Uploaded March 2019 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago
Pixel art is a medium defined by its limitations.
It developed out of necessity. Back in the day, computers simply didn’t have the processing power to display more than a few hundred pixels at a time. Early developers were restricted in what they could do, especially in the world of video games.
But, as time went on, this technology improved, to such an extent that now we can render out fully three dimensional environments so lifelike that it can be hard to tell the difference between it and real life.
Yet, there are still many people, especially recently, who’ve embraced the low resolution restrictions of those early days, and today, I want to talk about why.
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♣| Music Used |♣
Airship Serenity - Kevin Macleod
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2NHiXWx
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/1MyqBJz
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (bit.ly/1rMF155)
Getting It Done - Kevin Macleod
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2tRzHBj
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/1MyqBJz
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (bit.ly/1rMF155)
8 Bit March - Twin Musicom
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2EvJkL1
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/23v4hwe
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (bit.ly/1rMF155)
Floating Also - William Rosati
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2tWpFzf
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/2ohAbOm
Half Day - Bad Snacks
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2EK8pTS
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/2NlzmSY
Kawaii - Bad Snacks
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2Tq20pa
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/2NlzmSY
♣| Media Used/Referenced |♣
- The Alexander Mosaic
- La Grande Jatte, by George Seurat
- Pong (1972)
- Pac-Man (Neo-Geo Pocket Color)
From World of Longplays (SCHLAUCHI) - bit.ly/2TcGpRz
- Super Mario Bros. (1985)
From World of Longplays (ScHlAuChi) - bit.ly/2BZQl6s
- Contra (1987)
From World of Longplays (RavenLord) - bit.ly/2ErR298
- Sonic The Hedgehog (1991)
From World of Longplays (RickyC) - bit.ly/2UhcBQf
- Ultimate Doom
From World of Longplays (JonL) - bit.ly/2VA10fh
- Deus Ex (2000)
From World of Longplays, (Ironsharp) - bit.ly/2Eryo12
- Ultimate Spider-Man (2005)
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Foodfight! (2012)
- Celeste (Game)
- Titan Souls
- Owlboy
- Superbrothers EP: Sword & Sworcery
- Undertale
From World of Longplays (Spazbo4) - bit.ly/2IRIeP9
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Kingdom: Classic
From World of Longplays (JagOfTroy) - bit.ly/2tOCPy5
- One Shot (Game)
- DEADBOLT (Game)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Enter The Gungeon
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Outrun Grid Animation Loop - bit.ly/2EyE1M8
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018)
- God of War (2018 - Behind the Scenes) - bit.ly/2NCwTBa
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Crysis 3
- Stardew Valley
- Octopath Traveler
- Cave Story
- Metal Slug (1996)
From World of Longplays (ScHlAuChi) - bit.ly/1oELPBa
- Street Fighter III: New Generation
From World of Longplays (SCHLAUCHI) - bit.ly/2Hd4CQy
- Shovel Knight
- Game Grumps - bit.ly/2SBloLm
- Passage (Game)
- Gravitation (Game)
- Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
- Iconoclasts
- Minit
- Super Metroid (1994)
From World of Longplays (Parazzing) - bit.ly/2TqU2Mf
- The Messenger (Game)
- Bloodstained - Curse of the Moon
- VA-11 HALL-A
- New York, by eBoy - bit.ly/2UjBH18
- San Francisco, by eBoy - bit.ly/2Vs7dtU
- Tokyo, by eBoy - bit.ly/2ELauPz
- Venice, by eBoy - bit.ly/2TaWlEb
- The Wooden Mirror, by Daniel Rozin - bit.ly/1HiEA88
- From Point To Pixel: A Genealogy of Digital Aesthetics, by Meredith Hoy - amzn.to/2HdOApv
SOURCES/FURTHER READING:
Pixel Art’s recent development/popularity
- WhatPixel - bit.ly/2tRIfZ0
- The Verge - bit.ly/2OzgFcb
- D-Pad Studio - bit.ly/2dIyhzf
eBoy Interviews
- The Verge - bit.ly/2IOfKG4
- Format Mag - bit.ly/2TyWUqN
Developer Interviews/Blogs for:
Hyper Light Drifter
- TechnoBuffalo - bit.ly/2C4aU1B
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2EJbXFQ
Owlboy
- AlternativeMagazine - bit.ly/2VArUnA
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2EJGPG8
“Kingdom” Series
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2UjT026
Iconoclasts
- Kotaku - bit.ly/2INM9wh
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2EJKgN9
- GamingBoulevard - bit.ly/2C0OQVw
Minit
- GamingBolt - bit.ly/2GWtWuP
- GamesIndustry - bit.ly/2IPLpaf
Shovel Knight
- AppTrigger - bit.ly/2EJKbJl
- HighDefDigest - bit.ly/2UdMjOV
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2EIEvPI
#pixelart #gaming #pixelartgames
Pixel art is a medium defined by its limitations.
It developed out of necessity. Back in the day, computers simply didn’t have the processing power to display more than a few hundred pixels at a time. Early developers were restricted in what they could do, especially in the world of video games.
