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Drawing Level 2D canvas help

A topic by Haziq Heartfelt created 87 days ago Views: 168 Replies: 6
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Haziq Heartfelt87 days ago

I have been working on making a level fully in art program instead of placing pieces one by one

It is non pixel art and

I can’t find any help on the internet, 

I want to make a simple cozy game platform with few puzzles but focus most on storytelling 


I want it to ask two things


1, what size should my canvas in art program be, so it does not turn small in unity


2, if I had to place the assets on the platform

how do i make it look it is attract and not really off like putting, I mean by putting them on the layout 

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No Time To PlayModerator moved this topic to General Development 87 days ago
No Time To PlayModerator87 days ago

(moved to the right category)

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Haziq Heartfelt87 days ago (1 edit)

Ops I did not see that


sorry and thank you

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Evolutionary Games87 days ago

It depends on what you're designing the game for - consoles, mobile or PC. 

If PC, then your canvas should be at least 1920 x 1080 and any backgrounds you create should be around that size too.  The game elements will be whatever size is needed for them to fit the background correctly.

Keep in mind that devices can scale down better than they can scale up. But don't go to big, because then the game's performance will suffer.

If it looks good in your graphics app it will look good in Unity, as long as Unity doesn't have to scale the asset a lot.

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Haziq Heartfelt87 days ago

okay  and yes it is for pc

so 1920x1080 should be good then

I always thought I should make the canvas bigger to


so if I export the level and the player is a bit big

then I only need to make it small instead of making the level scale bigger 

that's what you are saying right?

 

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Evolutionary Games87 days ago(+1)

Yes, scale down (make it smaller) rather than scaling up. But at 1920x1080 you should be okay if the player has a larger monitor if you use high quality graphics.

Keep in mind a 2D game in Unity is not created on the canvas - only the interface is. The 2D, like 3D is created on the frame and you also have options to bring the camera closer or move it further away to fit the screen size based on the player's monitor size.

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Haziq Heartfelt87 days ago

Thank you so much for the help^^

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