They're not using 30⁰ though, but rather 1:2 (approx 26.5⁰) So this is 16 × √2 ≈... | Hacker News

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		pacaro on Dec 1, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Isometric Pixel Art They're not using 30⁰ though, but rather 1:2 (approx 26.5⁰) So this is 16 × √2 ≈ 22.6 or 23px, which seems over tall to me

scotty79 on Dec 1, 2022 | [–]

30 deg is not angle of the lines on the projection. It's the angle at which camera must be oriented in 3d space to achieve ratio of 1:2 on projection.

pacaro on Dec 1, 2022 | | [–]

Aah, that makes more sense

pacaro on Dec 1, 2022 | [–]

https://i.imgur.com/YnHiRTG.png

20px looks good to me, but maybe it's subjective.

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