This incredible pixel art has taken one man over 8,000 hours to animate and is the gif that keeps on giving

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This project blew me away the moment I came across it, and the further I went down this rabbit hole, the more astounded I became. Floor796 is an ever-expanding animation scene that has been created by one guy… yup, just one guy. It shows the life of one floor on a huge space station and is absolutely packed with references from varied media forms (including videogames, which we will get to), most of which you can click on for details.

Haven't you  always wanted to see Sub-Zero dancing to Gangnam Style with Mei from Overwatch? Wish granted. The creator 0x00 has already put in over 8000 hours and has been working on it for years—starting back in 2018—and is intending to add plenty more. «This is only 37% of what was planned».

0x00 posted the project on r/PixelArt on October 12 and proceeded to discuss some of the details in the comments section, giving us a little peek into how this insane gif came to exist. «First year I developed my own animation editor and website itself. Then I began to draw, element by element, block by block. I drew the first room (block) for about 8 months. Now I create one block per month.» When asked about why he chose the isometric view 0x00 revealed «previously I was a game developer, so I have some experience with drawing in isometric view» and indicated inspiration from games from the 80's and 90's that used a similar look.

To add another level of impressiveness to this, 0x00 also included multiple interactive elements hidden within the gif. «Btw, there are about 4 big interactive elements in this project for now: arcade game racer796, music synthesizer (you can create your own melody), board with pixel animation (you can draw small animation), change my mind meme (you can add your own