Depthmaps for better than parallax effect

Kert

Joined June 2009

Topic Starter

Kert 2015-01-14T14:31:56+00:00

There is a cool site which has a few examples of this effect - http://depthy.me/

Basically you only need a source image and a depthmap image
Depthmap image consists of various shades of gray. Darker - the object is closer to the viewer, brighter - it's deeper in the background
You can make a depthmap even in ms paint, so this is a very user-friendly way of customizing how the game looks

Title screen is the best place to use this

Sea_Food

484 posts

Joined September 2012

Sea_Food 2015-01-14T16:09:30+00:00

Play osu in 3D for 30minutes. Eyes hurt like ass.

Why would you want this.

Or maybe i mis understood what you are suggesting.

MillhioreF

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MillhioreF 2015-01-14T20:13:02+00:00

He means for use at the title screen, you could have backgrounds which appear to swivel around in 3D slightly instead of just being a static image that moves along with the osu! cookie.

I think it's a cool idea, but it'd require a lot of coding for little gain, so I don't really see it happening.

FrzR

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Joined October 2012

FrzR 2015-01-16T09:11:09+00:00

Depending on the situation, I could root for this.

abraker

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abraker 2015-08-29T22:45:38+00:00

I want those 3D looking triangles!

Kert