Wasabi Horizon

[Higuy8000]

@Pedwar2;471826

Thank you for the support! The projects on your site look terrific as well.

With the paper 2D system, for the z depth, we had to find a temporary workaround until we find a better system for this particular style of game, . Our solution for now is that for every object we have in the world that Wasabi interacts with (rocks, walls, trees, etc) is made up of two copies of that same object that have different render geometries showing: top part and bottom part. We then layer both copies of that object on top of each other and give each piece a different render translucency sort priority. The top part will have a higher priority than Wasabi (creates illusion that character is behind) and a lower priority for the bottom part (creates illusion of the character is in front). Then we place a collision box where needed (usually on the copy of the item that is on the bottom) in order to finish creating the illusion. In the video, there are a few examples of this effect. The first is at 0:15 where Wasabi walks behind a tree. The the next ones are at 0:28-0:30 where the character walks behind a rock and the gate.

I know that the explanation can get confusing so if you have any further questions, feel free to ask away.

Thanks for the detailed explanation, I appreciate it very much. I’ll have to start toying around with it and see if I can get it working myself. If there is one thing that should be made a clear example and/or integrated into Paper 2d, its a feature like this. So many games use this view/style, no idea why it wasn’t supported or a content example made available . If I have anymore questions, I’ll be sure to ask you! Good luck on your project!