Fixed Camera Perspective Concepting

When building isometric or fixed-perspective games, we employ a technique during the concept hase to emulate the player's viewpoint, effectively allowing us to roleplay as the player.

This involves overlaying a dark gradient layer with a central rectangle cutout over the concept art to represent the player's screen. We position the character in the middle of this frame and move the layer around the environment, simulating the player's movement.

It's been a wildly effective design technique for early-stage brainstorming among the team.

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Little Trekker - Hermit Crab Cove Exploration

Below you can see the original concept and the video where we simulated how the player would move through the space.

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Little Trekker - Watchtower Balcony Exploration

Below you can see the original concept and the video where we simulated how the player would move through the space.

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