Creating a throwback Beat 'Em Up: 2d or 2.5d?

[mws87]

@Bankworthy;681507

Howdy, been working on a similar game lately
The way I figured it was, that it’s essentially a top down game, with the sprites of characters drawn from the side

Using this method, I was able to create this (heavily CRAWL inspired)

[video]https://zippy.gfycat.com/TinyAnyIguanodon.webm[/video]

For the inputs,

MoveRight ( A/D) moves you along the world Y axis

And MoveForward (W/S) moves you along the world X axis

I’m going to give this method a shot. I’ve tried the “flying mode” setup, but it doesn’t seem to be working correctly with character jumping. I’m intrigued by your method. In your GIF example, are you just drawing the floor as a background? Are you using tileset layers?