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It’s been a hot minute, I should really spend more time back here.
It’s been a hot minute, I should really spend more time back here. (Saying it today so if I fail, it’s a (bad) joke. 😬) In the meantime, here’s some fan art I recently made. … ...
The art of Wargroove 2 is wonderful! Chucklefish’s second original IP (after Starbound) finally got…
The art of WARGROOVE 2 is wonderful! CHUCKLEFISH ’ s second original IP (after Starbound) finally got a sequel today and oh, it’s a lovely world to dive into. Instead of being developed in-h...
Lily pads
LILY PADS Starting a new series of paintings called Sweden (since they’ll be landscapes from around Spelkollektivet where I live now). Mostly done with Pixquare —the iPad app I reviewed ...
Things are getting real! My game, Pixel Art Academy, designed for learning how to draw pixel art,…
Things are getting real! My game, PIXEL ART ACADEMY , designed for learning how to draw pixel art, now has a Steam page ! In particular, the version I’ll release on Steam is called PIXEL ART ...
I never played Karateka in the 80s, but as a big fan of Prince of Persia and Jordan Mechner’s…
I never played Karateka in the 80s, but as a big fan of Prince of Persia and JORDAN MECHNER ’s journals, I was stoked to hear that an interactive documentary about Jordan’s prototypical cinem...
It’s been a while since a new pixel art editor joined the top ranks. Aseprite is the current go-to…
It’s been a while since a new pixel art editor joined the top ranks. Aseprite is the current go-to recommendation for desktops, while Pixaki (now in its 4th iteration) has always been my favo...
This post has been 9 months in the making. 1 day for playing the wonderfully-illustrated city…
This post has been 9 months in the making. 1 day for playing the wonderfully-illustrated city builder that is LAKESIDE by Massive Galaxy Studios , 1 day for trying to capture pixel-perfect GIFs,...
Haven’t been around much, so here’s a sort of...
Haven’t been around much, so here’s a sort of catch-up post with y'all. Most of my content lately has been on YouTube with the PIXEL ENGINE devlog. It’s going strong with a video every t...
When Evil Licorice approached me to try out their new game Retro...
When EVIL LICORICE approached me to try out their new game RETRO GADGETS , how could I refuse something that literally has my name in it!?! It’s much like the fantasy console PICO-8 where yo...
I’ve been adding support for drawing artworks into Pixel Art...
I’ve been adding support for drawing artworks into Pixel Art Academy and made this quick, half-res PICO-8 doodle to celebrate the new Monkey Island! I also started a new PIXEL ENGINE DEVLOG...
A bit late celebration of the 40th anniversary of the one and...
A bit late celebration of the 40th anniversary of the one and only, the ZX Spectrum! Made this fan art quite some time ago for a project that took a different turn so it has never seen the li...
Well, this is unlike anything I’ve covered on the blog before....
Well, this is unlike anything I’ve covered on the blog before. PRESS START is a series of gamebooks where you … play video games? Basically, you get to choose your own adventure in the loca...
You know I can’t resist to talk about a point-and-click...
You know I can’t resist to talk about a point-and-click adventure, even if I don’t finish nearly as many of them as I enthusiastically support on crowdfunding platforms. BEYOND THE EDGE OF ...
As a kid I went bonkers over any game with a built-in editor,...
As a kid I went bonkers over any game with a built-in editor, from designing a pinball table in Macadam Bumper in the 80s to making tracks in Stunts (4D Sports Driving) in the 90s. I already knew...
What is the name of the font, the bold one you use in title...n one in other place? Greetings from a fellow font enthusiast!
Hello, font enthusiast! Here’s a full list of typography used in my game (which this blog is part of). The title font you’re asking about is Acme 9 by Nikos Giannakopoulos. The font for ...
Kingdom. Two Crowns. Norse Lands.Kingdom has for a long time...
KINGDOM. TWO CROWNS. NORSE LANDS. Kingdom has for a long time been my favorite pixel art game series, ever since its debut as one of Raw Fury’s first two published games. I wrote about all tha...
Only a few days left till the shmup Hyper Echelon, formerly...
Only a few days left till the shmup HYPER ECHELON , formerly known as Thyrian Defenders (which has nothing to do with the shmup Tyrian, hence the name change to avoid confusion), launches its Tit...
I often say that to play text adventures, you need to be in the...
I often say that to play text adventures, you need to be in the mood for reading a book—skipping through text to get to the gameplay will do you no favors. In THE LONGEST ROAD ON EARTH there i...
I’ve had the joy of spending some time at the art studio of...
I’ve had the joy of spending some time at the art studio of CHRISTIAN BAZANT-HEGEMARK in Vienna in 2018 and 2019 and got to know a game-developer-turned-fine-artist whose works fluently move b...
Time flies fast and it’s hard to believe it’s been 4 years since...
Time flies fast and it’s hard to believe it’s been 4 years since FLYNN: SON OF CRIMSON by @thunderhorseco debuted on Kickstarter. I’m sure the devs (as all of us with crowdfunded games)...