Focused on using its text, moreso than its visuals or audio, to tell the bulk of its story/plot. (Still can have great audio and visuals, though!)
An 8-bit handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. Now popular among home-brew creators and modern developers looking to capture a retro sty...
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Fangames are games built around established characters, stories, or worlds from other games or media.
Visuals that resemble strokes drawn by a hand, as opposed to digital authoring tools that create perfect strokes.
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Games that are unearthly and bizarre in theme, aesthetic or story.
Something out of the ordinary, or peculiar. Often far beyond one's imagination.
Projects made with the all-in-one cross-platform 2D game development engine
Includes or is about animals
Bursting with vibrant hues and lively designs, these projects utilize a rich palette to create visually engaging and dynamic experiences.
Where walking around a virtual world is a primary element of the gameplay.
Self-published, small-circulation booklets of original and appropriated texts and images on controversial or niche topics in unpolished or unusual layouts, or s...
16 pixels by 16 pixels is a common resolution for assets matching a low-res pixel art aesthetic. Although the assets may not be specifically 16x16, they are des...
Similar to roguelike games but generally with simpler or more forgiving rules & mechanics.
First-Person Shooter refers to a genre where the camera is at the same place as your eyes: you see (on screen) the scenes just like you'd experience it.
Shoot 'Em Up or shmup games are a subset of shooter games where the player continually moves forward while waves of enemies enter the screen. Both shooting and...
Related to the process of arranging game maps using a set of tile graphics (often call tilesets )
Work centered on following a character through the ups and downs during a notable part of their life. There's often more of an emphasis on characterization, rel...
A turn-based game mechanic is the opposite of a real-time game mechanic. In a Turn-By-Turn mechanic (synonym) , each player has to wait for the other to have pl...
Focused on imparting a skill, lesson, or piece of information to its player that would be helpful to them in other aspects of life, such as a faster typing abil...
Eastern role-playing video games are role-playing video games developed in East Asia, including Japan, South Korea, and, to a lesser extent, China.
Games you can play with two or more people on one computer or device.
Utilizing content created by algorithms rather than human made content. Often utilizes a "seed," a relatively small string that is used to control the randomiza...
Contains lesbian characters or themes dealing with lesbian identity.
The act of operating, maintaining, and growing a farm, which provide either story backdrops or direct mechanical influences for interactive works in this genre.
Provides tools that let you customize characters with either free form sliders or combinations of pre-made options.
A metroidvania is a game inspired by Metroid and Castlevania It often involves exploration and gaining new abilities to access new areas or progress.
PICO-8 is a fantasy console powered by Lua. Games are distributed as cartridges which double as PNG images.
