On: Making a Game Boy game in 2017

[zokier]

I feel like this hits the nail. In addition to the complexity, there is also the thing that ps2 is comparatively similar to basic PC development, whereas 8/16 bitters have a very distinct different feeling.

2D pixel graphics arguably have aged better than early 3d graphics, and simple pixel graphics is also far more doable for a solo dev (or a very small team) than complex 3d scenes.

[wolfgke → zokier]

> 2D pixel graphics arguably have aged better than early 3d graphics, and simple pixel graphics is also far more doable for a solo dev (or a very small team) than complex 3d scenes.

I often ask whether part of the reason for this is also that the (graphics) tooling for 2D pixel graphics is better than for 3D graphics.

[zokier → wolfgke]

Of course this comes back to the complexity. Creating a very basic pixel art editor is essentially a weekend project. A 3d editor not so much.