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Leveraging Emotional Design Features to Enhance Character Perception in Pixel Art

Game Developer

This article explores how emotional design features - colours and shapes - influence player perception of pixel art characters. By understanding these design elements, game developers can create characters that elicit specific emotional responses, improving player engagement and retention.

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Webinar Recap: How Mobile Game Developers Are Using IP Collaborations to Enhance LiveOps

Game Refinery

For those unfamiliar with Dave the Diver, its an unusual hybrid of an action-adventure diving and fishing game with a restaurant management sim, brought to life with a soothing tropical soundtrack and a colorful pixelated aesthetic.

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The gorgeous visuals of Bionic Bay that Juhana Myllys calls Painterly Pixel Art

PreMortem.Games

Painterly Pixel Art Myllys started his career in 2007 doing pixel art and he really wanted to go back to explore if he could bring something new to the style. He felt that the vast majority of pixel art games were stuck in the past and the 8-bit era. They’re all about how to market your game!

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#Drive Rally by Pixel Perfect Dude is a love letter to the golden age of rally games

PreMortem.Games

The low-poly racing game, developed by Polish indie developer Pixel Perfect Dude , feels like a love letter to the PlayStation 1 era of rally games, where you could actually name the top drivers and the cars they drove. “Ah Ah yes those co-pilots!”

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Pixel Federation goes all-in on AWS with help from Labyrinth Labs

AWS Games

Mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Federation entertains more than 140M players worldwide with popular mobile games, including ‘ Diggy’s Adventure ,’ ‘ Trainstation 2 ,’ ‘ Puzzle Adventure ,’ and ‘ Port City.’ Sometimes companies are reluctant to move to the cloud because it’s hard to compare costs directly.

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A Void Hope by Elden Pixels lacks violence and destruction “We’re proud of that”

PreMortem.Games

Now, with the new game A Void Hope coming up on almost 3 years of development, Forslind finds himself juggling his roles as both CEO and Game Designer of his company called Elden Pixels. The moniker ‘Elden Pixels’ wasn’t arbitrarily chosen. We tried again and went for Blind Pixels, which we thought was cool.

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RPG Maker Beyond Expectations Bundle

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com RPG Maker Beyond Expectations Bundle There is a new bundle of interest to game developers, the RPG Maker Beyond Expectations Bundle. The post RPG Maker Beyond Expectations Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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