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.
The act of operating, maintaining, and growing a farm, which provide either story backdrops or direct mechanical influences for interactive works in this genre.
Games that typically contain a large world that you are free to explore in any order you like. Completing objects may open up new areas or change how previous areas functioned.
