I’ve been working on 2D games for a long time now (because 2D is all I know how to do) and want to step it up a notch. I don’t want to go fully 3D because I don’t think I have the mathematical knowledge to work with 3D graphics, but instead want to start developing some graphics that lie somewhere inbetween.
By inbetween I mean graphics that will still render as 2D, but may have been created using 3D software and then exported at various angles. Some examples of the style could include:
- Age of Empires 1.
- Diablo 1 & 2.
- Starcraft 1.
Is there any software used specifically for creating a 3D model and then generating a 2D sprite-sheet from it? Here is an example of such graphics that may help in making sense:
Blender is free 3D modeling tool, where you can make sprite sheet out of the model. I don’t know how to do this but I know it’s possible, because my friend is using it for our game (he is making 3D spaceship models and transforming them into 2D sprites)
http://www.blender.org/