October 2009 News

TIGSource's Assemblee is a two-part game making competition: The first part (which is running now, through November 28th) is a call for artists and musicians to create assets: tiles, characters, UI elements, fonts, sound effects, whatever. These go into a large communal pool, which will be used freely, mix and match style by programmers and designers to make games, come the second part - all the art used for these games come out of that pool. You can submit whatever you like, so long as it's made for the competition.

Read more here.

Challenge winner (:3) challenges you to use the photograph template below to pixel a scene where zombie(s) are friendly and not menacing. For example, a Polaroid picture of a person and a zombie playing football or video games together.

Canvas size - Use Template:

Colours - Unrestricted.
Animation - No.
Transparency - No.

Create an image representing one of the seven deadly sins using the Windows 7 Paint default palette provided below.

The seven deadly sins are:

Lust (try to keep it appropriate!)
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride

Canvas Size - Max 200 x 150. Either horizontal or vertical.
Colours - Max 20. Use only colours from the Windows 7 Paint default palette:

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

The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for September 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

Happy Birthday GraFX2 by iLKke

a writer & a dragon by Syosa

[UPDATED] Screamin'! by Dex

Womanly Me by Xion Night

Resting Robot by Calv

Too Many Cooks in Hell spoil the Broth by Elk

Alice by Syosa

The Cheshire Cat by Syosa

With a Staff, I Guess? by Kaiseto

western characters by Scruffs

You have a silly walk and are looking for a government grant in order to
develop it. Therefore, you must create a walk cycle animation for a character showcasing your proposed silly walk.

The more crazy/ridiculous/silly the better.

Canvas Size - Max 96 x 96.
Colours - Unrestricted.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Required. The animation must loop seamlessly.

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

Dino Run is Pixel Jam's most popular game. Infact it is a free flash multiplayer game. You control a Dino escaping extinction, Play single player, Multiplayer and reach amazing running speeds in this popular platform racing game. This game combines classic pixels and  complex pixel effects together.

Link: http://www.pixeljam.com/dinorun/

Pros: Fun, Lasts a little, multiplayer, pixel, graphics, features.

Cons: Sometimes there aren't many matches going on, may not work if your computer is sluggish and super slow, other than that it is a very good game.

Nitrome has a new platform game out and it looks and plays as well as all the Nitrome games always do. The pixels by Markus Heinel are all cute and very well made. This one contains twenty levels that only get tougher and tougher. All you must do is escape the caves before they crumble. Fun!

Play it here!

You are to create a mock-up of an oblique game. Make sure that all your angled lines fit the perspective (45 degrees, as per the examples shown below).

An example of an oblique cube:

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

Japanese pixel artist Syosa joined PixelJoint 1.5 years ago and has developed a refreshing new style, beautiful animations and the cutest girls! A 23 year old living in Osaka, Japan and studies Neuroscience at Osaka University. When not creating pixelart and video games he analyzes cell morphology and performs experiments from morning to night. About 4 Years ago, Syosa became addicted to making computer games and found himself practicing pixel art.

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