iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

Hybrid Animation Techniques Games like Cuphead rely on meticulous, hand-drawn frame-by-frame animations, while Octopath Traveler takes a modern approach, using AI-assisted rendering to apply real-time lighting and physics to pixel art characters. to deliver fluid animation, layered environments, and tight control mechanics.

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DameDev.tv

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Rick Davidson & Tim Ruswick* are joined by Reece Geofroy to talk all things pixel art and how to get good at it. We also have a new Pixel Characters course from Reece, you can check that out here. You can also check out Reece’s pixel art game Monster Tribe on Steam. 's very own Instructor extraordinaire).

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iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

But how exactly does a simple sketch transform into a fully animated, game-ready asset? A well-defined art style, whether realistic, stylized, or pixel-based, guides asset complexity, rendering performance, and development timelines. This stage ensures models, textures, and animations function seamlessly in real-time environments.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 8, 2024

With its stylized blend of pixelated 2D characters against realistic 3D backdrops, Detective Dotson boasts a visual flair that truly sets the game apart. We use pixel characters to represent people of India as the endearing and expressive lot that we are!” The game will be accompanied by an animated mini-series.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 15, 2024

The game’s graphics showcase a distinctive fusion of modern 3D visuals with a nostalgic pixel-art look. From a production standpoint, pixel art also offered the quickest method for me to create and animate so it was a win-win. To arrive at the current style Marković explored various approaches.

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Grumpy Gamer

MARCH 21, 2020

One of the changes I made to the engine was severing it from pixel art. It can still do pixel art, but it’s better at doing higher res formats and I implemented Spine for character animations. If anyone knows where to find something like this, please let me know.

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CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Animation has come a long way since ancient Greek pottery drawings. Animation is the art of bringing 2D drawings or 3D models to life. Learn more about this fun and expressive art form and how to get started as a digital animator! Learn more about this fun and expressive art form and how to get started as a digital animator!

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

In todays dynamic game development world, animation plays a vital role in defining player experiences and shaping game aesthetics. From the pixelated classics of the 80s to todays immersive and realistic graphics, animation has redefined the gaming experience. How did 2D and 3D Animation Evolve in Gaming?

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Grumpy Gamer

MARCH 21, 2020

One of the changes I made to the engine was severing it from pixel art. It can still do pixel art, but it’s better at doing higher res formats and I implemented Spine as an option for character animations. ” I’ve been looking for some humanoid Spine animations in 4 or 8 directions.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The game’s graphics showcase a distinctive fusion of modern 3D visuals with a nostalgic pixel-art look. This approach, especially when combined with pixel art, created a visually appealing effect that resonated with me.” I opted for low poly 3D models with realistic textures, which I pixelated to harmonise with the pixel art style.

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Moonmana

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

What is Animation? Animation occupies an essential place in the video game development industry. Everyone has heard this term but does everyone know precisely what animation is? . In simple terms, animation means rapidly displaying still images in sequence to create the illusion of movement. What is 2D Animation?

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Animation has boomed in recent years and it’s now present in nearly every film or television show. The increase in popularity is caused by animation’s ability to storytell and hold an audience’s attention. Although, crafting animations isn’t a cakewalk by any means. Why would a cloud infrastructure like AWS help?

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Grumpy Gamer

MARCH 22, 2020

One of the changes I made to the engine was severing it from pixel art. It can still do pixel art, but it's better at doing higher res formats and I implemented Spine for character animations. I've been looking for some humanoid Spine animations in 4 or 8 directions.

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Grumpy Gamer

MARCH 22, 2020

One of the changes I made to the engine was severing it from pixel art. It can still do pixel art, but it's better at doing higher res formats and I implemented Spine as an option for character animations. I've been looking for some humanoid Spine animations in 4 or 8 directions.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

Even as game graphics became beautiful 3D scenes, the animations didn’t match up. Animation Integration. The processed mocap data is integrated into the game engine, where animators refine and polish the movements to ensure they seamlessly blend with the game’s overall aesthetic. Data Cleanup.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The cover illustration is from Tiny Pasture , an endearing literal desktop pet that has cute pixel art animals grazing at the bottom of your screen while you do other things. If you are interested in the latter, please request to join our testing group to get access to pre-release builds. in the previous 4.4 release.

