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From Concept to Completion: Navigating the Game Art Production Pipeline 

iXie gaming

Whether its a photorealistic RPG or a stylized indie game, every visual element follows a structured journey from concept to integration. This stage involves close collaboration between game designers, art directors, and concept artists. Rough sketches that serve as early visual concepts.

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The gorgeous visuals of Bionic Bay that Juhana Myllys calls Painterly Pixel Art

PreMortem.Games

I told them I had already created some early concept art and design work for my next game and that it would fit perfectly into it. Painterly Pixel Art Myllys started his career in 2007 doing pixel art and he really wanted to go back to explore if he could bring something new to the style.

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Pixel Federation goes all-in on AWS with help from Labyrinth Labs

AWS Games

Mobile game developer and publisher Pixel Federation entertains more than 140M players worldwide with popular mobile games, including ‘ Diggy’s Adventure ,’ ‘ Trainstation 2 ,’ ‘ Puzzle Adventure ,’ and ‘ Port City.’ We evaluated a few cloud providers, and ultimately AWS provided the best experience and capacity; it was an easy decision.”

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Three Minutes to Eight developer Chaosmonger Studio “Multiple stories moving parallel”

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Nicola Piovesan remembers how he created the concept in a semi-hypnagogic state right before falling asleep. “I ” Not pixels but voxels The visual style of Three Minutes to Eight is unmistakable, characterized by its pixelated appearance. Many define the game as ‘pixel art’, but in reality this is not exactly the case.

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Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire - a pixel art video game by CGS grads

CG Spectrum

Through this unique online network, Alan connected with Advanced Concept Art Course graduate Dogyeong (Do) Lee and Game Design Course graduate Alexios Vasilakis who both joined the Overwrite Interactive team. Currently in production, Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire is a 2D pixel art side-scrolling platformer with Metroidvania elements.

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Artist Cassie Simpson on navigating Life, three University Majors and Work 

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What caught my attention wasn’t just her confidence on the panel but the fact that she was not only a student pursuing three majors at Wits University she was also the Lead Concept artist at Chroma Pixel Games , a game studio based in Zambia. Xbox Game Camp At Chroma Pixel Games, Simpson was working on a game called Impanga.

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Wrapping up 2024 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

After the loss of my father, I began working on the Bob project and realized that the story and concept had been with me for years, he says. Lonely Oscar Salandin , known as Peculiar Pixels, received a major validation for his debut game, BOTSU Ridiculous Robots , by being named the Overall Winner at the Develop Indie Showcase Awards 2024.