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 ...

Remember Pacman, Donkey Kong, and other classic arcade games? You can use JGame to develop similar arcade games in Java.

The remake of PS1 game Front Mission 3 has replaced its 2D artwork with generative AI images, that have made a mess of everything.

Russia-based studio Nunchaku Games has announced Moon Samurai, a 2D pixel graphics action adventure game set in a cyberpunk world for Switch, PC, and Mac.

Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake features new story elements, Performance and Graphics modes on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, and more.

This year had an absolute boatload of great new games and you don't need a super-powerful PC to play all of them.

Anyone holding out hope that there might one day be a Sonic Mania 2 will be disappointed to know that it never really had a chance.

Square Enix compared the graphics of the original Dragon Quest 3 on the Famicon with the upcoming HD-2D remake version.

Nintendo on Wednesday announced Super Mario Bros. Wonder, a brand new 2D side-scrolling Mario game coming to the Switch on Oct. 20 ...

After all, the 3D Sonic games have ranged anywhere from incredible to abysmal. Meanwhile, while not every 2D Sonic title is a masterpiece, almost none of these games are objectively bad.