Moonmana

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Today we’ll try to figure out the main peculiarities, styles, and differences of 2D art in game development. Even though some players consider 3D game art superior to 2D game art and believe that the latter is not so popular, we are sure of the opposite. Let’s figure out what makes 2D art special. What is 2D Art?

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 23, 2024

Development studio Gametopia has translated their love and admiration for the works of the author into an original tale, told through a pixel perfect point-and-click adventure. We think it is a timeless game, both for the pixel art and for the theme of the game”, says Gonzáles. “We We wanted to pay tribute.”

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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!” At Electronic Arts he did the graphics in Will Wright’s team that created Spore.

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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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iXie gaming

JUNE 20, 2024

These memorable experiences are thanks to the amazing power of game art production. From stunning landscapes to unforgettable character designs, game art shapes how we connect with our favorite games. Understanding the Power of Game Art Production The visual gaming environment plays a big role in how players interact with your game.

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Retro Game Coders

APRIL 29, 2022

So far in our STOS Programming Tutorial we have focused on text so now we should really exploit the graphical capabilities, STOS is a game programming language after all! Back in the day there were a ton of Atari ST art packages but my personal favourites are Neo and Degas. Creating Your Pictures with Atari ST Drawing Apps. 60 default.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

As AI continues to advance, the future of art and AI in game development holds tremendous promise. In this article, we’ll explore the evolving relationship between art production and AI, discussing their potential impact on the gaming industry. Producing these assets takes a long time and a lot of money.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 19, 2022

It consists primarily of pixel art graphic packs (character sprites, tiles and tilemaps and effects) as well as sound packs (ambient, foley effects, sfx and more). The Ultimate Assets and Sounds Humble Bundle. As with all Humble Bundles … The Ultimate Assets and Sounds Humble Bundle Read More.

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Nvidia

APRIL 5, 2022

Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, creators can deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences, and immersive virtual worlds.

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Game From Scratch

JUNE 23, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Using Aseprite with Godot Aseprite is a popular pixel art creation tool and it works incredibly well with the Godot game engine. A few months back we covered the Aseprite Importer for the Unity Engine.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 2, 2023

Gamers and critics praise the nostalgic pixel art visuals and the innovative take on turn-based battles. “I I enjoy creating graphics and coding just as much as playing games, so it doesn’t feel mentally taxing. I firmly believe that the battle system is one of the most vital components of any RPG”, he says.

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 20, 2023

By 2018, this level of performance was achievable in real-time, at 45 frames per second, enabling applications like video games to take a massive leap in graphical quality. Ray tracing is a technique for generating an image by tracing the path of light as pixels in an image plane, simulating effects like reflections and shadows.

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

From the pixelated classics of the 80s to todays immersive and realistic graphics, animation has redefined the gaming experience. Due to equipment limitations, early games like Donkey Kong and Hollow Knight were limited to 2D graphics. Art lacks depth and perspective in this type as it’s made on a two-dimensional plane.

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Nvidia

JUNE 22, 2021

Solving this problem through brute force requires hundreds, sometimes thousands of paths per pixel, but this is far too expensive for real-time rendering. On an NVIDIA RTX 3090 graphics card, Neural Radiance Caching can provide over 1 billion global illumination queries per second. Learn more: Check out the project website.

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2d Game Art Guru

AUGUST 6, 2023

I used Affinity Designer’s Pixel Persona for the sketch. The pencil tool and my graphic tablet allow more flow in the lines but even with the stabilizer on create a lot more nodes. Usually, I forget about the sketch part and work straight in vectors. Luckily, this time I remembered. I worked with the mouse and the pen-tool.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

With the right tools, you can turn simple sprites into stunning displays of art and movement. Other Specialized 2D Tools Pyxel Edit For games that use retro pixel art, Pyxel Edit is a must-have tool. Photoshop Photoshop is essential for digital art, especially for VFX artists.

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Nvidia

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Named the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series, these are the world’s most advanced graphics. Named the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Series, these are the world’s most advanced graphics cards. A revolution in neural graphics NVIDIA DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) 3 introduces an all-new neural graphics technology.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

In this piece, we shall be looking at the best 10 tools to use for game development, including tools to make art, code, and music. Blender is an open-source free graphic software toolset. Krita is an open-source 2D graphics editor for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. You can use it for both digital paintings and pixel art.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 2, 2018

This cute and well-designed pixel art puzzle game snatched the 1 st position in the Gameplay and Graphics and Sound categories, and 2 nd position in the Theme interpretation category ( Overall rating: 4.088). Fire and Fondness is a delightful tale of love, tradition and carbonisation (UK spelling intended) by John Gabriel !

