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I have been tasked with creating a 2d game (In JAVA) for Computer Science 2A.
I’ve created the game and all works well, but how do i go about converting this 2D game to 3D, ie. The game will be played in a 2D plane(2D array) but will rendered in 3D.
More specifically – Using JLWGL.
There is no way to automatize the creation of a 3D game (using textured 3D models) from a 2D-based game (made of sprites, or otherwise a set of animated 2D imagery).
As for making a 3D game that has 2D physics. Well, you will actually be creating exactly that, a 3D game that, in terms of physics, is one axis short or limited.
What that axis is depends on your game. “Z” usually (not a standard, you’ll have to do your own tweaking!) refers to the depth, so in a PLATFORM game that moves just side-to-side (X axis) and up-and-down (Y axis), you would simply skip implementing any player-commanded movement for that Z axis.
Don’t forget you can’t simply skip everything related to the axis altogether! The characters and objects are 3D! So following the same example they would still have depth (Z-axis), and they’r animation will still make depth-related movements.
So, in the end, it is like Tim tried to explain, there is no “easy way” and you will just have to grasp how to do rendering of a 3D game (you just won’t be using complex physics on it, but that’s pretty much the only difference).