Designing 2D graphics in the Japanese industry

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by mariuz • 8 years ago

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Probably it's related with age - we like what we were used to - but contemporary (3D) games feel terribly boring comparing with the ones when I was a kid. My will to play them is literally zero.

rebuilder• 8 years ago

Do you still find playing the old games enjoyable?

pjmlp• 8 years ago

Not the OP but I also grew with the gaming industry since early 80's, and additionally had a short foray into it, many eons ago.

For me yes, which is why I tend to play more old-style games on my mobile devices than multiple GB downloads on modern consoles.

galfarragem4• 8 years ago

Playing old games is not enjoyable anymore (they are symbiotic with old hardware) but playing old style games adapted to nowadays hardware is.

From the top of my mind: curious expedition, stardew valley, undertale, freecol, dwarf fortress (...)

fiblye• 8 years ago

I find myself enjoying 80s/90s games that I'd never played before over the typical major release these days. Some new major releases really are excellent, but the quantity is far lower than it was 20-30 years ago, likely mostly due to massive budgets and unmanageable team sizes.

SmellyGeekBoy2• 8 years ago

Not OP but I wanted to chip in. I love the "pick up and play" aspect of older games and consoles. I don't have much time to game anymore so I just don't have time to sit in front of Steam waiting for GBs of updates before I can even start playing (there are a few franchises I'll make the effort for - the new DOOM, Wolfenstein and Deus Ex games to name a few).

The console I'm getting the most use out of at the minute is actually my old Dreamcast - I can hit the power button and be tearing around in Crazy Taxi in less than 2 minutes. Always good for a laugh when I have a spare 15-20 minutes to kill.

jamesu• 8 years ago

I'd say its a little more involved than simply age. With a few exceptions I find most 90's console games boring or frustrating to play but i'm more likely to find a pc game from that era enjoyable to play. However when it comes to more modern games, I largely prefer portable console titles.

LocalH• 8 years ago

I'm generally like that, but occasionally a game comes along that grips my interest. Thus why I'm likely the oldest expert-level Guitar Hero player that is also active in the community, at the age of 38.

oknoorap• 8 years ago

2d (pixel art) never die.

baud147258• 8 years ago

At least it ages way more gracefully than early 3D models.

codeulike• 8 years ago

You would color in the squares on graph paper. And then after you coloured those individual squares, you would convert them in to numbers, and then you would key in the numbers in hexadecimal using a ROM writer

I used to do this on the BBC Model B, you could re-program character codes to be any shape and would use that to build up graphics. It was really exciting when the thing you'd drawn on paper finally appeared on screen. Or if you'd made a mistake with the hex, there would be pixels or (often) horizontal lines in the wrong place on a row.

tokyodude• 8 years ago

like this?

https://flickr.com/photos/51035661423@N01/sets/7215760031291...

reustle• 8 years ago

If you're in Tokyo and interested in this kind of art / graphics, you need to check out Pixel Art Park next month

https://pixelartpark.com

mercurysmessage• 8 years ago

Looks like it happens every December, going to have to make it to one of these!

Designing 2D graphics in the Japanese industry

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