Pixel art is digital art in which an image is drawn using pixels as the only building blocks. It was traditionally used by developers to create images with limited computer resources. It is also used ...

Here are the main steps you can follow to create a pixel art in GIMP on your Windows PC: First of all, you need to download and install GIMP on your computer if you haven’t already. Go to its official ...

The ‘CRT Effect’ myth says that the reason why pixel art of old games looked so much better is due to the smoothing and blending effects of cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, which were everywhere until ...

Believe it or not, Microsoft Excel—best known for its number crunching and data organization capabilities—can also be used to ...

Syosa's work ranges from pixelated birds to diagrams of Japanese food poisoning. Syosa is a Japanese artist breathing life into pixel art, creating lush naturalistic diagrams of animal processes that ...

Although plenty of indie devs do use 3D game engines like Unreal Engine and Unity to make 2D games, for NikkiJay, the solo developer of Quantum Witch, the workarounds were too much. "You've got to do ...

Using a 1984-era Macintosh 128K and various retro tools, Pinot W. Ichwandardi painstakingly crafted a beautiful pixel art drawing of one of New York City’s most stunning skyscrapers. Ichwandardi ...

Chris is a writer with an academic background in Creative Technology and Games Design. This experience has allowed him to look at games through a critical lens, analyzing what makes for good design.

An unannounced upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s game has been revealed early, although Scott Cawthon, creator of the indie horror hit franchise, has addressed the leak and given his blessing to ...

Strategy games have traditionally avoided pixel art aesthetics, but indie developers have brought a flood of pixel art strategy games to the scene. Hero's Hour is an accessible indie strategy game on ...