Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three distinct eras since 1985 – the original game revived the video ...

In the previous two posts in this series (part 1 and part 2), we’ve seen how to create a basic 2D platformer using Unity. So far we have a character who responds to keyboard input and touch controls, ...

In part one of how to create a simple 2D platformer for Android in Unity, we went over the basics of creating a 2D platformer in Unity for Android. In doing so, we created a very basic little ‘game’ ...

The 2D platformer genre is full of games that are instant classics. They offer a lot of interesting allure to players as the mechanics seem simple a lot of the time, but when done well, they hide a ...

The Best Platformers for 2025 Whether it’s 2D sidescrollers or 3D sandboxes, the platformer is a foundational video game genre. Run, don’t walk, to play the best games about jumping as skillfully as ...

Rayman Legends is one of the greatest 2D platform games ever released, and an essential Steam sale pick-up if you've never played one of Ubisoft's best. It's been free on and off over the years, but ...

GoogleDeepMind has an 'open endedness team' and we've just found out what they've been up to in recent times - namely facilitating AI to generate 2D platformer worlds based on simple image prompts.

Bonk's Adventure is a short and easy platformer, and while it still holds up pretty well, it's difficult to recommend in earnest. History has been unkind to the TurboGrafx-16. As the third system in a ...

Developer Brain-dead Rabbit Games and eastasiasoft this week released their 2D action platforming title ‘Damikira’ onto the Nintendo Switch (US/EU/JPN), PlayStation, and Xbox consoles. What do you get ...