creating vibrant worlds and memorable characters. Although today games have high-definition realistic graphics, many JRPGs still choose pixel art to capture the nostalgia and charm of the past.

Pixel art is a form of digital art, where images are edited on the pixel level. The aesthetic for these kind of graphics comes from 8-bit and 16-bit computers and video game consoles.

Dataset TinyHero includes 64x64 retro-pixel character. All characters were generated with Universal LPC spritesheet by makrohn. Each character in the dataset was randomly generated including: sex, ...

Respawn Entertainment excels in creating likable robot characters such as Pathfinder and BT-7274. Memorable video game robots like Bastion and Clank have strong personalities that enhance the ...

Video games can get very long -- often frustratingly so - with some modern triple-A games spanning hundreds of hours. Not ...

Among these technological elements, my favorites are robot characters. The relationship between flesh-and-blood characters and those made of wires and bolts is always entertaining. Offering ...

Splashy blockbuster games are great, but there are there are a huge number of indie and smaller video games worth playing, too. Whether they’re pushing the boundaries of the medium and or offering a ...

Directors of some of of the year’s most notable animated features talk about the design and inspiration behind key characters including a sentient robot ... with the art team incorporating ...