What if you could design a video game simply by drawing it on a piece of paper? That's the goal behind Pixel Press, an upcoming app that aims to make game design a much more approachable task. It's still in the prototype phase, but Pixel Press could potentially be a revolutionary tool for game development. All you need is a printer and an iPad to become the next Shigeru Miyamoto — no coding required.
"Anybody that's willing to spend the time to do it is going to be able to make a level."
The process starts with a PDF. The two-page document includes a graph paper-like page where you can draw out your fantasy level, along with a second page containing instructions — that way you'll know that drawing an X represents a spike, for...
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