#camera design

[askagamedev]

Under what umbrella does a camera for a 3D game tend to fall? That is, is it more of a game design concern, art direction concern, or engineering?

It's primarily a feature handled by game design and engineering. The designers figure out how the camera needs to behave for the intended player experience and then the engineers figure out how to translate those behavior rules into code.

Let's say that we're working on the camera functionality for in-game cinematics for a narrative-heavy AAA game like the Witcher or Dragon Age. The cinematic designers need a solid toolbox to build cinematics with, a set of tools that they will use to create most of the cinematics of the game. That toolbox might include things like:

Look at X (cut)

Look at X (pan)

Zoom in/out

Move to point Y

Ease In/Out (acceleration control)

Camera Shake

As a designer, I would expect that I would be able to activate one or more of these tools at specific time stamps (e.g. at frame 32, pan to Desmal while moving to point A and zooming in) while I script my cinematic. As an engineer, it would be my responsibility to take the description of each of these tools and create them in code. I would then integrate them into the in-game cinematic editor so that the cinematic designers can use them to create the in-game cinematics.

Similar discussions and work take place for things like what the camera should do while the player is in combat, what the camera should do while the player is exploring, and so on.

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RICOH XOBBOX (1993)

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i don't think anyone talks about how funny this part of alex kralie's marble hornets trailer is. jay and alex sitting at some random bench, where they can coincidentally see brian. brian with his face turned as if he doesn't notice his two former classmates gawking at him from a distance. alex's terrible voiceover. alex shakily taking his glasses off as if it'll help him see brian better. alex's outfit (no seriously what the fuck is he wearing)

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Alt outfits. Playing dress up with him like he´s a barbie doll.

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metropolitan tokyo

scans from Japanese Graphics Now! (2003)

[bixels]

Watched Rear Window last week. Went a little overboard on what was supposed to be a simple expression/design study.

Maybe one of the most bone-chilling scenes in film.

Individual shots:

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Olympus Stylus Verve (2004)

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how on earth do i use this damn thing-

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forest 01

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val is kind of a freak

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Fujifilm Nexia Q1 (2001)

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