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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The characters and environments in Fallout and JA2 are basically still frames (sprites) of 3D models at specific angles. They were rendered once on a powerful development machine, and converted to sprites for our lowly Pentiums and Voodoos.

[–] Trail 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Aren't all sprites prerendered? What is the alternative, hand drawn ones? That would go waaay back...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It wouldn't really. Hand-drawn sprites are pretty standard even today - whether they're hand-pixelled (Stardew Valley) or frame-by-frame animation (Spiritfarer).