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Pixel-Art in video games, not just some squares.
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Holammer
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A reminder that Steel Assault launches September 28'th, on PC & Switch.
Quite possibly one of the finest and most authentic pixel art right now. I tried the demo during the last Steam demo event and it wouldn't have been looked out of place as a SNK or Irem arcade back in the 90s.
Quite possibly one of the finest and most authentic pixel art right now. I tried the demo during the last Steam demo event and it wouldn't have been looked out of place as a SNK or Irem arcade back in the 90s.
Shit. That looks amazing.
Holammer
Member
This was already mentioned by another user on page 1 of this thread, but it's coming out tomorrow as I post this. It's an 8-bit Metal Gear parody game called UnMetal. The developer previously made an action RPG called Unepic which I really like and this seems to have the same dumb lowbrow humor.
Comes out on all the platforms September 28'th.
Comes out on all the platforms September 28'th.
Bonsaibäumchen
Member
NinjaBoiX
Member
Yup, it’s a wonderful game.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Unsighted releases tomorrow. Have a feeling it's going to be good. ^_^b
Think my favorite pixel artish game I really liked was Panzer Paladin.
Think my favorite pixel artish game I really liked was Panzer Paladin.
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SirTerry-T
Member
That looks like an Amiga Spaceballs "State Of The Art" demo reference at the 0:22 second mark....
nkarafo
Member
I really love how this game looks.The Last Night
geez we've been waiting
4 year now....
Please tell me the far left crazies didn't kill it.
Holammer
Member
So there's a new Steam NEXT event with tons of new demos.
First game I tried was Transiruby, a pixelart metroidvania with some real heavy Cave Story vibes. Stopped playing it after the first boss and wishlisted it.
I particularly like how animation and movement actually follows the pixel grid and does not go sub-pixel. Some elements like text are higher resolution which sucks. But nothing a little ReShade can't fix.
Coming this autumn for PC and Switch later.
First game I tried was Transiruby, a pixelart metroidvania with some real heavy Cave Story vibes. Stopped playing it after the first boss and wishlisted it.
I particularly like how animation and movement actually follows the pixel grid and does not go sub-pixel. Some elements like text are higher resolution which sucks. But nothing a little ReShade can't fix.
Coming this autumn for PC and Switch later.
Diddy X
Member
Pixel art was only good for CRTs
This has to be fake? where do those extra details come from?
haven't played this game yet (still in early access) but the art looks amazing.
www.deathtrash.com
Death Trash
A post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors crave humanity but meet punks with shotguns. Influenced by cyberpunk, science fiction, horror, the grotesque and black humor.
www.deathtrash.com
Bartski
Member
haven't played this game yet (still in early access) but the art looks amazing.
Death Trash
A post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors crave humanity but meet punks with shotguns. Influenced by cyberpunk, science fiction, horror, the grotesque and black humor.
the STEAM demo was great. The early access version is out getting rave reviews everywhere, I'm following this one real close but putting it on hold till the full release. Sadly no ETA yet, I asked the game director on Twitter and he said he's hoping for late 2022 but the game is so big it could take longer
zeomax
Member
It is a combination of blurriness and an optical illusion. Because of the blurriness it looks like there are more pixels than there actually are and your brain is filling up the space between the pixels with details.
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Diddy X
Member
mind blown if true
Holammer
Member
It isn't real extra detail, kinda looks like it.
A CRT works by projecting/drawing the image line by line across a mask with holes. If you look closely you see the image is made up from dots of red, green and blue at different intensity.
It's the texture of the mask (and other imperfections of CRTs) that appears like extra detail.
Raw image on the left and simulated CRT shader from MAME (it's a really good 'un) on the right.
Super Contra Arcade.
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also this
en.wikipedia.org
int10h.org
Top picture is how the bottom picture would actually appear on a ntsc monitor.
Composite artifact colors - Wikipedia
CGA in 1024 Colors - a New Mode: the Illustrated Guide
VileR's blog: old school PCs, games, graphics, programming, fonts, demos, and so on.
Top picture is how the bottom picture would actually appear on a ntsc monitor.
Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
title ?
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Octopath Traveler
Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
My bad. In fact, i was looking for the title of a recent RPG with similar graphics. (it was revealed this summer i think)
Any idea ?(not DQ3 remake)
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rofif
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Yeah, CRT pixels are round.It isn't real extra detail, kinda looks like it.
A CRT works by projecting/drawing the image line by line across a mask with holes. If you look closely you see the image is made up from dots of red, green and blue at different intensity.
It's the texture of the mask (and other imperfections of CRTs) that appears like extra detail.
Raw image on the left and simulated CRT shader from MAME (it's a really good 'un) on the right.
Super Contra Arcade.
Here is a pic of my crt up close (yt like button)
Shifty1897
Member
Triangle Strategy! There's a demo on the Switch eShop.
Holammer
Member
is it Eiyuden Chronicle? The spiritual sequel to Suikoden that was kickstarted. It shares a similar art style to Octopath Traveller.
Dave_at_Home
Member
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON WITH THIS GAME. That is all.The Last Night
geez we've been waiting
4 year now....
Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
Could be this one.Thanks.
CamHostage
Member
Huh? Looks like it's got that "heavy", Euro-Amiga feel to it that I associate with European games from the 16-bit era (which I sometimes dislike but sometimes love), but with a lot more complexity and flexibility to the moveset to compensate for modern play styles. Good stuff!
was watching the indie live expo winter 2021 vod when i saw this game.
The character design reminds me Saint Seiya.
www.halberdstudios.com
The character design reminds me Saint Seiya.
9 Years of Shadows — Halberd Studios
Discover the mystery behind the curse that continues to plague the realm after 9 years. Venture inside the ancient colossal automaton known as Talos.
www.halberdstudios.com
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StreetsofBeige
Member
How about this retro look. It's half DOS looking. Bought it for $5 a few weeks ago on Steam.
But as OP had in his post, I still think Meta Slug is among the best old era graphics out there. The amount of crazy smooth animations and nice looking plumes of fire and smoke seemed impossible to do even on Neo Geo. I dont think any other games on NG were that smooth looking. And MS slug games had a very unique art style of explosions and pieced together steel tanks and weird shit that's hard to pinpoint anywhere else which made it cool
But as OP had in his post, I still think Meta Slug is among the best old era graphics out there. The amount of crazy smooth animations and nice looking plumes of fire and smoke seemed impossible to do even on Neo Geo. I dont think any other games on NG were that smooth looking. And MS slug games had a very unique art style of explosions and pieced together steel tanks and weird shit that's hard to pinpoint anywhere else which made it cool
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Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
Ezquimacore
Banned
Simple but clean and timeless, still the best looking 2d zelda game.
Shifty1897
Member
This looks awesome!
Minish Cap looks good too if you replace the original color palette that was intended for the GBA screen (over saturated colors).
Simple but clean and timeless, still the best looking 2d zelda game.
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a free game available on steam and itch.io since March of this year.
It's a point-and-click game that has four stories to explore but it's more like a visual novel than anything.
I only have played the first story and it was okay, i would say, but the art is fantastic.
it's quite short too, not more than 15 minutes to finish the first story.
the two first minutes of play:
laurahunt.itch.io
It's a point-and-click game that has four stories to explore but it's more like a visual novel than anything.
I only have played the first story and it was okay, i would say, but the art is fantastic.
it's quite short too, not more than 15 minutes to finish the first story.
the two first minutes of play:
If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers by Laura Hunt
A tale of dark and troubling things.
laurahunt.itch.io
ultrazilla
Member
Here's some of mine:
Fat Frog
I advertised for Google Stadia
Zelda 3 > BOTW
Simple but clean and timeless, still the best looking 2d zelda game.
The best ZELDA would be Link awakening with A link to the Past engine.
Decades ago, i loved Zelda 3's pixel art, i still prefer it to modern 3D Zelda but through time i discovered more appealing classic 2D like Lunar or even Marvelous on the Snes:
It's Zelda 3's engine by Aonuma mixed with Link Awakening, Lunar...
Sun, palm beach.
