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Hey hey,

I'm looking at making a top down shooter where things can rise from the screen (eg. helicopter or mortar) and was interested in seeing what is a good way of approaching this?

The camera would always be fixed from directly above but could be fixed to different Z heights. As in player gets shot into the air and the ground gets smaller as camera follows them into the air or player is walking on a platform higher than ground level. Also if a helicopter for example was to pass over; have them larger or smaller depending on their z level and the camera height.

If anyone has any information, tips or resources they could share with me that would be awesome.

Thank you

The world should probably be pure 3D even if drawn in pseudo-3D; therefore, each object should have a height with respect to the ground, and a thickness. Magnification factor is proportional to distance. Calculate the distance from the map to the camera, and from each object to the camera, and apply the corresponding zoom factor. Define a maximum height for the camera, and create your map in such a way that at this height, no borders are visible.