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 34 ran from December 11th to December 14th, 2015, with two combined themes, "Two Button Controls" and "Growing".
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.
