From design concepts to art style, aesthetics are now key to a game's success. This is especially true for 2D platformers, a genre widely recognized for its distinctive graphical approaches.

RPG Maker is best for turn-based RPGs, Clickteam Fusion for simpler 2D games, and Monogame for experienced programmers.

A knock-off called Oasis, released last month, captures much of the original game’s flavor with a remarkable and weird twist.

We find the programming challenge of game-playing bots to be fascinating. Take a look at this Python bot which plays Burrito Bison all the way through (video after the break). This is a totally ...

Sega’s 2011 smash hit takes the best parts of classic 2D Sonic and modern 3D Sonic, blending the two platforming games together to give you the gaming equivalent of chocolate and peanut butter.

So I started searching the web to see if anybody had worked with ... they built a 3D game inside of this 2D game engine,” ...

but because the HD-2D style was born the way it was, it was a perfect fit for remaking games that originally used pixel art. It’s almost harder to believe they wouldn’t mesh well together.” ...

In the decades since the blue blur has starred in many platform games: some 2D, others 3D ... have turned out had it used the silky smooth engine from the mainline games. Available on various ...

While Unity made some changes to the planned per-install model in response to the outcry, CEO John Riccitiello announced his retirement shortly after and was replaced in May by former Zynga and EA ...

The creation, display and manipulation of objects in the computer in two dimensions. Drawing programs and 2D CAD programs allow objects to be drawn on an X-Y scale as if they were drawn on paper.

These guys are 2D shapes and 2D shapes are everywhere. Shapes have sides and corners and are completely flat, like a drawing on a piece of paper. Circles don’t have corners and have got just one ...