2. Goal
For our 2D game we are going to research
various 2D games and look specifically at
the art styles and gameplay styles it
portrays.
3. Art Style – Street Fighter II
Street Fighter II uses a very
isometric style of pixel art as
there is only 1 layer of movement
but an animated background
which would generally consist of
2-3 looping frames.
4. Art Style –The Binding Of Isaac:
Rebirth
The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth uses
a unique art style which consists of
a top down view and a free layer of
movement which allows the player
to explore all of the environment,
the game also includes a similar
layout of backgrounds for the
entire game.
5. Art Style – Legend Of Zelda: Link
ToThe Past
The Legend Of Zelda: LinkToThe
Past also has a top down view and
a free layer of movement but also
uses a very colourful pixel art style
with a wide range of variety in the
different environments.
6. CharacterArt – King Of
Fighters XIII
King Of Fighters XIII uses a very
unique style of character art in
which all of the characters have a
“cartoon” style appearance to
them. Another thing to note is the
high amount of attention to detail
on the characters such as the small
holes on a belt or markings on a
jacket.
7. CharacterArt – Expendabros
The Expendabros has quite a
contrast in character art
throughout the game. In gameplay
the characters have minimal detail
but enough to know who the
characters are, in the cutscenes
however, the characters have a
high amount of detail with a
unique art style.
8. CharacterArt – MegaMan 2
The character art in MegaMan 2
uses an art style in which in
gameplay all the characters use
single colours for all the characters
with minimal detail but in the
character art used in the level
select screen they use a lot more
detail for the art including light
reflections.
9. Environment Art – Metal Gear
The Environmental Art for Metal
Gear is very gritty, dark and uses
dull colours such as greys, greens
and browns as a way to show the
gritty environment the player is
and also as a way to show the cold
embrace the game gives to the
player
10. Environment Art – Braid
The Environmental Art for Braid
has a very wide contrast of colour
and variety, whether it be from the
bright blue colours of the
mountains and above the skies to
the dark red fiery colours of the
apocalyptic cities, Braid uses bright
colours which does well to show
the artistic vision of the game.
11. Environment Art – Marvel vs
Capcom 2
Marvel vs Capcom 2 presents very
unique environmental art as the
game takes place in a wide variety of
locations such asVictorian villages,
Giant factories and even places such
as the North pole.The game shows
this variety in the colours and detail
of the backgrounds such as the use
of lighting and array of colours.
