Question by cmos · Jun 08, 2017 at 07:51 PM · animation design 2.5d

General game effects

Hi Unity family,

I just have a general question about game effects. I am more of a programmer then an artist to keep that in mind.

I just want to get a general idea how these 2.5D games create their effects. Is it a 3D animation on each module, and the code controls what plays? Is it code based, where you create code to control transparency, scale and translation of each object?

I am a bit lost and just want to be pointed in the right direction to know what I have to learn for this and what is considered the best approach so I am on the right track.

For example this effect (on each tile): alt text