I have seen a couple of games come by that seem to have 2d graphics like: http://www.tumbledrop.com/. How is that done? Are they planes with 2d textures on it or is it more then just that?
Some people choose planes with textures. Some choose real 3D objects, just with orthographic projection.
In case of tumbledrop, the author has blogged about the creation process quite extensively: http://dock.livejournal.com/tag/tumbledrop - you can see some screenshots from 3dsmax where the objects are “real 3D” (this post in particular).
Great, Thanks for the info! I will check it out right away.