The simple act of jumping can make or break a 2D platformer. In the first episode of Mechanically Speaking, Game Array explores how developers balance responsiveness and fairness to the player to ...

I don't know of any books, but I wrote a 2d game in Java which I lifted from download from the Java Boutique website. At least in 2001 there were tons of games and you could download the source ...

The Breath of the Wild team created a 2D Zelda prototype to test mechanics. The team used a 2D The Legend of Zelda to test ideas. by Chelsea Stark. Mar 1, 2017, ... Those active game experiences, ...

Publisher Aksys Games and developer RareBreed Makes Games have announced Blazing Strike, a new 2D fighting game coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC via Steam in spring 2022.