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CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 10, 2024

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! People : Called pixelation, this is a less common type of animation where real people are photographed frame-by-frame, like stop motion to create a stylized effect (e.g.,

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Big Games

AUGUST 17, 2021

2D technology uses simple graphic elements to create a basic and easy game for mobile phone gamers. Using amazing graphics, background audio features, stunning visuals, and sound in the games easily reproduce the ideas of the game and attract the players to spend time on playing the game.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

General skills and knowledge required to work in film and games "The art challenges the technology, and the technology inspires the art." - Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar. These equations are then combined and rendered using a graphics processing unit that outputs a rough but legible animated scene known as a 'playblast.'

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AWS Games

APRIL 8, 2024

Turning pixels into stories is the focus for HUDstats , a Netherlands/Hague-based esports data and analytics company on the forefront of benchmarking innovation in the global esports market. In this realm, as in the world of physical sports, storytelling is key to success.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2020

It tricks the eye into believing that there are rooms modeled behind the windows, but ceilings, floors and walls are actually created on the fly by a special custom pixel shader. Talk: Visual Vertical Slice - Not just concept art, but not yet a demo | Matejs Balodis. Are you tired of 2D pixel art platformers?

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

Even as game graphics became beautiful 3D scenes, the animations didn’t match up. Mocap data works well with other parts of realistic art, like: Lighting. Let’s look back at how this technology and game graphics have grown together, changing how we enjoy virtual worlds. Their actions looked robotic and fake.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 14, 2024

For more details, please refer to the official documentation → Graphics Rendering → Rendering Pipeline for related content. LINEAR: Directly outputs pixels in LINEAR space, with weaker contrast than DEFAULT, retaining the original color of the image, suitable for situations where 1:1 presentation of art assets’ colors is desired.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 30, 2020

It feels great to be back to doing graphics programming after two months refactoring the core engine. Subsurface Scattering has been redone with a completely new state-of-the-art scattering model. Godot uses clustered decals, so the cost is very low (the pixel is shaded only once and there are no extra draw calls for each decal).

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

In an industry constantly pushing the boundaries of graphical fidelity, the charm of handcrafted visuals remains timeless. Many developers leverage art production services to create bespoke assets that enhance visual storytelling while maintaining performance efficiency. While 3D dominates modern game development, 2.5D Challenges in 2.5D

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Chaosmonger Studios , based in Tallinn, Estonia, is a multimedia production company specializing in everything from documentaries, science fiction films and animations to music video, graphic design and video games. But Piovesan is quick to clarify that there is more at work behind the stylized graphics.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Bitmap Books is known for its catalogue of visually stunningly books on the art, history and culture of video games. Written by Richard Moss, the book takes video game football fans on a nostalgic journey through their childhoods, leaving them misty-eyed over memories of countless pixel-perfect goals scored.

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iXie gaming

JULY 19, 2024

Have you ever played a game with amazing graphics, but something just didn’t feel right? Faster but less realistic, it determines colors based on how much of each pixel is covered by light. Plan for lighting early, from concept art to level design. Look to photography, film, and art for inspiration. Rasterization.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

I handled programming and composing, while my friend created all the pixel art graphics. “Yes, I have experience working in a team, and it was positive! My friend and I collaborated on a small indie game about the Wild West, called Dead Dust. I’m definitely open to it.”

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Martial Law by @GroupFixer tells a story about Poland in the communist era, family, and making choices – all with gorgeous pixel art. s soundtrack seems pretty fitting anyway for this fast-paced "die and retry" runner with a beautiful art direction! Martial Law. RUN: The World In-Between. Run, boy, run! Terra Ventura.

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DameDev.tv

JANUARY 22, 2024

Resident Evil 4 (Remake) The Resident Evil 4 Remake reimagines the classic horror game with modern technology, enhancing its graphics, gameplay, and storytelling. Hi-Fi Rush Hi-Fi Rush stands out with its vibrant art style and rhythm-based gameplay. Let's dive into the top 10 games of 2023 that captured hearts and imaginations.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2018

This is a screenshot that displays the object-space position of each pixel as the color. That was fixed by reflecting the view-vector with the normal of the current pixel. It halves the resolution of the image until there's only one pixel left. That's not really that interesting to look at, so let's try to use SOME MATH!!!

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