One of the biggest problems with being a pixel artist is often the lack of things to do with your finished product. There are countless games out there for 3D modelers to make graphics for, Jedi Academy comes to mind, or the countless mods for Valves Source engine. Sadly the pixel artist is often left out in the cold, I often feel like this. I am however lucky enough to be spriting for two separate game developers, but what about those of you who don't get this chance?

Before I started typing up this article I had planned on having a rant about how games such as Harvest Moon should never of gone 3D, and while searching images to back up my point I came across the Game Maker site. I was briefly intrigued by this as I remember this program for years ago, and to be honest it had never really impressed me. However, looking through the games other people had made and seeing clones of popular games like GTA, Super Smash Bros, Sonic the Hedgehog and The Sims, I suddenly thought "Wow, this gives people who love pixel art but can't code and opportunity to make a game".

I'm not sure how difficult the program is to use, I just downloaded it myself so I'll post updates once I get my head around it.