From ASCII to Pixel Art and Back
Game Developer
MAY 15, 2024
pixel art game on my old text-mode engine. I'm developing a 2.5D A character-based ASCII engine can handle this task, it just needs a couple of upgrades.
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Game Developer
MAY 15, 2024
pixel art game on my old text-mode engine. I'm developing a 2.5D A character-based ASCII engine can handle this task, it just needs a couple of upgrades.
Game Developer
JUNE 20, 2024
This article explores how emotional design features - colours and shapes - influence player perception of pixel art characters. The article includes practical tips on applying these findings to character design in pixel art.
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Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023
The recent pixel remasters of classic Final Fantasy games are selling well for Square Enix since their staggered release back in 2021.
Game Developer
OCTOBER 14, 2024
UFO 50's creators reveal the creative inspirations behind the ambitious faux-retro compilation.
Game Developer
JULY 27, 2023
Pixel Pulps are text adventure games in which we combine a type of narrative from the first half of the 20th century with home computer graphics and adventure game interface from the '80s.
Game Developer
DECEMBER 18, 2023
Adding a game turn loop and refactorings
Game Developer
JUNE 5, 2024
The indie studio is based in Barcelona and led by former Ubisoft Massive boss David Polfeldt.
Game Developer
MAY 30, 2024
The new studio is aiming to make a 4X strategy game for the mobile market that can stand with similar titles from Chinese developers.
Game Developer
APRIL 24, 2024
Many people have been speaking about the unique visual style of the game, so I wanted to break down a scene from the game and explain how I created it.
PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 24, 2024
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. So, he wanted to be experimental and try something new. “I
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Former Blizzard and Riot veteran Greg Street will lead production on the project, codenamed Ghost, at new studio Fantastic Pixel Castle.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 29, 2024
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 Racing portfolio Studio Perfect Pixel Dude, based in the city of Kalisz, Poland, was founded in 2013.
Game Developer
JUNE 27, 2023
Unity Create president Marc Whitten explains why the company thinks that "every pixel" of a game will one day be "touched by AI."
Game From Scratch
APRIL 13, 2023
GameFromScratch.com DPaint.js — Modern Deluxe Paint Inspired Pixel Art App DPaint.js is a free and open source pixel art application heavily inspired by Deluxe Paint. Deluxe Paint was the most common painting application for game art in the 80s-90s, used by studios such as iD Software, Lucas Arts, Sega and more.
AWS Games
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
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.’ We evaluated a few cloud providers, and ultimately AWS provided the best experience and capacity; it was an easy decision.”
Game Developer
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Studio Asahi Introduces Debut Game, 'The Little Witch and The Lost Memories
Game Developer
APRIL 14, 2023
"Making games is freaking hard," said The Pixel Hunt's Florent Maurin. You’re heroes and you deserve to feel good about yourselves and your work."
PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 21, 2023
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.
AWS Games
DECEMBER 14, 2023
Unreal Engine’s Pixel Streaming allows the running of Unreal Engine applications on a server in the cloud and streaming its rendered frames and audio to browsers and mobile devices using WebRTC. You can use this as a framework to further build and optimize your solution and get started with Pixel Streaming on AWS quickly!
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 27, 2023
” Not pixels but voxels The visual style of Three Minutes to Eight is unmistakable, characterized by its pixelated appearance. Many define the game as ‘pixel art’, but in reality this is not exactly the case. The challenge was to create characters in pure classic 2D pixel-art.
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
NetEase and industry veteran Greg Street have formed a new studio, Fantastic Pixel Castle, and have announced the start of development on its first game. Fantastic Pixel Castle will operate as a fully remote studio and is preparing to begin the hiring process for developing an MMO codenamed Ghost, which is based on a new fantasy IP.
AWS Games
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
The cloud can greatly benefit members of the game industry. It provides a robust and secure development and hosting environment with the latest in computing technology. AWS offers Intel, AMD, ARM, and Nvidia processors combined with an on-demand cost structure.
Game From Scratch
MARCH 13, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Humble Game Design Book + Pixel Art Course Bundles There are a pair of Humble Bundles of interest to game developers launched today on Humble, the Game Design and AI Featuring Steve Rabin bundle and the Complete Pixel Art Online Course by Mammoth Interactive bundle.
