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Integrating 2D and 3D Art: Creating Cohesive Game Worlds

iXie gaming

JULY 11, 2025

Pro Tip: Use orthographic or isometric perspectives for both 2D sprites and 3D environments. Pro Tip: Use real-time lighting rigs on 3D elements and hand-paint corresponding shadows on 2D sprites. Spine and DragonBones Workflow Insight: Skeletal animation tools allow 2D characters to respond to game physics and lighting more fluidly.

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The Art of 2.5D: How It’s Redefining Game Design

iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

Its not just about blending 2D sprites with 3D environments; it is about strategic design choices that create a unique visual and gameplay experience. to deliver fluid animation, layered environments, and tight control mechanics. Whether through hand-painted aesthetics, layered environments, or hybrid animation techniques, 2.5D

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Handle the collision of sprites

Cocos

DECEMBER 25, 2022

I’m trying to handle the collision of two sprites, i added BoxCollider2D to the sprites. One sprite can jump (changing the y coordinate through animation), named "character ", the other is a static object, named “key”. code for the "character ". start () {. this.collider.on(Contact2DType.BEGIN_CONTACT,

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Animated sprites, both 2D and 3D, now support options for more precise timing of individual frames ( GH-65609 ). Animation: Add animation_started/finished signals to AnimationTree and fix time accuracy in StateMachine ( GH-70278 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Animated sprites, both 2D and 3D, now support options for more precise timing of individual frames ( GH-65609 ). Animation: Add animation_started/finished signals to AnimationTree and fix time accuracy in StateMachine ( GH-70278 ).

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How to get started with Unity Game Development – Tips & Tricks from iXie Experts

iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Advanced animation techniques Explore Unity’s animation system to create complex and visually appealing character and object animations. Use features like blend trees, inverse kinematics (IK), and animation events to achieve lifelike movement and interactions.

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Full Unity 2D Game Tutorial 2019 – Particle Effects CPU and GPU

Game Development

JANUARY 24, 2019

Particle effects are a special type of technique used to display many objects/sprites in an efficient manner to create various effects. Texture Sheet Animation. Allows you to use an animation instead of a static image for a particle. Full Unity 2D Game Tutorial 2019 – Particle Effects CPU and GPU. Sub Emitters.

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Godot's 2D engine gets several improvements for upcoming 4.0

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

x is that, several times, sprites are separated in many nodes in order to be animated or assembled. The 2D GPU particle system will support particle collisions against the whole scene via SDF. This has been added for 4.0 thanks to the new DirectionalLight2D node. CanvasGroup. Another major annoyance for users in Godot 3.x

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Module 2: Programming & Design Basics (Lesson 5)

Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

He also covers the significance of different events like ‘create’, ‘destroy’, ‘collision’, etc., We created a Sprite, an object assigned an event to it, and wrote some code. Collision is when objects actually start touching each other in the world. (07:31) In that last video.

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Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

Revamped animation editor. In particular, it solves a major pain point for new Godot users by no longer offering scaling handles for collision shapes, but letting you directly change their size instead. Revamped animation editor. The animation editor has also been completely rewritten to ensure a much better experience.

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Explanation of the Gameplay Framework - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

APRIL 27, 2023

The contents is shown as below: Preloading 【Important】Data and Action Game Module Guide Level Module Guide Actor Module Guide Main Character Control Character Animation Masking and IK Monster Spawn Mechanism Item Drop Mechanism … Preloading Entry Script init.ts on_anig ：Set the variable of the animation image of the current actor.

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Unreal Engine 5 FPS: Create A Zombie Horde Shooter

Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

We always say the best way to learn is by practice, so your assignment is to create the input action for spriting that is going to be triggered by pressing the Left Shift key. Character Animation Blueprint. To animate the character we need to create the animation blueprint.

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Getting started with HaxeFlixel in 2021

Radiator Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

The engine should be able to render and simulate 200+ lightweight game objects -- frame-animated sprites with simple collision, no fancy physics or shaders. I have to pay to use more than 1 font, or make an animation more than 5 seconds long? Reminder: for iOS, that means WebGL 1.0 and no WASM.) I didn't try to find out.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11

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