But, as time went on, this technology improved, to such an extent that now we can render out fully three dimensional environments so lifelike that it can be hard to tell the difference between it and real life.
Yet, there are still many people, especially recently, who’ve embraced the low resolution restrictions of those early days, and today, I want to talk about why.
LINKZ!
====================
♣| Come Fly With Me! |♣
- On This Channel: bit.ly/2n4xEJi
- On Twitter: bit.ly/322Uq77
♣| Watch More: bit.ly/2tNTLVq |♣
♣| Music Used |♣
Airship Serenity - Kevin Macleod
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2NHiXWx
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/1MyqBJz
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (bit.ly/1rMF155)
Getting It Done - Kevin Macleod
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2tRzHBj
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/1MyqBJz
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (bit.ly/1rMF155)
8 Bit March - Twin Musicom
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2EvJkL1
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/23v4hwe
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (bit.ly/1rMF155)
Floating Also - William Rosati
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2tWpFzf
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/2ohAbOm
Half Day - Bad Snacks
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2EK8pTS
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/2NlzmSY
Kawaii - Bad Snacks
Check out the Song: bit.ly/2Tq20pa
Check out the Artist: bit.ly/2NlzmSY
♣| Media Used/Referenced |♣
- The Alexander Mosaic
- La Grande Jatte, by George Seurat
- Pong (1972)
- Pac-Man (Neo-Geo Pocket Color)
From World of Longplays (SCHLAUCHI) - bit.ly/2TcGpRz
- Super Mario Bros. (1985)
From World of Longplays (ScHlAuChi) - bit.ly/2BZQl6s
- Contra (1987)
From World of Longplays (RavenLord) - bit.ly/2ErR298
- Sonic The Hedgehog (1991)
From World of Longplays (RickyC) - bit.ly/2UhcBQf
- Ultimate Doom
From World of Longplays (JonL) - bit.ly/2VA10fh
- Deus Ex (2000)
From World of Longplays, (Ironsharp) - bit.ly/2Eryo12
- Ultimate Spider-Man (2005)
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Foodfight! (2012)
- Celeste (Game)
- Titan Souls
- Owlboy
- Superbrothers EP: Sword & Sworcery
- Undertale
From World of Longplays (Spazbo4) - bit.ly/2IRIeP9
- Hyper Light Drifter
- Kingdom: Classic
From World of Longplays (JagOfTroy) - bit.ly/2tOCPy5
- One Shot (Game)
- DEADBOLT (Game)
- Grand Theft Auto V
- Enter The Gungeon
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Outrun Grid Animation Loop - bit.ly/2EyE1M8
- Marvel’s Spider-Man (2018)
- God of War (2018 - Behind the Scenes) - bit.ly/2NCwTBa
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Crysis 3
- Stardew Valley
- Octopath Traveler
- Cave Story
- Metal Slug (1996)
From World of Longplays (ScHlAuChi) - bit.ly/1oELPBa
- Street Fighter III: New Generation
From World of Longplays (SCHLAUCHI) - bit.ly/2Hd4CQy
- Shovel Knight
- Game Grumps - bit.ly/2SBloLm
- Passage (Game)
- Gravitation (Game)
- Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
- Iconoclasts
- Minit
- Super Metroid (1994)
From World of Longplays (Parazzing) - bit.ly/2TqU2Mf
- The Messenger (Game)
- Bloodstained - Curse of the Moon
- VA-11 HALL-A
- New York, by eBoy - bit.ly/2UjBH18
- San Francisco, by eBoy - bit.ly/2Vs7dtU
- Tokyo, by eBoy - bit.ly/2ELauPz
- Venice, by eBoy - bit.ly/2TaWlEb
- The Wooden Mirror, by Daniel Rozin - bit.ly/1HiEA88
- From Point To Pixel: A Genealogy of Digital Aesthetics, by Meredith Hoy - amzn.to/2HdOApv
SOURCES/FURTHER READING:
Pixel Art’s recent development/popularity
- WhatPixel - bit.ly/2tRIfZ0
- The Verge - bit.ly/2OzgFcb
- D-Pad Studio - bit.ly/2dIyhzf
eBoy Interviews
- The Verge - bit.ly/2IOfKG4
- Format Mag - bit.ly/2TyWUqN
Developer Interviews/Blogs for:
Hyper Light Drifter
- TechnoBuffalo - bit.ly/2C4aU1B
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2EJbXFQ
Owlboy
- AlternativeMagazine - bit.ly/2VArUnA
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2EJGPG8
“Kingdom” Series
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2UjT026
Iconoclasts
- Kotaku - bit.ly/2INM9wh
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2EJKgN9
- GamingBoulevard - bit.ly/2C0OQVw
Minit
- GamingBolt - bit.ly/2GWtWuP
- GamesIndustry - bit.ly/2IPLpaf
Shovel Knight
- AppTrigger - bit.ly/2EJKbJl
- HighDefDigest - bit.ly/2UdMjOV
- Gamasutra - ubm.io/2EIEvPI
#pixelart #gaming #pixelartgames
