This song is called Failed Man

Make a Hunter x Hunter fan cry with one question (spoilers): “Komugi, are you still there?”

I knew it had roguelite elements but I didn't know Breath of Fire Dragon Quarter had interconnected world design with shortcuts back to starting areas kinda like Dark Souls back in 2002! About 8 hours in and this game is actually incredible and truly ahead of it's time

Okay take 3. I reduced the color count in the hair and squeezed out one more pixel of height by getting rid of the outline at the top of the head. Also gave him white sleeves to match the character art/cutscenes. This is definitely looking more like a 5'9" 18-year-old dragon boy now IMO

Tweaked this a little bit. Still not perfect but I'm a bit happier with how it looks...

One of my favorite hobbies and ways to practice pixel art and develop my own style is doing resprites. I've been playing the PC Engine version of this obscure RPG called Emerald Dragon and I really enjoy the art style so I figured I'd do my own take on the main character's sprite. #pixelart

Fixed up this animation, added a badass red headband inspired by series like Ys and Tales so now she's kind of a cross between Casca and Cress Albane but also gave her some grey hair because you don't see many action heroes who are middle aged ladies

The new @porchcatmusic.bsky.social album is now available on bandcamp! porchcat.bandcamp.com/album/broken...

Is that Casca?? Just doing a little pixel/animation practice now that the album is released! #pixelart #animation

Have you listened to the new Porch Cat album?

The new @porchcatmusic.bsky.social album is now available on bandcamp! porchcat.bandcamp.com/album/broken...

My most ambitious project yet… DARK PASSENGER A dark fantasy adventure Coming soon… Follow: rhubarb-games.itch.io #GameDev #PixelArt #ドット絵 #IndieGames

I'm on some kind of edgelord early Halloween type beat rn #gamedev #pixelart

Drank a little too much yerba mate and animated this... Is there some kind of rule against brawler characters wearing long coats...? #pixelart #animation

I asked this question with a previous design that was more cute and cartoony and was told it evoked the Jetsons so I'm asking again with this iteration: What kind of setting do you imagine this character might exist in?

This is getting pretty close to looking like a finished design I think #pixelart

Do we like the blue top or the more monochromatic fit...? #pixelart

Alright I think this is the one! I might tweak it here and there but it's much closer to the vibe I've been going for, for this character... #pixelart

I saw a guide one time on how to detect AI pixel art and one of the things was "user posts multiple iterations of similar pieces within a short time" and look... I know I do that but it's just my process I'm super indecisive and can't stop tweaking things and then posting it. I hope you can tell!

One last iteration on this purple haired brawler girl character for the night (still a WIP, very minimally/lazily animated for the heck of it) #pixelart

Uhhh take two (three...? still a WIP but this feels less like she's gonna take my lunch money and stuff me in a locker...) #pixelart

I played with her proportions so she'd look less chibi/childlike/cutesy/cartoonish and now I'm afraid she's gonna kick my ass 😅 (WIP) #pixelart

Any ideas for what kind of world this character might exist in? I don't have a ton of time to work on game stuff for the next few weeks but I'm thinking about ideas for setting and stuff in the back of my mind...

And here it is! :DDD Have fun you guys!! draklord123.itch.io/petcraft-ver-1

Isn’t she cute??! I kinda love her tbh

You know at one point I had an idea for a top-down Cave Story fan game that would play sword of like Enter the Gungeon but with Cave Story style weapons and upgrades and of course the Booster to scoot around at high speed, this character would fit something like that pretty well, don't you think?

Gold Star for Robot Girl? (real indie rock fans get the reference) #pixelart

I think the little horns are very cute but they do call for a more specific origin/backstory for the character and the existence of some kind of devil/demon like creatures in the world which limits the freedom I would have in writing the character somewhat...

Little Red horns?? #pixelart

It's time for everyone's favorite game: Which one of these do you vibe with the most?! #pixelart #characterdesign

Tried to spiff up this design a little bit, what do you think? Is it still missing something? #pixelart

How is this for a brawler girl type design? Too basic? Does it need something to spice it up? #pixelart

Any tips for getting into gameboy color inspired sprite work kinda seems like the next logical step to get into jumping from 1-but into color because of the strict color limitations

Quick and dirty re-sprite of this guy from Final Fantasy Adventure (original on the left) for practice developing this sprite style where it's still 16 pixels but foregoes facial features like eyes in order to have slightly more realistic proportions and an overall less square silhouette.. #pixelart

More than one person said this character struck them (lol) as a monk/martial arts/brawler archetype so here's an unpolished punching animation for the pink haired girl #pixelart #animation

Been contemplating how to give action-y feel of combos and positioning to a turn-based/grid-based game. My main ideas involve stamina/action points and attacks that have stun and knockback and movement inherent to them (like an attack that knocks back and stuns followed by a dash attack). Thoughts?

Do her arms look a little too long or does it look fine because of the perspective..?

Doubled the resolution to 320x180 but the character didn't stand out enough to so I added outlines, but that made the proportions look off, so this character also got a pixel taller but I think it looks pretty good now... Still got those FF1 walls and water tiles in there though* #pixelart #gamedev

What kind of character class/archetype do you think each of these evokes?

Went for a different vibe for the character on the right. What do you think of this sprite style btw? Sprites around this size (about 16 pixels) tend to have large heads to allow for facial features at such a small size but end up super chibi/not having much room for the rest of the character design

New Porch Cat track! porchcat.bandcamp.com/track/if-yr-...

I'm putting together a team... #pixelart

Inside me there are two wolves, they both have silly anime hair/the "two" genders idk lol

I reworked the tiles and palette still just throwing things together to try to find a cohesive palette and vibe/aesthetic, also played around with a new sprite. (I heavily referenced the lovely looking upcoming game Kloa Child of the Forest for the parts of the background/tileset)

Also do you think the rest of the sprite needs to be outlined? Is it standing out from the background enough? Does it look awkward just having the dark pixels in a few places like between the arms and the body or does it look okay? I know I don't love how it looks with the whole thing outlined...

the background is mostly modified/placeholder assets right now, just trying to put some things together to play around with ideas and vibes and get a good color palette where the sprite stands out from the background. Also trying out a lower resolution than I have before (160x90!) #pixelart

some low resolution color pixel art practice. I didn't spend much time on the animation obviously, it's only two frames and not very smooth but sharing things with a little bit of movement always seems more likely to catch the eye. 16 pixel sprite on a 160x90 canvas. #pixelart

Oh hey, reminder that I’m actually making a game and not just making a bunch of portraits for no reason lol. You can even wishlist it and play our demo on Steam 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/3901940/... #rpg #indiegame #retrogaming #jrpg #gamedev

Mercury Filmworks will officially fully animate ‘Pretty Pretty Please I Don’t Want to be a Magical Girl’ Episode 1. Watch Episode 2: youtu.be/v8HCg0GD8UQ

National General Strike in the U.S. January 30th to protest ICE, no work, no shopping, no school, shut it down!