Veteran pixel artist Henk Nieborg has just released his first Kickstarter project; Battle Axe: a pixel-art arcade adventure!

The Gauntlet-style hack'n slash game features beautifully drawn pixel art and will be released on all consoles, PC and Mac.

Black then white are all I see in my infancy
Red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me
Lets me see.

- Lateralus

This weekly is a palette challenge, but with a twist. You are provided with two fixed colours #ffffff and #000000. However the other two colours are not defined by hex codes.

You can either choose two shades of red or two shades of Yellow for the additional colours.

Sounds like a challenge? I hope so!

Canvas Size - Unrestricted
Colours - Exactly 4
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: The Arctic Level.

VOTE NOW!

The Welcome to the Arena pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:



Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Welcome to the Arena forum thread for more information.

Brrr it's cold outside! What better time than stay inside and participate in the brand new level challenge? Theme? Ice of course! This week, we want you to design a mock-up of a new, original video game (of any genre) showing an arctic, snow or ice level (or screen, in case of adventure games). For this particular game you are restricted to 16 specific colours, these colours are shown below.

Canvas size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Max 16. Must use only the colours from the palette below:

Animation - Optional.
Transparency - No.

Previous level challenges: Underwater, Lava, Desert, Jungle

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Welcome to the Arena.

VOTE NOW!

Howdy!

I'm so happy to introduce the Kickstarter campaign for Rubi: The Wayward Mira.

This is a project I've worked on for a long period with highly talented and well known pixel artists. Please spread the word, guys. Your help is very important to us!

Kickstarter Link - demo included!

The Clean Your HDD 2019 pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:



Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Clean Your HDD 2019 forum thread for more information.

Mazgeon website is now live! You can stay tuned from now and on about any upcoming update:
mazgeon.com

Mazgeon is a Dungeon Roguelike game that has been in development for +3 years, and now is going Closed beta through Steam before full release soon.

This week I want you to create some sort of arena. Depict a place for warriors to battle or athletes to compete. 

You can keep your arena realistic or go crazy!  This is the ideal challenge to test your knowledge of the top-down view or isometric perspective.

Canvas Size - Max. 200 x 200
Colours - Max. 32
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Clean Your HDD 2019.

VOTE NOW!

The Caffeine Wars pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:



Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Caffeine Wars forum thread for more information.