CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Currently in production, Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire is a 2D pixel art side-scrolling platformer with Metroidvania elements. Cinematic for Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire produced by Alan, Dogyeong, and Joona. She was also responsible for the cover art and all the illustrated frames in the game’s opening cinematic.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 17, 2024

What caught my attention wasn’t just her confidence on the panel but the fact that she was not only a student pursuing three majors at Wits University she was also the Lead Concept artist at Chroma Pixel Games , a game studio based in Zambia. Animation was my first choice because I wanted to do cinematic animation.

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame. Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame overnight—a painstaking process. Six years ago, real-time ray tracing was seen as a pipe dream. Check them out below: Video.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

locks the perspective, allowing developers to craft cinematic, carefully framed environments. 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.

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Played with Fire

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Buckle up as we explore the key enhancements that promise to redefine your gaming experience: Enhanced Graphics Prepare to be dazzled with higher resolution graphics, bringing every pixel to life. Get ready to be on the edge of your seat as you navigate through epic showdowns that are nothing short of cinematic.

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Game Dev Unchained

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This time, the narrative revolves around Eric Manahan , the former architect who found solace in pixelated characters and captivating storylines. The pixelated game wasn’t just beautiful, but it was also a product of a single developer. Pen and paper, sketching ideas out, then translated them into pixel art.”

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Filmustage

JANUARY 16, 2025

Grab your virtual toolkit - we're about to journey through the wonderful world where imagination dances with pixels, and dreams become digital reality. Buckle up, future VFX virtuoso - this ride through the pixels is about to get exciting! Buckle up, future VFX virtuoso - this ride through the pixels is about to get exciting!

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