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Video Game Design Foundations
Changeable Perspective
Some games allow the player to set the camera perspective. Many driving games
allow the player to switch from first person (behind the steering wheel) to third person
(overhead view that shows your car and the cars near you), as shown in Figure 4-6.
A first-person shooter game may show action from a third-person
perspective when moving through the battlefield. When the player gets to the
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Figure 4-5.
This Frogger
game from
FreeOnlineGames.
com uses a classic
overhead view. The
view shows a 2D
perspective looking
straight down on the
character and game
environment.
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Figure 4-6.
This arcade racing
game allows the
player to change
perspective by
pressing the View
button. On the right-
hand side of the
steering wheel is a
button that allows the
player to look behind
their car when the
current view is a first-
person perspective.
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