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Re:What is interesting about Factorio by TylerE on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @03:55AM (#22932926)
It’s rendered to fixed resolution sprites. That’s pixel art.
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Re:What is interesting about Factorio by imtringued on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @04:32AM (#22933103)
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.
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Re:What is interesting about Factorio by TeMPOraL on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @05:51AM (#22933473)
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.
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Re:What is interesting about Factorio by TomMarius on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @06:12AM (#22933554)
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).
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Re:What is interesting about Factorio by kchr on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @11:03AM (#22935514)
Most importantly: Dithering by hand.
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