There is much more in game design that just coding: sprite and map design (and animation), sound and music… And simply creating interesting and fun game mechanics. Actually, coding seems to me to be the easiest part…

If you want to try, there is a free web version for educational purpose.

This post made discover the pico-8 and all its wonderfull cards, and rediscover voxatron. I actually did already owned pico-8 thanks to a humble bundle about ten years ago. Many thanks !

I believed that for very small creatures (like ants) time was faster.

There is also the wedding scene of Bernard and Lydia in the 1997 movie Four weddings and a funeral. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYzQFudZ70k