Pixel art: an 8-bit game cutscene on a locked pixel grid

SUBJECT: {the character as a sprite: 32 pixels tall, two colours of outfit, one weapon or tool}
ACTION: {one looping action, e.g. 'walks right in a 4-frame walk cycle' / 'stands while the cape flaps in a 2-frame loop'}
SETTING: a side-scrolling game level: a night forest with three parallax layers (near trees, far trees, a moon and stars), a flat row of ground tiles at the bottom
CAMERA: fixed side view, orthographic, no perspective, no camera movement; the background layers scroll left at three different speeds
LENS & LIGHT: no lens, no depth of field; flat lighting baked into the palette, one lighter tone for lit edges, one darker for shadow, no gradients, no glow
STYLE: 8-bit pixel art as rendered on a 256x224 screen, every pixel sharp and square on a locked grid, a 16-colour palette, dithering instead of gradients, no anti-aliasing, no sub-pixel movement (sprites move in whole pixels), animation at 8 frames per second with held frames; no 3D, no smooth interpolation, no blur
SOUND: a soft 8-bit wind loop, no music, no voice
DURATION: 6 seconds, 16:9. No on-screen text, no HUD, no score counters, no dialogue boxes.

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