Thread 718368141

Hundreds of indie games are released per year with pixelart style, probably more than any time in history. None match the feel and fluidity of an almost 30 year old game. How did they do it?

>>718368141 (OP)
Necessity is the mother of invention. The technological limitations of the day combined with screen fidelity forced the artists and engineers to get creative with what they make. Now that ever tom dick and cut off dick can make a million Gregapixel platformer, all they can do is try to replicate an atmosphere they’ve felt before

>>718368141 (OP)
I think the last game I played with pixel art that blew me away was Touhou luna nights. Metal Slug artists were a different breed though
https://store.steampowered.com/app/851100/Touhou_Luna_Nights/

>>718368141 (OP)
A lot of indie games are by like one person teams with little experience. Even the first Metal Slug was by around 12 or more people who were already industry veterans.

pixel art threads be like:

>>718368141 (OP)
> None match the feel and fluidity of an almost 30 year old game.

That's because the developers of the 30 year old game, Metal Slug, wanted to make a good looking game. Pixel art was just a tool for them. Meanwhile a lot of indies are doing pixel art for the meme. They don't care about the looks. They care about the fucking pixels.

>>718368141 (OP)
because they're indie. Japan also had a huge headstart to stylized pixel art in an era where western devs/artists preferred realism. Japan had proper pixel art professionals in the late 80s and early 90's hired exclusively for video games.
Indies are usually very small teams but without professional experience, they're always going to be underwhelming, skinwalking other shit, or rarely decent.

>>718368424
>>718368645
Ok. So let me rephrase, why no small game companies do this detailed pixel art? Cost savings? Is pixel art still too expensive even with modern tools?

>>718369109
yes
pixel art is more expensive, has bad reputation and an average product consumer doesn't care about stylistic choices

>>718368141 (OP)
>TARMA
>MARCO
>ERI
>FIO
Those are some weird names
Maybe not Marco. That's okay I guess.

>>718370680
That's because those are only their short names.

>>718370774
Ah that makes it better. Their long names are more appropriate. Of course. Thanks for letting me know. Very useful. Gracias.

>>718368141 (OP)
Pixelart is not pixelart if you are not using a CRT to make it.

>>718370812
If you want to know, you can spend 5 seconds in google and read the wiki.

>>718368141 (OP)
ENEMY CHASER!

>>718368141 (OP)
Are you guys ever going to shut up about this stupid, dead genre game?

>>718371247
*blows you up with a SHOTGUN*

>>718371247

get a load of this HEAVY MACHINE GUN

>>718368141 (OP)
Contra was better because it was all about the gameplay, not soifacing at heckin ebin pixel art.

>>718368141 (OP)
Your 1cc?

>>718369109
There are some, for example Tengo Project
/The Ninja Saviors, it's just expensive and requires expertise. owlboy for example took a decade to make, versus dead cells which "cheats" character pixel graphics with 3D models

Still waiting on that 1cc bro

>>718368141 (OP)
>How did they do it?
Just read Akio's twitter, man. It's some pretty neat stuff, honestly.

>>718369109
>Cost savings?
nigger there's a time cost too