Sprite-Based Game Art Is Far from Overdone Indie developers love sprites, but each studio has a unique thumbprint that keeps the retro style fresh.

Torn between your love of the original Cave Story's beautifully pixel-drawn sprites and your excitement for Cave Story 3D's complete reinvention of the game's hovering island-world? You can now ...

The game’s sprite layering also helped environments feel deep without ever leaving the 2D plane, from the crumbling walls of Sigma’s fortress to the rain-slicked rooftops of the opening stage.

One of the most striking features of the Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake is its visual overhaul. The game employs a unique blend of 2D sprites and 3D environments, creating a nostalgic yet fresh ...

And with iOS 7—and Mavericks—comes Sprite Kit, which contains everything developers need to write a 2D game from scratch, without having to worry about OpenGL.

While this will be a familiar Dragon Quest experience at its core, Square Enix continues to add some new features that will ...

The game’s sprite layering also helped environments feel deep without ever leaving the 2D plane, from the crumbling walls of Sigma’s fortress to the rain-slicked rooftops of the opening stage.