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Uses two-dimensional "sprites", 2D images created and used on a flat plane, as opposed to the three-dimensional models or environments found in 3D games.

Typically small graphics that can be used to represent something, like items or actions

A metroidvania is a game inspired by Metroid and Castlevania

It often involves exploration and gaining new abilities to access new areas or progress.

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.