Pixel Art for Game Developers

CHAPTER 8

Animating Pixels

The Shock and Horror of Being Flashed

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It can give depth to your characters, personality to your text or envi-

ronment, and even give subtle clues about the game.

People think of animation not as simply making something move—but

technically it is the process of bringing an inanimate object or image alive.

As you may know, the illusion of life is given through the quick succes-

sion of images that our eyes interpret as movement. We’ll only have time to

skim over this meaty topic and help to avoid some of the common pitfalls

of animating with pixels.

To begin ...