 2015, 8:41 PM UTC

This is so phenomenal. Just being aware of the different ways camera systems are used is incredible when playing and making games.

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Post by corysama » Fri, May 08, 2015, 9:37 PM UTC

Has this been seen by http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/ ? If not, it definitely should be :)

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Post by dcre » Fri, May 08, 2015, 9:42 PM UTC

This is so much more interesting than it should be. The GIFs must have been a ton of work to put together. Fantastic.

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Post by 0942v8653 » Fri, May 08, 2015, 10:01 PM UTC

Great article. (Unfortunately I had to finish it in w3m because the gifs were so huge.)

I remember doing lerp and projected-focus before I knew what they were called. It definitely has more depth than it seems, and as I was reading I was surprised at how much thought went into some of these decisions, especially Super Mario World where I had never noticed it. I suppose it's like UX design -- you only notice it if it's bad.