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Simple, fast-paced games with colorful graphics and catchy audio, that require few or no explanations, can be played in short bursts, and usually require a lot of skill. Similar in style and spirit with the arcade game cabinets of the 80s and 90s.

Games where you discover new locations by traveling around in the game's environment

Projects that have advertised as not using generative AI their creative process.

Pixel Art refers to the charming, simplistic, retro/renaissance style of very-low-resolution graphics, such as from the 1977-1995 Atari, GameBoy, & Super Nintendo (SNES) eras.

Featuring aesthetics, gameplay, or themes reminiscent of classic video games. Often characterized by pixel art, chiptune music, or mechanics popularized in earlier gaming eras.