Portal 2.5d
I don't plan anything like that.
I like this style... in a way.
Though placing portals is a little more difficult, this only contains 10 short chambers.
THEN, I might consider making something you expected this to be.
Which is Flash Portal, with 3d textures.
Because If I implament the side view camera now, you won't be able to see the portals on the side walls, and making the walls slanded would "ruin" the portal's transport. Also, You need new controls xP
Hmmm, true, but if there are multiple stories viewable at the same time then the camera should move up or down to a location where the player can see walls, ceiling, and floor of the story they are currently on. Or give the player the ability to control the camera to do that for themself (I think I'd prefer the camera do it automatically).
Anyway, I'm interested to see what you come up with for your current project, Atlantisrobo.
Ok, I tried it.
This is absolutely not 2.5D! No wonder no one understood before you put a demo.
2.5D refers to 2D with several planes, not 3D where you can only move in 2D. Super mario world had 2.5 D sequences with grids where you could be "in front" or "behind".
Same thing in the first level of Castlevania 4.
Sometimes games like Doom display 3D graphics but are in fact 2.5 D for the engine : an entity is defined in space by x, y and "current floor".
Instead of X,Y, Z in regular 3D.
Your demo reminds me much more of crash bandicoot can than mario bros DS. Crash Bandicoot kind of games are generally referred to "precalculated 3D" rather than 2.5D.
I don't want to be mean, but I don't see much interest in your idea : 2D portal is available to everyone with the flash version, and guys who bought regular portal want 3D and freedom to experiment in space.
IMO, upgrading the graphics of the flash version with 3D (or even "fake 3D" you would render before the game executes, donkey kong country style) is the best way to achieve what you originally meant with "2.5D like super mario bros". Even if in technician terms, it is NOT 2.5D.
What youme explained, which is "making a 2D game with a 3D engine by cheating the camera" is also good.
NO! THE CAKE! NOOOOOOOO !
actually when i FIRST read this guys post i had no idea wtf he was talking about. man go back and edit that. but. now. after having PLAYED his "first" room. i see LOTS of potential here (atleast for those of us that have played portal-flash)
its like this. You remember playing mario on the orriginal NES? it was 100% 2d, and a side scroller (much like portal-flash) (or any other old 100%2d side scroller, some of you may be to young to have any idea wtf i'm talking about) now. i don't know about ya'll, but i used to always wonder how cool it would be to JUMP-INTO the game, and look through marios eyes and play the levels.. well of coarse i wouldn't be able to traverse towards or away from the "player" cuz then that would be 3d, but i would still be able to go along the same paths. and everything (to me) would look 3d and such, and that is what THIS project reminds me of. like replaying the flash levels but with a First-person perspective.
if you work real hard on this and set it up proper. i think it would be really cool. but in order to sell it you have to make sure people play the flash version first. so really advertise that stuff. find the most reliable link to the flash version and SELL SELL SELL it to the player that they should play it first :-p
edit: after re-reading this i think i should clarify, by "sell" i mean make the person see your idea/perspective/point-of-view on the idea of this, not actually make money, slang ftw!
I am correctly remaking the levels from the flash version for the real portal in 3d, In the beginning I wanted to do exactly what Atlantisrobo did in the demo map but I decided to make it in full 3d.
Also I remember a side scroller mod for HL2, Can't remember the name right now, something with ant farm.
BTW I am the creator of Portal the flash version.
Also I remember a side scroller mod for HL2, Can't remember the name right now, something with ant farm.also one of the Prince of persia (i think it was sands of time) had a bonus feature like this (the side scroller thing) but thats kinda the opposite of what we are doing here. we are turning a sidescroller into a suedo Firstperson view. which i think would be cool :-p
Also I remember a side scroller mod for HL2, Can't remember the name right now, something with ant farm.
BTW I am the creator of Portal the flash version.
Are you doing this in first-person or third-person?
First person, Just like the normal portal, but with the original levels from the flash + some more.
Although I've tried to make it a side scroller using point_viewcontrol but you can't see yourself + It's really hard to aim.