This post is already one of the crown jewels of lemmy. Great questions, great answers, and great formatting! Thank you!

You might want to look into Alabaster Dawn. It’s not out yet but it seems like it merges 2D pixel art in a 3D space the way you’re describing.

https://bsky.app/profile/teflora.rocks/post/3l7bzpuufvh2d

Agreed, but Andor is the one good that came out of the Disney buyout. If Tony Gilroy is involved with this new project I’d at least give it a chance.