The Enduring Appeal of Pixel Art (feat. Tom Hardwidge)

The Classic Gamers Guild Podcast

This week Anna & Paul are joined by Tom Hardwidge of Tall Story Games to talk about pixel art in adventure games! They discuss how pixel art began as result of a technical limitation and went on to become a stylistic choice that people still can't get enough of. They also discuss its role in adventure games, purist vs modernized pixel art, how they make pixel art and a whole bunch more! It was fun, flowy and I'm told at one point, somewhat coherent, Mangia!

Shek out Tom's games Lucy Dreaming & Heir of the Dog

Vote for The Phantom Fellows to be released on GOG!

Wishlist our adventure game! The Phantom Fellows

Let's hang out at the Adventure Game Fan Fair!

Shek out our friends in the Adventure Game Hotspot Network:

Space Quest Historian's The Absolutely Bizarre 🍆 Moves of Space Quest III

Adventure Game Geek's Talisman (PC DOS 1995) – Just Another Day In Thurania! (feat. Paul!)

OneShortEye's The Insanity of King's Quest Speedruns

Conversations with Curtis' Daniel plays Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within!

Tech Talk with Daniel Albu's A Conversation with Rich Powell (Space Quest 7 / Gabriel Knight 2 / Phantasmagoria / King's Quest 7)

Adventure Game Hotspot's 11 "OH HELL NO" moments in adventure games (feat. Paul!)

Laura Cressup's Twitch & YouTube Channels

AGHN Content Creators Podcast Episode 5: AGHN Content Creators Podcast - Episode 5: Stress and Expectations (feat Anna & Paul!)

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Intro greeting (usually) by (and thank you to) Hope Kodman VonStarnes

Games In the Episode:

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

King's Quest

Chinatown Detective Agency

Gabriel Knight Sins of the Fathers

Lucy Dreaming

The Phantom Fellows

Day of the Tentacle

Monkey Island Series

And probably many others

And finally, I'm gonna have to go ahead and ask you- I am once again asking you, to wishlist my game. I'm workin real hard on it, full time, and I think you're gonna love it. BUT, I'm gonna need you to tap on this and then tap several more times, until it's wish listedOMG THANK YOU SO MUCH

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The Phantom Fellows on Steam