There are surprisingly few genuinely realistic-looking game characters. Most actually have manga-styled features. Slightly exaggerated eyes, small noses, spiky hair.

The video games below understand this well since they all include some type of drawing mechanic. Some of them encourage players to unleash their inner artist and put their imagination into the ...

So these AI-powered NPCs essentially have a digital character sheet they draw from so they don’t break off from their role. But again, that’s just an AI being trained to emulate a specific ...

But today's video game consoles can store much more data, so the characters are higher resolution. When Nintendo first introduced the Super Mario Bros. game for its NES in 1985, Mario was only 16 ...

The system — which generated US$108,950 of its US$100,000 goal — has you draw your game on special sheets of grid paper, allowing for a much more customisable and sophisticated game.