Again, very appreciated all of my followers, family and friends who keep supporting my pixel art works. Gotta say sorry there aren’t many works this year cause I’m serving in the army for four months but I almost finish it!
Here are the works I thought are the best in 2018. Most of them are all about my daily in Taiwan. So let me share my pixel life with you!
“Pixel Logic is an in-depth pixel art tutorial book currently at 200 pages!
This book focuses on VISUAL learning and limits text as much as possible, unlike other tutorials. Images > Text.
The tutorials will cover pixel art from start to finish, by studying video-game graphics from the past 30 years; with topics ranging from creating initial line art, to fully animating sprites. These tutorials will not focus on my own personal methods; instead they will combining examples from the past with modern application!
Current Chapters:
Ch.0 - Introduction
Ch.1 - Line art
Ch.2 - Anti-aliasing
Ch.3 - Colours
Ch.4 - Readability
Ch.5 - Dithering
Ch.6 - Game perspectives
Ch.7 - Clean Up
Ch.8 - Subpixeling
The very last chapter of the book (Animation) is half-way done and should be out in Autumn (Fall). We’re almost there! 1 more chapter and we’re DONE.”
Souldiers - new action adventure platformer with rpg elements that is currently in development for PC. (Some gameplay footage can be found on the related twitter
account)
“Backbone is a pixel art cinematic adventure with stealth and action elements. As private investigator Howard Lotor, you are set to solve detective cases, interrogate witnesses, explore the intriguing and dangerous world around you, and sneak your way to safety using smell-based stealth mechanics.
Backbone combines the visual and social contrasts of film noir with anthropomorphic animals, retrofuturistic technologies, and dystopian fiction. Crawl through the dark alleys of pixelated Vancouver, and experience the impactful storyline focused on themes of power and prejudice.”
“I’ve been making mockups for hypothetical game sequels for fun for many years. Generally all of them are still images where try to capture what made people connect to the original games and see where else I could take the concept, while still being recognizable.
After finishing a massive game project spanning a decade of development, I was ready to tackle a new series. I had already known for years I wanted to explore a hypothetical sequel to Chrono Trigger, Cross and Radical Dreamers, but it took me a full year until I figured out how I wanted it to look.
This has been my most ambitious spare time mockup so far, spanning about two months worth of work and featuring music by Jonathan Geer. If the sequel that was planned years ago was revived, this is likely how I would do it.
This video is not endorsed or licensed by SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD and is not a game under development. This is made only for fun.”
A few more mockups by Simon Andersen (aka snakepixel) can be found here.
