There is also a 2.5D paradigm. I made a small demo of a 2.5D where I generated pure 2D pixelart sprites and embedded them in a Blender+Unity 3D level. Personally I find this mix very exciting.
Demo: <a href="https://acatovic.github.io/afterlight-play/" rel="nofollow">https://acatovic.github.io/afterlight-play/
Tool I used to create 2D sprites: <a href="https://github.com/acatovic/ai-game-studio" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/acatovic/ai-game-studio
Reminds me greatly of Between Horizons, if one wants to see a full game in a similar style: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons__A_SciFi_Detective_Adventure/" rel="nofollow">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1921980/Between_Horizons_...
That's a great game. Another I played recently is REPLACED: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663850/REPLACED/" rel="nofollow">https://store.steampowered.com/app/1663850/REPLACED/
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Demo: <a href="https://acatovic.github.io/afterlight-play/" rel="nofollow">https://acatovic.github.io/afterlight-play/ Tool I used to create 2D sprites: <a href="https://github.com/acatovic/ai-game-studio" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/acatovic/ai-game-studio
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