iXie gaming

JULY 11, 2025

Pro Tip: Use orthographic or isometric perspectives for both 2D sprites and 3D environments. Games like Octopath Traveler II achieve cohesion by locking camera angles and aligning visual depth, ensuring pixel art characters don’t feel out of place in dynamic 3D backdrops. The same holds true for 2D-3D worlds.

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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. From pixel-perfect platformers to tactical RPGs, this hybrid approach enhances both design and gameplay. From Street Fighter IV to Octopath Traveler, the 2.5D What Powers 2.5D?

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Retro Game Coders

APRIL 29, 2022

In the last part of this STOS BASIC Tutorial we loaded a sprite but it just sat there, let’s fix that … One of the ways that STOS BASIC helps us to build interactive programs and games is in the sprite movement features because they are not only easy, but they do their thing without our constant input. Custom Mouse Pointer.

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Retro Game Coders

APRIL 29, 2022

Now we can move sprites in STOS we need to put things together to see how we can actually begin creating playable games. This isn’t intended to be super fun, just ensure we know how to have a bad guy sprite that can cause the game to end when our player character is eaten. Background Tiles and Beating the Sprite Limits.

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Cocos

AUGUST 3, 2023

I had tried the mask method already with no luck… but you mentioning it here pushed me to go try it some more… actually, I still had no luck using the graphic stencil… but the graphic ellipse did the trick perfectly! You saved me so much time!

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The Liquid Fire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

When a game is “published”, the number of pixels rendered, and the aspect ratio used, are determined by the device that the game is running on, such as a television screen, web page, or even mobile device. Any remaining space that appears as a result of mis-matched aspect ratios, will just be left rendering black pixels.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Import: Fix texture atlas generation when source sprite is larger than generated atlas ( GH-55094 ). macOS: Fix driver crash when enabling per-pixel transparency on M1 macs ( GH-55464 ). Physics: Fix test_move reporting collision when touching another body ( GH-54845 ). iOS: Capture and display xcodebuild output ( GH-54711 ).

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