{"id":1864,"date":"2026-09-01T02:17:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T02:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/?p=1864"},"modified":"2026-09-01T02:17:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T02:17:01","slug":"pizzaolo-2d-side-scrolling-pizza-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/pizzaolo-2d-side-scrolling-pizza-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Pizzaolo – 2D Side Scrolling Pizza Action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/Pizzaolo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve always wanted to make a side scrolling game that evokes the old NES games of my youth – simple sprites, simple gameplay and just a touch of difficulty to make it a challenge. I also wanted to make a pizza themed game and one night I thought to myself ‘why not both?’ – and Pizzaolo was born. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I first tinkered with some 2D game engines but they all proved to be a bit of a headache so ultimately I settled on JS\/HTML5 implementation (Although in retrospect I kind of with I didn’t as it quickly became a pain to manage a huge block of code) while I’m happy with the resulting game I think I might try to rewrite it in phaser as with the current system I have to hand create each level with sprites and weapons and enemies which can be very labor intensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Level 1 is set in Naples as a love letter to that city – I visited in 2024 and was enamored by the city and the surrounding areas and wanted to incorporate as many sights and experiences as I could into the game such as Gambrinus coffee shop, Venus of the Rags, and the shrine to Padre Pio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game also has a level of silliness that I embrace fully – you are fighting vegetables.. why? Because it’s funny. There’s lots of super power ups, weapons, hidden items and nods to Italian food and culture as well as shout outs to some of my friends. The final boss is completely over the top and was a lot of fun to voice and program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m particularly proud of the music and sound effects – it really evokes the halcyon days of the NES and the epic video game themes that define that era. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Enjoy my game – and if I mange to find some time I’m going to make level 2 which is a vespa based game in Rome – kind of like excite bike but you know.. Italiano <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/Pizzaolo I’ve always wanted to make a side scrolling game that evokes the old NES games of my youth – simple sprites, simple gameplay and just a touch of difficulty to make it a challenge. I also wanted to make a pizza themed game and one night I thought to myself ‘why not both?’ – and Pizzaolo was born. I first tinkered with some 2D game engines but they all proved to be a bit of a headache so ultimately I settled on JS\/HTML5 implementation (Although in retrospect I kind of with I didn’t as it quickly became a pain to manage a huge block of code) while I’m happy with the resulting game I think I might try to rewrite it in phaser as with the current system I have to hand create each level with sprites and weapons and enemies which can be very labor intensive. Level 1 is set in Naples as a love letter to that city – I visited in 2024 and was enamored by the city and the surrounding areas and wanted to incorporate as many sights and experiences as I could into the game such as Gambrinus coffee shop, Venus of the Rags, and the shrine to Padre Pio. The game also has a level of silliness that I embrace fully – you are fighting vegetables.. why? Because it’s funny. There’s lots of super power ups, weapons, hidden items and nods to Italian food and culture as well as shout outs to some of my friends. The final boss is completely over the top and was a lot of fun to voice and program. I’m particularly proud of the music and sound effects – it really evokes the halcyon days of the NES and the epic video game themes that define that era. Enjoy my game – and if I mange to find some time I’m going to make level 2 which is a vespa based game in Rome – kind of like excite bike but you know.. Italiano<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-appdev","category-pizza"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1864"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1866,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1864\/revisions\/1866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tonypanariello.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}