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Grumpy Gamer

APRIL 30, 2022

I have made one pixel art game in my entire career and that was Thimbleweed Park. Monkey Island 1 and 2 weren’t pixel art games. When Dave and I first started brainstorming Return to Monkey Island we talked about pixel art, but it didn’t feel right. They were games using state-of-the-art tech and art.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The vertical axes of textures and picture pixels is shown above, when sampling textures in shaders, that is from top to bottom, which is top-right corner. This is consistent with how most image file formats store pixel data, and with how most graphics APIs work (including DirectX, Vulkan, Metal, WebGPU, but not OpenGL). x,waveFactor.y-uv0.y);

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Grumpy Gamer

MAY 1, 2022

I have made one pixel art game in my entire career and that was Thimbleweed Park. Monkey Island 1 and 2 weren't pixel art games. When Dave and I first started brainstorming Return to Monkey Island we talked about pixel art, but it didn't feel right. They were games using state-of-the-art tech and art.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

However, I eventually felt the need for a significant change in my life, leading me to transition into the roles of a 2D rigger, animator, and game developer.” But with the added elements of illustrations, animations, and music.” I handled programming and composing, while my friend created all the pixel art graphics.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

(Above: some WIP pixel art from Wizbane) You might have noticed I’ve been writing about and playing a lot of RPGs recently. Final Fantasy VI-inspired pixel art. Shooting for something with the basic vibe of Final Fantasy VI, but I want to hand-draw the attack animations and make them feel more dynamic. How can you help?

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Game Development

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

We now have everything in place except the animation code that draws the images on the canvas. The post Using Javascript and HTML canvas to make Animated Interactive Backgrounds appeared first on Game Development. The comments should explain what each part of the code does. Drawing on the Canvas.

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Game Refinery

APRIL 27, 2023

Nintendo has experienced this first-hand after shutting down both Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem: Heroes in Belgium in 2019 due to their heavy reliance on gacha mechanics, stating at the time that ‘future Nintendo games with similar earnings models will no longer be released in Belgium.’

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Grumpy Gamer

MAY 31, 2009

You'd never do this in an adventure game today, but like pixel hunting, it was accepted. We called them "Special Case Animations". Each of the "actor" sprites had a set of basic animations that including standing, walking, talking, picking up and reaching. Every pixel had to count.

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Grumpy Gamer

MAY 30, 2009

You’d never do this in an adventure game today, but like pixel hunting, it was accepted. We called them “Special Case Animations” The first SCUMM game they appeared in was The Last Crusade and then used to an amazing (well, amazing for 1990) extent in Monkey Island. Every pixel had to count.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

Scene from the 3D animation Finding Nemo before and after its been lit and rendered by a 3D lighting artist (Image: Pixar). The skills of a 3D lighting artist can be applied in video games, visualization , film and television, animations, and virtual production. the amount of sunlight, moonlight, cloud cover, etc.)

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Moonmana

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As you may guess from the name, 2D animation relates to 2-dimensional game art based on flat shapes and objects. We were living in the bits era until 2D art finally deployed distinct visuals making each one unique, and as technology kept on advancing, so did 2D animation. People love that nostalgic vibe games with pixel art offer.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

More Art Works : More Art Works (pixel art) : Available for more art works! 2D Cartoon Art Work Game Assets Service : I can work on fixed price (based on my $14 per hour rate estimate), I do need a list of the assets to calculate. For a more accurate cost, give me a list, and I will calculate for a fix cost.

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CG Spectrum

MAY 9, 2024

We are delighted to announce that Nathaniel Mosemann, a graduate of the CG Spectrum Digital Compositing Foundations , has been offered a paid internship at the renowned VFX and animation studio Framestore! She starts as a Junior 3D Animator at Pixel Zoo Animation in the new year! Jess's animation showreel.

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

You may have seen some 2D or 3D animated movies and video games that look like they were hand-drawn or have a cartoon-like style. Usually, Japanese anime films and video games feature this distinct look. This type or technique of animation is known as cel-shading animation. Some also refer to it as toon shading.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Spine Spine is the best tool for 2D skeletal animation. It has a flexible system that uses bones to create smooth and expressive animations, which can be easily reused and customized. DragonBones DragonBones is a strong tool for 2D skeletal animation, focusing on making the work process easy and quick.

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Febucci

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Shaders are programs that describe the traits of vertices and pixels. It also prepares the data (like the UVs) that will be used next by the Pixel Shader. The Pixel Shader runs once per each pixel and renders your object. Here you can apply textures (that’s why you need UVs), change colors, discard pixels etc.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

Animation: Complete implementation of Animation Retargeting ! Animation: Complete implementation of Animation Retargeting ! Animation: Make cubic_interpolate() consider key time in animation ( GH-63602 ). Animation: Improve animation track optimizer ( GH-64132 ). for instructions.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 10, 2023

The images we see on any type of screen are composed of tiny squares of color that we refer to as pixels. Whether it’s the screen you’re now viewing or a gaming character, all of these pixels added together are ultimately what give us the image we see. In actuality, pixel art is a form of raster art. Vector Art.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2018

As mentioned before, in order to know which pixels are "in a shadow" and which are lit, the scene has to be rendered from the viewpoint of the light. Each pixel that gets potentially illuminated by the light source has to check if it's in a shadow or not. You can read more about the new animation system here !

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 4, 2021

We were so excited by the prospect of making a game that he dove headfirst into pixel art and I into programming. First, Godot uses the pixel as the native unit of measurement, which makes it ideal for 2D games. Finally, Godot has better animation tools than other engines I have worked with. That was around August 2017.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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