diff --git a/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/ChaseCamera.cs b/src/AcDream.App/Rendering/ChaseCamera.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Numerics;
+
+namespace AcDream.App.Rendering;
+
+/// <summary>
+/// Third-person chase camera that follows behind and above a player
+/// character. Implements <see cref="ICamera"/> so it plugs into the
+/// existing renderer pipeline.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed class ChaseCamera : ICamera
+{
+    public Vector3 Position { get; private set; }
+    public float Aspect { get; set; } = 16f / 9f;
+    public float FovY { get; set; } = MathF.PI / 3f;
+
+    /// <summary>Distance behind the player.</summary>
+    public float Distance { get; set; } = 8f;
+
+    /// <summary>Camera pitch above horizontal (radians). Positive = look down.</summary>
+    public float Pitch { get; set; } = 0.35f;  // ~20 degrees
+
+    /// <summary>Vertical offset from the player's feet to the look-at point (eye height).</summary>
+    public float EyeHeight { get; set; } = 1.5f;
+
+    private const float PitchMin = 0.05f;
+    private const float PitchMax = 1.4f;  // ~80 degrees
+
+    private float _playerYaw;
+    private Vector3 _lookAt;
+
+    public Matrix4x4 View =>
+        Matrix4x4.CreateLookAt(Position, _lookAt, Vector3.UnitZ);
+
+    public Matrix4x4 Projection =>
+        Matrix4x4.CreatePerspectiveFieldOfView(FovY, Aspect, 1f, 5000f);
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Update the camera position to follow the player.
+    /// </summary>
+    public void Update(Vector3 playerPosition, float playerYaw)
+    {
+        _playerYaw = playerYaw;
+        _lookAt = playerPosition + new Vector3(0f, 0f, EyeHeight);
+
+        // Camera offset: behind the player (-forward direction) and above.
+        float forwardX = MathF.Cos(playerYaw);
+        float forwardY = MathF.Sin(playerYaw);
+
+        float horizontalDist = Distance * MathF.Cos(Pitch);
+        float verticalDist = Distance * MathF.Sin(Pitch);
+
+        Position = new Vector3(
+            playerPosition.X - forwardX * horizontalDist,
+            playerPosition.Y - forwardY * horizontalDist,
+            playerPosition.Z + EyeHeight + verticalDist);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Adjust pitch by a delta (from mouse Y movement).
+    /// </summary>
+    public void AdjustPitch(float delta)
+    {
+        Pitch = Math.Clamp(Pitch + delta, PitchMin, PitchMax);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Rendering/ChaseCameraTests.cs b/tests/AcDream.Core.Tests/Rendering/ChaseCameraTests.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Numerics;
+using AcDream.App.Rendering;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace AcDream.Core.Tests.Rendering;
+
+public class ChaseCameraTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void Position_BehindPlayer_WhenYawIsZero()
+    {
+        var camera = new ChaseCamera { Aspect = 16f / 9f };
+        camera.Update(playerPosition: Vector3.Zero, playerYaw: 0f);
+
+        // Yaw=0 means facing +X (cos(0)=1, sin(0)=0).
+        // Camera should be BEHIND the player: negative X direction.
+        Assert.True(camera.Position.X < -1f, $"Camera X={camera.Position.X} should be behind player (negative X)");
+        Assert.True(camera.Position.Z > 0f, $"Camera Z={camera.Position.Z} should be above player");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Position_BehindPlayer_WhenYawIsHalfPi()
+    {
+        var camera = new ChaseCamera { Aspect = 16f / 9f };
+        camera.Update(playerPosition: Vector3.Zero, playerYaw: MathF.PI / 2f);
+
+        // Yaw=PI/2 means facing +Y. Camera should be behind: negative Y.
+        Assert.True(camera.Position.Y < -1f, $"Camera Y={camera.Position.Y} should be behind player (negative Y)");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Position_FollowsPlayerPosition()
+    {
+        var camera = new ChaseCamera { Aspect = 16f / 9f };
+        var playerPos = new Vector3(100f, 200f, 50f);
+        camera.Update(playerPosition: playerPos, playerYaw: 0f);
+
+        // Camera should be near the player, not at the origin.
+        Assert.InRange(camera.Position.X, 85f, 100f);  // behind but close
+        Assert.InRange(camera.Position.Y, 195f, 205f);  // roughly same Y
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void PitchAdjustment_ChangesHeight()
+    {
+        var camera = new ChaseCamera { Aspect = 16f / 9f };
+        camera.Update(playerPosition: Vector3.Zero, playerYaw: 0f);
+        float z1 = camera.Position.Z;
+
+        camera.AdjustPitch(0.2f);
+        camera.Update(playerPosition: Vector3.Zero, playerYaw: 0f);
+        float z2 = camera.Position.Z;
+
+        Assert.True(z2 > z1, "Increasing pitch should raise the camera");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ImplementsICamera()
+    {
+        ICamera camera = new ChaseCamera { Aspect = 16f / 9f };
+        camera.ToString();  // just proves interface is implemented
+    }
+}