Re:What is interesting about Factorio
by zo1 on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:44AM
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It's not pixel-art. All their "entities" are actually 3d models that are rendered into isometric images. And they've also slowly been regenerating all their images with high-resolution models + renders.
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It’s rendered to fixed resolution sprites. That’s pixel art.
Re:What is interesting about Factorio
by imtringued on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:32AM
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Pixel art by definition involves the careful hand placement of individual pixels to create an image. What you are talking about is just a 2D game.
Which makes it better than the 3D you yearn for. You can't do as high-quality and as stylistically consistent graphics with real-time 3D rendering; the computing power simply isn't there.
Pixel art means making a picture while zoomed in to see individual pixels, placing them manually nearly pixel by pixel (only the most basic shape tools are used, and no anti aliasing).