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

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It allows players to instantly swap places with any physics based object which allows for some clever puzzling through the relentless levels. “We 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

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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.’ After running into challenges related to Apache Kafka and proxies, it enlisted cloud experts Labyrinth Labs for help.

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Minigames Revisited: How Developers Are Continuing to Tap into Trends and Drive Engagement

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In this blog, we look at some of the new and interesting ways developers have implemented minigames into some of the most popular mobile titles on the market, from Royal Match’s Wordle-inspired potion puzzle to Goddess of Victory: NIKKE’s recreation of Dave the Diver. Where it starts to diversify is when you begin to explore the wider island.

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A Void Hope by Elden Pixels lacks violence and destruction “We’re proud of that”

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Now, with the new game A Void Hope coming up on almost 3 years of development, Forslind finds himself juggling his roles as both CEO and Game Designer of his company called Elden Pixels. A Void Hope is an atmospheric puzzle platforming adventure set in a world teetering on the edge of collapse. But that was declined too!

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Webinar Recap: How Mobile Game Developers Are Using IP Collaborations to Enhance LiveOps

Game Refinery

For those unfamiliar with Dave the Diver, its an unusual hybrid of an action-adventure diving and fishing game with a restaurant management sim, brought to life with a soothing tropical soundtrack and a colorful pixelated aesthetic. The key, it seems, is to ensure that each collaboration offers something unique or caters to a different genre.

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

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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. There are no holidays. The English solo developer began his journey right after the Pandemic. War (what is it good for?)

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

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Currently in production, Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire is a 2D pixel art side-scrolling platformer with Metroidvania elements. for the pixel artist to use as a base. The team also includes Pixel Artist and Animator PieGlitched , Composer Joona Latti (based in Finland), and Sound Designer Mikko Saarinen (also based in Finland).

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