Game Development Reference
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2D doesn't mean you have to use only 2D
Just because the rest of your game is 2D, it doesn't means you have to use 2D. Some of
the best games I've seen use a mixture of 2D and 3D, and Unity will help you there be-
cause it's not limited.
Whether you have 2D play areas and 3D terrain for maps or 3D villages and a 2D map, it
doesn't really matter. Just go with whatever you are comfortable with or what fits with the
aesthetic of your game.
Thanks to the way 2D is implemented in Unity, you can even mix it up by having 3D ele-
ments placed and animated in your 2D scene either as background elements or interactive
components.
Note
A word to the wise
Although you can mix the 2D and 3D rendering in a single scene, you cannot mix the 2D
and 3D physics. This is simply because they are separate engines and have no connection
to each other. Keep this in mind depending on what you are trying to build in your game.
