Weekly Challenge entries had a strong presence in  July's Monthly Top, alongside some old favourites, an enchanted mockup, something a little more demoscene and a piece with a great WIP thread. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

 

Level 4 - Hell! by vierbit

Guardian of the woods. by Reo

NEStalgia by Jinn

Lava Dungeon by Adarias

Suicidal Thoughts by Vital

Gregory faces the dragon by Cyangmou

LepreCAN, LepreCAN'T! by robnoyce

Abandonment by Mrmo Tarius

Baalphraegor's Chamber by Mrmo Tarius

Starr Knarr! by Mrmo Tarius

To celebrate the SNES's recent 20th anniversary in the US, we want you to create a single-screen mock-up for a new and original platform game. It can use true SNES restrictions, but this is only optional.

Canvas size - Exactly 256 x 224.
Colours - Unrestricted.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

D-Pad Studios has released a demo for the Beautiful Indie title "Owlboy", developed by PJ member Snake.

Link to 80 MB download is HERE

Use the colours below to create an image displaying something magic or magical.

Canvas size - Unrestricted.
Colours - 7 or 8. Use only colours from this palette (plus optional transparency):



Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

This pixel art masterpiece teaches you the finer points of flying safety and helps you improve your typing speed. Take that Mavis Beacon!

Check it!

Some real life pixel installations, exhibitions and videos for your viewing pleasure.

Look at the image below and take a word from the left side then combine it with a word from the right. This will be your new and original superhero (or villain) that you are going to pixel for this week's challenge.

So for example, if you pick Orange from the left and Avalanche from the right, you'd end up with a character called "Orange Avalanche".

For this forum highlight we'd like to showcase the dedication and commitment displayed by xxmantisxx while working on his Human Head piece.

Good read and analysis on the animations of the famous Capcom's Darkstalkers fighting game that featured really good animations for its time. Read it HERE!

Create a banknote of a fictional currency. Either side of the note is acceptable.

Optional Bonus Challenge: Enter the challenge twice; one entry showing the obverse (front) of the note and one showing the reverse (back).

Some examples: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Idea courtesy of Jinn.

Canvas Size - Exactly 200 (width) x 100 (Height)
Colours - Max 20.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

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

Panic Arts has just published its first shoot-em-up game  that takes place in a zombie apocalypse.

THIS YouTube video highlights a game I helped create while at Full Sail University. It pays homage to classic games in the best way I knew how!! It is a hybrid between Pitfall II and Tomb Raider. Enjoy! (~_^)

This is more or less old news now, but as I've only found it recently, I thought to share this with you :)

RED 24 BLUE 22
It was a close call, but in the end, RED rose as supreme winner of this completely-unnecesary-yet-fruitfully-creative-non-ribbon-fueled-challenge.

Pixel an original monster that lives underground. Maybe it lives a foot beneath your back yard, or maybe it lives miles below the earth’s surface.

Canvas Size - Max 100 x 100.
Colors - Max 16.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.