Last time I tried a self-made 2D engine with Java, but this turned out to be a lot of “engine” programming and I did not have enough time for content. Pixeling art and sprites actually was a lot of fun, so I decided to use a more professional pipeline this time to have more time for art and content.

My tools:

• Unity3D as the basic engine
• Orthello 2D Framework – this is a plugin for Unity3D to handle all the 2D things
• Texture Packer for packing sprites into a sprite atlas
• GraphicsGale for creating 2D pixel art
• The all famous bfxr for sound effects (hopefully I will have time to create some)

If there is anyone planning to go with a similar setup or with pixel art in general, I can recommend some tutorials which helped me a lot:

• Make A 2D Game in Unity3D Using Only Free Tools 
• So you want to be a pixel artist
• Les Forges Pixel Art Course

Good luck everyone! May your art be beautiful and your code be straight