Hello world, we've just announced our new game 👁️ Imprinted is our new psychological thriller about the dark side of creativity. Some music never truly leaves their creators 🎶 🗨️ store.steampowered.com/app/3980340/...

Some impressions from the Indie Outpost Nuremberg on Monday - thanks to everybody for visiting the event & to the speakers & sponsors, @gamesbavaria.bsky.social and @cipsoft.bsky.social! <3

Happy to have you in the team, Veronika Gasser! Vroni is supporting us as a working student in marketing & management on our current projects. She is currently studying Computer Game Studies in Bayreuth with a personal focus in producing and project management!

Reminder: Morgen ab 18:00 Indie Outpost Nürnberg! - Emily Putz, Developer at Crit Crew in Würzburg - Dominik Schön, Managing Director at kaleidoscube Thanks to our fantastic sponsors @cipsoft.bsky.social and @gamesbavaria.bsky.social 🍕

💥 Indie Outpost Nuremberg Announcement!💥 On Jan 5th at 6pm, with talks by: - Emily Putz, Developer at Crit Crew in Würzburg - Dominik Schön, Managing Director at kaleidoscube Thanks to our fantastic sponsors @cipsoft.bsky.social and @gamesbavaria.bsky.social 🍕

Just sent €10,882.55 for being one of the many sponsors of the charity event Friendly Fire in Germany! Thanks for organizing this 🤝 @llcupido.bsky.social PS: Disclaimer: 19% of this payment is VAT and not going to charity

We got selected for €30,000 concept funding for our horror game 👀 Thanks so much for the support for our projects to the board and the employees of the Bayerisches Staatsministerium and FilmFernsehFonds Bayern! Business-wise, best start of a game we did so far imho, details see timeline ⬇️

Not only does @pixel-maniacs.bsky.social' ChromaGun 2 finally release on 12 February next year, it will also come with physical editions for PS5, Xbox Series and Nintendo Switch 2 with support by publisher @pmstudios.bsky.social. www.gamesmarket.global/chromagun-2-...

Big news! ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard is coming to Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox, digitally AND as a physical release in stores, thanks to our partner @pmstudios.bsky.social 😍 Also, the release date is Feb 12, pretty much exactly 10 years after ChromaGun (1). Preorders are live now 🤘

Follow these simple rules in our Horror Game and you'll be absolutely fine #wishlistwednesday: It‘s Always Happy at Chubby‘s

Some impressions from yesterday's outpost in Nuremberg! Thanks René @bippinbits.bsky.social and Michael from @deck13interactive.bsky.social for your inspiring talks! And, as always, thanks to @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social and @gamesbavaria.bsky.social for sponsoring the event!

The Trailer of our very first horror game, It's Always Happy at Chubby's - we hope you like it! #screenshotsaturday #indiedev #gamedev

Happy Halloween! 🎃 We've just announced our side project, "It's Always Happy at Chubby's". It's our first-ever Horror Game. If you like the idea (we don't have a lot more than this yet honestly), a wishlist and/or retweet would be fantastic 😍 #wishlistwednesday #gamedev #halloween

📷 Nuremberg Announcement!📷 Nov 3 at 6pm, with talks by two awesome speakers: - Michael Hoss, Head of Product DECK13 Spotlight GmbH - René Habermann, CEO and founder @bippinbits.bsky.social As always, the event is sponsored by @gamesbavaria.bsky.social and @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social

The Play, Promote, Publish workshop is back! Kick‑off Nov 12 in Berlin + 4 online days. Learn marketing & publishing strategies and network at Games Ground. Early Bird ends Oct 1! Link: https://f.mtr.cool/timrwpgcag - What’s your #1 indie marketing challenge? #indiedev #gamedev #mbbfunded

Seeing print articles of games is still special to me: Very happy that the biggest newspaper in Nuremberg did an article about Let them Trade @spaceflower.bsky.social I believe it's very important for the visibility and appreciation of games to also get coverage in general interest media.

Live! Playing Ritual of Raven by @spellgardengames.com 😍 twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs

Next Indie Outpost Nuremberg: Sep 1st, 6 PM! Talks by: - @distantmeadows.bsky.social about: Open Source in Game Dev - Florian Fischer: Community Management @gamedevrgb.bsky.social Thanks, to our fantastic sponsors, @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social and @gamesbavaria.bsky.social, for supporting the event!

For everyone complaining about the 30% cut Steam is getting, try getting a GB Tax ID, paying VAT there, and then multiply that stress and work by every country Steam sells in 😅. This is one of the many services Valve provides you for that cut. Thank you, Steam! And hello world, VAT ID GB496509837!

Free Startup consulting today if sb is interested: calendly.com/benlochmann/... Topics I have knowledge about: Marketing, Funding and Starting your own business. PS: I am cooking chilli today and therefore have a few minutes where a call perfectly fits in :)

Today, I hold a presentation about what building a game as a company looks like in front of students of the Nuremberg high school Johannes-Scharrer-Gymnasium. They are currently working on an "Academic writing and research seminar" ("W Seminar" in German), analyzing one game of their choice in depth

Let Them Trade from our partner company Spaceflower has finally released 30 minutes ago, after 6 years of development, weeehew! It'd be really fantastic if you'd give it a try! 😍

📢 Influencers 📢 Our partner company @spaceflowerde.bsky.social is launching Let them Trade (worked 6 years on it) next week! They'd be delighted if you want an early first look, please comment or DM me if you want a free press key 👀

Omw to Frankfurt, to the GermanDevDays, organized by @assembleteam.bsky.social 🤘

Indie Outpost Recap! 🎨 Jascha Gerhardt showed how concept art guides devs beyond visuals. 🌍 Johanna Czerny revealed localization pitfalls & AI's impact. Thx to @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social & @gamesbavaria.bsky.social for your ongoing support! Next Outpost in Nuremberg: Sept 1 😍

Welcome to the team, Servan Öznur! Servan moved from İzmir, Turkey to Nuremberg for his 3 month internship at Pixel Maniacs. He's going to support us in various areas, like Marketing and Production and has a lot of experience from his job at @recharge.roomgames.co - looking forward to the collab!

