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Re: About Pixel Art
Minecraft is programming-art, and it works because generally the public doesn't care much at all about much other than gameplay and when they do they mod it with "texels always smaller than pixels no matter how close you are" Fez is also just pixel art under the same criticism like the article authors own project from… -
Re: About Pixel Art
Also, he wrote a strange paragraph about people calling it retro because of pixel art. http://www.gamasutra.com/db_area/images/blog/243212/01sc93K.png Choice of font, text gradient and shadow behind it, and overall UI design do feel quite oldschool here, it's certainly not just pixel art. I've seen examples of pixel art… -
Re: About Pixel Art
interesting read, kind of sad how he "gives up" pixel art. I get why, but its still sad. some great points, and a lot of cool pixel art, and nice examples though. -
Re: About Pixel Art
exactly my thinking Its hard to deny however that bunch of people reject pixel art just because it is pixel art, no matter how good it is executed. I read comments like that all the time at games with impeccable artstyle, but maybe just a vocal minority. -
Re: About Pixel Art
I think the major point in the original article is that the target audience in the mobile market is not used to pixel art aesthetics. They expect smooth graphics in their app store games. If Dinofarm is to develop mobile games, they will drop the pixel art in favour of the aesthetics that the target audience is more… -
Re: About Pixel Art
I don't quite get how the animation part is related to pixel art. So you got a 3D animator who couldn't make it look quite as dynamic as the 2D version... that says more about the animator than pixel art. I wish he had organized his thoughts a bit more and written a more coherent piece. -
Re: About Pixel Art
A fun read, but I disagree with his overall assertion that people reject pixel art because they don't understand it or anything. His game, at least in the screenshot, has quite a few issues that make it not really hit that appealing look he's showing in the other examples. -- Text isn't legible; eg pink text on pink… -
Re: About Pixel Art
This sort of thing kinda goes into why people still really love how certain early 3D games look. Einhander, Megaman Legends 1 and 2, that one Wile E. Coyote game for the playstation. All these games use a lot of managed color tones, and in the case of the latter 2 examples, flat shading to achieve a style that goes beyond… -
Re: About Pixel Art
I read this counter-article to that one just a few moments ago, why one studio will not renounce pixel art. http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/BrandonSheffield/20150514/243457/Why_Necrosoft_Games_will_not_renounce_pixel_art.php -
Re: About Pixel Art
IMO the main reason why pixel art has been so persistent is it is an order of magnitude easier to make than high resolution animation.
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