Talk:Isometric
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There are two meanings of this word (at least), and neither owns a monopoly on usage (check the list of links to here). The "isometric projection" and "isometric" as in two spaces are isometry between them (math). Given there is more than one fundamental meaning for this, I think it should be a disambig, however "upsetting" this is to gamers. All the math links currently link to the wrong place.
This entry could really benefit from an image. It'd be really easy to create. I'd add it myself, but I've never added images to articles before and am not sure how to go about doing it. Anyone else? -Frecklefoot
- I'd be glad to do it. Adding images is easy - just upload it and then link to it from the article, so if you have something prepared, go ahead! If not, I will post one sometime. -- Wapcaplet
- I don't have anything prepared, but it wouldn't be a challenge to create something. If I get some spare time soon, I'll do it. I guess it's a race to see who'll do it first. :^) -Frecklefoot
Eventually, someone will point out that video games warrant only a footnote in this article, and that "isometric" is an adjective (so the first sentence is inappropriate) and there should be a link to this page from "isometry". I'm too busy now, though. -- Mike Hardy
- You're right there. I suppose if the video game section gets too large we could devote a new article like Isometric video games to it. (There are certainly enough of them!) -- Wapcaplet
Sim City wasn't isometric was it? I suppose the graphics you got when your commerical zone (or whatever) sprouted an actual building (what excitement!) were sort of isometric, but still, it seems somewhat misleading to put it here, cos the actual game was played on a 2D top-down square grid. It was in the Spectrum version anyway. Ah, how I miss the old speccy... --Camembert
- Oops. 1 wasn't 2k, 3k and 4 are -- Tarquin 00:44 Jan 11, 2003 (UTC)