Welcome to the team, Vsevolod Baybekov! Seva is supporting us as an intern in the next 3 months with our next game, Once upon the pines (WT), and is focusing on concept art in this early phase. He's a very talented artist, we are looking forward to working with you!

Our Pixel Maniacs shirt live on German television, thanks to Marc Bosch! ❤ Source: www.kabeleins.de/serien/abent...

We're very proud to be part of this year's access ability showcase! It's really awesome that Steam is highlighting games that go the extra mile to include as many players as possible. Thanks a ton to @laurakbuzz.bsky.social for organizing this event!

✨Next Indie Outpost Nuremberg: July 7th, 6 pm ✨ With talks from: - Johanna Czerny: about localisation in Games - Jascha Gerhardt: about the craft of concept art As always, the talks are followed by pizza and drinks, sponsored by @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social and @gamesbavaria.bsky.social

Thanks for your visit, @thomasbw84.bsky.social! Thomas is based in Scotland and is Lead Producer at our Las Vegas-based publisher, @pmstudios.bsky.social. I only did pictures when we were out for lunch, but we also worked in between, I promise!

Explain ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard in 3... 🎨Puzzle-FPS with colors 🌀Multiverse Mayhem 😆Dark Comedy Narrative @cwpat.me @jasongodbey.bsky.social @swingswingsub.bsky.social 🔄 RT, reply + tag 3! Discover these and more in the @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social !

The ☕Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration 2025 has started, and ChromaGun 2 is part of it! 😍 The @cozycelebration.bsky.social takes place from May 29 until June 02 and is hosted by the awesome people at rokaplay - thanks for organizing this! ❤️

The day is finally here! The first yoyovania, Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo is available right now! 🪀 🦇 @pockettrap.bsky.social #yoyobat #yoyovania

Look what I found in my fortune cookie today. I’m going to do what it says, and you should too, because fortune cookies never lie

Oldschool Indie Marketing Test: An ad in our local Newspaper! 😅

The very first public Let Them Trade Demo is out now! Our partner company, @spaceflower.bsky.social has released the first demo of their cozy city builder on Steam. This is a huge milestone for our colleagues working on the game since 2020 (!) store.steampowered.com/app/3465460/...

Some impressions from yesterday's outpost in Nuremberg! Thanks to Stephan Payer from @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social and @zoroarts.bsky.social for the very inspiring talks about payment systems for games & insights of prototyping rapidly and testing the market chances of indie games early! :)

Had a blast yesterday at the opening event at the Swiss Game Hub in Zurich! 🇨🇭 So many talented devs and a great network of indie devs in an awesome, huge (2,400 m2 🤯) location - I am sure this is going to lead to many cool indie games in the future!

ChromaGun 2 is presented right now at the @lvlupexpo.bsky.social in Las Vegas! Thanks to our publisher, @pmstudios.bsky.social for organizing this! #lvlupexpo #LVLUPEXPO2025

Hi Jane, you look like you’ve got something to say. DO YOU? 👉 www.twitch.tv/galaxiesshow

🚨Nuremberg, May 5th at 6 PM!🚨 Speakers: - Stephan Payer, founder and head of finance of @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social about "No cash, no action! Payment systems for computer games". - @zoroarts.bsky.social about his challenges as successes as 22 year old solo-dev of multiple games that went viral

Very proud of the team that our demo received "overwhelmingly positive" a few days ago on >100 recent reviews – it's gone again, but it was there! 😍

Did a short trip to Erlangen today and visited the office of @boxelware.bsky.social —the studio behind Avorion and Aquapark Tycoon! Had a really nice chat with the cool folks working there, and I’m still amazed by their own game engine and the continued success of Avorion on Steam (>12k reviews!)

ChromaGun 2 Wins Horizon Award! 🏆 We're proud to announce that ChromaGun 2 has won the Horizon Award for Technical Innovation at GG Bavaria 2025! Huge thanks to our team. This wouldn’t be possible without you!

Very cool to see that our colleagues at Blossom Path Games from Bayreuth have launched their very first Steam page! We supported the studio with a small invest (€10k) in Jan 24, great to see that they are making progress with their title 🤘Wishlists appreciated! store.steampowered.com/app/3214330/...

Once upon the pines (WT) got selected to receive 200k prototype-funding from the FFF Bavaria 🎉 Thanks for your trust in us and the project to all members of the committee, many thanks to the people at the FFF, and the ministry for digital affairs for their ongoing support! 😍

Our only full-time remote colleague, Dennis (who lives more than 400km from the office), was in the office in Nuremberg last week! The remote-only setup is working well for me, but it's still cool to see each other in real life from time to time.

On my way to the GG Bavaria, a games event in Munich with a conference and many games to test. Looking forward to meeting many familiar and new faces - see you there! 🤘 We‘re also showing ChromaGun 2 there on Saturday and Sunday 😍

Thanks for visiting us in the office right after GDC, Nico Balletta! We're looking forward to devcom in August! 😍