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Hello, I'm helping a friend in Rome developing an adventure game for pc. He and the other dev guys are stuck just at the beginning of the game design stage because they don't know if 3D is what the game really needs (but of course is much more complex to implement) or 2D is enough for the kind of game the want to develop.

I think that 2D is a good choice, also there would more time for the story, the gameplay and the mechanics, while focusing on 3D could steal resources and time in a project where 3D could be unnecessary.

Any suggestions?

Go with this forum title... 2D all the way!

2D rocks! 2D isn't dead just yet!

Awesome

can you give me some hints? what style would you use for a 2d adventure? some examples?

Manuel Marino,

Define what you mean by style. Are you meaning view angle, speed, scenarios etc?

No, I mean... considering the adventures published in the past, what title would you consider as guide to create an adventure today?

You could try to re create the ages of empires

Well, there's really three ways you can go. 2d, 3d and 2d/3d.

First off, you can't simply ask people what you should do. You should make the game *you* want to play. This is the advice given by countless game design tutorials. If you don't want to play it, will anyone else care?

I'm not an expert on anything. I have however, played a game here or there

Examples:

2d:

The old lucasarts games, particularly Zak Mckracken, Maniac Mansion, Sam and Max. The original three indiana jones games plus atlantis. Gabriel knight 1. That clown one (the name escapes me)
(possibly the longest journey? it's been a while) Lots of others.. some of my favorites were Monkey Island 1-3.

And although I don't really consider them adventure games, I believe the early myst games were all 2d

3d:
Well this one is tough. I think the last monkey island was completely 3d. I think the third Gabriel Knight was too ( i haven't played it) Myst : uru was 3d.

2d/3d:
There's a couple but I think they're fairly hard to find. I believe Grim Fandango was a hybrid of 3d character models and 2d backgrounds. I just finished playing "still life" (great game until the ending which does not exist.. seriously.. they made a game with no ending at all.. no wrap up.. no .. sorry Umm still life has 3d models and the backgrounds I believe are 2d.

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Again I'm not an expert on anything... I can barely program in darkbasic right now... but here's my thoughts:

Go with your strengths. If you have someone who is a fantastic 2d artist (drawings, paintings, etc) then you are probably better off with a 2d game.

If you have someone who is a fantastic 3d modeler, then a 3d or 2d/3d hybrid might be best.

Unless you can create 3d models ala doom3 (I doubt darkbasic could handle it?) ... then 2d backgrounds will more likely be more detailed. Also if you're really sneaky, I was thinking about this the other day, you could get hold of a digital camera, and use real life places for your 2d backgrounds With this method you don't NEED an artist for the backgrounds still need one for characters and animation though. (unless again you used pictures *GRIN*)

I hope something in here helps you find what you truly want to create. Good luck