I am brand new to unity (haven’t even had time to download it yet), however I’ve played multiple games with the plugin, and there is a recurring theme that bugs me…
I’m part of a group formed by a fellow high school student. We’re trying to design a MMORPG. We’re striving for it to be 2D anime graphics, with the out of combat view being one similar to a Visual Novel. The problem (aside from only 10 members, lack of the program or a programmer, and the interferance of our lives) is that most of what I’ve seen in Unity is 3D third person. The head of the group (who has already said he’ll be doing some if not most of the programming) does not want to use flash at all. Is there anyway this can be done, and if it not, are there any good free (or free version) programs we can use for this?
2D/3D/3rd person or 1st person is simply about how the camera has been setup in Unity.
Their are numerous camera options, you can set the camera to orthographic to make your game appear ‘2D’ without depth. Many 2D games have been made in Unity.
There are a couple of tutorials out there Google is your friend.
PS : An MMO is a very ambitious project, you should start smaller if you are new to game development. There are many threads related to this on the Unity Forums.
Check the asset store for sprites/2D packages. Also, don’t try to make an MMO, aim for ‘regular’ multiplayer instead. You don’t even want to know the cost of maintaining an MMO (google ‘Data Center’ for… inspiration…) let alone the amount of work needed. For beginners like your group, getting a multiplayer game up and running is a feat in itself. And who knows? Maybe after you’ve completed that, you can go and get yourselves a publisher for your MMO game
