You got the idea, Also DA GAME SHOW is going to be a playable game. There will still be bots but you can play with them, sort of. And my laptop is quite crappy right now so I feel regret and I am sorry for any inconvenience. I am just experimenting with stuff.
About the format, it depends on what art software you are using. If adobe you can organize it and same as asprite. I use piskel which is unorganized. You can just do row by row if you want.