Perspective

Perspective is the way the player see the game. A game can use more then one but one will often be the dominant one.

Top-down

View directly from above with camera looking down. Can be used with parallel or perspective projection.

• Alien Breed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-aSztV1QLo

Side-Scrolling

Game world seen from the side. Named after classic games that scrolled to the sides but often possible to move up or down.

• Super Mario Bros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ia8bhFoqkVE

• Metroid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoZTjis-7fs

Perspective

• • First-person perspective (FPP) - When you see the world from the perspective of the avatar you play. Like from the eyes of the character, driver seat of the car or the flight deck of a plane.

  • Second-Person perspective -

  • Third-Person (TPP) -

Reference

• • Model View Projection - 2019

  • Scroll Back - The Theory and Practice of Cameras in Side-Scrollers - 2015

  • A Room With A View - 2015

  • How Cameras in Side-Scrollers Work - 2015

  • A Layman’s Guide to Projection in Videogames - 2009