CG Spectrum
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
Currently in production, Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire is a 2D pixel art side-scrolling platformer with Metroidvania elements. for the pixel artist to use as a base. The team also includes Pixel Artist and Animator PieGlitched , Composer Joona Latti (based in Finland), and Sound Designer Mikko Saarinen (also based in Finland).
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).
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
Next month's console launch horrifies us on so many levels.
Indie DB
JULY 8, 2023
Presumably you, dear reader, are interested in learning a thing or two about it. Well, good news. I’m going to share 8 tangible lessons you can take with you for improving your own work.
Nvidia
JULY 31, 2024
Shaders are specialized programs that run on the GPU that manipulate rays, pixels, vertices, and textures to achieve unique visual effects. Shaders are specialized programs that run on the GPU that manipulate rays, pixels, vertices, and textures to achieve unique visual effects. With shaders, you.
GamesIndustry.biz
JUNE 5, 2024
Called Bespoke Pixel, the studio is currently in the process of assembling its core team, and has raised $25 million in funding as reported by GamesBeat. A new development studio has launched in Barcelona, led by games veteran David Polfeldt.
Cocos
OCTOBER 8, 2023
I’m having trouble rendering pixel art without sub-pixel distortion. All I’ve done with this project is imported a TMX file as a tilemap, and while it renders correctly in game without modifications, it renders incorrectly in the editor and also when using integer scaling (2x, 3x, etc).
Cocos
OCTOBER 8, 2023
I’m having trouble rendering pixel art without sub-pixel distortion. All I’ve done with this project is imported a TMX file as a tilemap, and while it renders correctly in game without modifications, it renders incorrectly in the editor and also when using integer scaling (2x, 3x, etc).
PreMortem.Games
JANUARY 15, 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.” “This approach, especially when combined with pixel art, created a visually appealing effect that resonated with me.”
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. Xbox Game Camp At Chroma Pixel Games, Simpson was working on a game called Impanga.
PreMortem.Games
JULY 4, 2023
Thus, when every pixel of the old games seems to be explored up and down, DLC (downloadable content) might become a good option to sugarcoat things. For both of these cases, pixel games often work as a great basis. Players can also unlock various masks with unique abilities and customize their character through the in-game shop.
Cocos
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
I’m trying to make an effect of pixels appearing with transparency and sequence (first the “darkest” then the rest of the pixels). I want to achieve the effect - “so that the pixels, like water, fill the empty mouth of the river.” But I couldn’t get the array of pixel colors. I’m here to get any help.
Unity Blog
JUNE 27, 2023
Every object, every system, and every pixel in games will eventually be touched by AI. Get to know Unity’s newest AI products for creators: Unity Muse, an expansive platform for AI-driven assistance during creation, and Unity Sentis, which enables developers to embed neural networks in the Unity Runtime.
GamesIndustry.biz
MAY 13, 2024
The solid performances of Final Fantasy 16, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince, and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth saw HD Games sales increase to ¥99.2 Square Enix's digital entertainment sales were ever so slightly up, mainly thanks to its HD Games sub-segment, the firm said.
Cocos
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
I tried to display in the picture the movement pattern of drawing the appearance of pixels. The beginning of the movement of pixels depends on the color saturation and tends to display colors next to a circle. But I don’t understand whether these are rgba textures or just rgba colors that are superimposed on top of the texture.
Game Errors
AUGUST 27, 2023
If you are struggling with the Terraria error loading Pixel Shader, you are in the right place. Why do I get Terraria error loading Pixel Shader? How to fix Terraria error loading Pixel Shader? The post Terraria Error Loading Pixel Shader [Easy Fix] appeared first on Games Errors.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 4, 2023
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 The influence of his work on our culture is enormous.
Game From Scratch
JULY 12, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Godot Powered Action Game Maker Engine The creators of Pixel Game Maker MV and RPG Maker have announced a new game engine, Action Game Maker and this one is being built on top of the Godot open source game engine.
Game Development News
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023
Bits + Pixels will now represent the open-world action MMORPG title Black Desert in Europe and America - MCV/DEVELOP
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