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.
Ludum Dare is a 48 and 72 hour game making competition globally hosted over the internet; Ludum Dare 33 ran from August 21st to August 24th, 2015, with the theme "You are the Monster".
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.
