The basis for the story is 1990s beat em up games.  This inspiration comes from a mis-spent youth play these plus the limitations of the pixel art and video game format.

I find it much easier to great given limitations.  Animation is essentially limitless – you can do anything!  This is the ultimate ‘blank page’ and can be intimidating. The theory is limitations give you a framework which forces you to be creative – that’s the hope anyway!

Also this limitation (lack of extreme detail, locked off/flat perspective etc) will help me get a finished good quality film in the time I have available this year!