How does a mirror work in games? #indiedev #gamedev #indiegamedev

[MishIzHere]

Good enough, welcome back Martincitopants

[CheerfulChocobo]

The funniest thing would be the mirror breaking when the player looks at it

[lennytheburger]

Mirrors are surprisingly complex, they dont actually reflect a plane, they reflect a whole volume of space. A simple planar reflection or reflecting the canera around the mirror should work fine though

[FirefoxyLeGibus]

Old games would actually just duplicate the entire geometry and add a character that mimics your every move

[kitalthevali]

you can also use a world portal or hole in the wall to an exact copy of the room the mirror is facing as you would see it through a mirror works almost just as well

[j_devs]

Hmm, I think it could be kind of cool to use a mirror in a puzzle game. But how?