There’s a lot that goes into making a video game. Each video game combines multiple artistic mediums, from music to art to animation — programming is even an art form in its own way. All of ...

Pixel Game Maker MV is the latest option. This piece of software is currently in Early Access but allows for gerenating assets, animating sprites, giving objects actions and connecting levels ...

Pixel Game Maker MV desperately needs an UI overhaul. The densely-packed menus cause dread rather than allowing players to jump straight into creating fun projects.

Both of these use pixel art — the chunky 2D graphical style that harkens back to the ’80s and early ’90s — and the upshot is that it’s okay for new games to look old again.

The makers of Sonic Superstars think pixel art is going to become an even bigger niche in the future, even for indie developers.

Studio PICO, a two-man developer based in Japan, is currently in the early stages of development on Grand Exile, a pixel art 2D action and shooting game hybrid planned for release on Switch and PC.

Earthblade is being described as a "2D explor-action game in a seamless pixel art world." There's a "20XX" release window, so expect Earthblade to launch sometime in the next 80 years.