Pixel Game Maker MV is the latest option. This piece of software is currently in Early Access but allows for gerenating assets, animating sprites, giving objects actions and connecting levels ...

Even today, pixel artists point to Third Strike as the high watermark for sprite animation in fighting games, and for good reason: no other 2D fighter has ever looked quite like it. Alucard’s ...

For a time, pixel art was a necessity ... and the Star Wars arcade game, most games were assembled on grids. Oftentimes, the results were beautiful. We still admire sprite-based games, not just ...

The HD-2D style of video game production allows developers to take 2D sprites and place them in 3D ... they "took ...

The Nintendo DS was a particularly good canvas for pixel art, and the concurrent rise of download services on home consoles proved another great fit for 2D games ... who tried sprites of 8 ...

Studio PICO has past experience in 2D fighting and shooting action games—including the creation of character sprites for “big ... An action game with the pixel art visuals of the 80s and ...

Put simply, HD-2D places 2D, pixel-art sprites within 3D environments that ... timeless — an extension of a classic ’90s video game aesthetic into the present, which deepens and enriches ...

It takes retro 2D sprites and fits them into beautiful ... and more alongside charming old-school pixel art really helps the games that utilize this style stand out from the crowd.

However, he recognises that there’s an audience for 2D games and explains how Sonic Superstars is an evolution of that style of gameplay. ‘We look at the pixel art – it’s great – but ...