Proud to announce that Pip Puzzle has been selected for @evo.gg Indie Gallery this year in Las Vegas! Looking forward to seeing you all there! In case you missed the recent trailer, you can find it here: bsky.app/profile/pipp...

The Indie Dev Gallery returns for #Evo2026! Click the link below to learn more about the 12 independent fighting games that will be featured with playable builds this year.

Was a pleasure meeting you all as well, and this is the highest praise coming from fellow puzzle devs! Speaking of which, please consider checking out Collapsus! Got to play a bit of it and it has an interesting mechanic involving tilting your phone.

Pip Puzzle is an upcoming action puzzle gem game and it will feature certain blue-haired spheromancer that might be familar to you!

クロスコードコラボの発表ようやく来ましたねぇ！！！！！！！！ うぉぉぉぉ待ってたぁぁ！！！ ピップパズルを買おうと思ってる皆様ピップパズルが発売する前にクロスコードを遊ぶのです。

Lea from #CrossCode is our first indie crossover! #pixelart #PAXEast #ドット絵 #animation

Sneak-peek at the upcoming #PAXEast #trailer! #pixelart #puzzle #indiegames

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Almost done! This character's got 5 times the usual moves, so there's a lot. 🫠 #pixelart #ドット絵 #animation #aseprite #indiegames

Lot of frames. New character's about half-done now, working hard to get it all done before PAX East! #pixelart #ドット絵 #PAXEast #aseprite #indiegames

The animation for Lune's dreaded action skill—monochromia. Turns the opponent's gems black and white for a few turns. Tons of fun to use on new players! #pixelart #ドット絵 #aseprite #animation #indiegames

One of Lune's animations (Terminal Velocity). She creates two portals—one above another, then closes the bottom one. #pixelart #animation #ドット絵 #aseprite #indiegames

Ooma's walk cycle. I especially like how the hat turned out. #pixelart #animation #ドット絵 #aseprite #indiegames

Been busy the past few days, but here's an updated Spot spindash attack! #pixelart #animation #ドット絵 #aseprite #indiegames

Which of these look best for a finale atmosphere? #pixelart #ドット絵 #aseprite #art #indiegames

Experimenting a bit more with scripting in aseprite. It's needed for an upcoming character. (^: #pixelart #ドット絵 #aseprite #indiegames

Experimenting with moving animated sprites around the canvas via script in funny little motions. This will be useful later! #gamedev #pixelart #ドット絵 #aseprite #indiegames

Samson's intro animation. #pixelart #animation #ドット絵 #aseprite #indiegames

This is a stage I'm especially looking forward to polishing, kinda. It's 3 stages in 1 with different backgrounds. But a lot happens in it for the first game. Hopefully I can get that done before PAX East. #pixelart #ドット絵 #aseprite #art #indiegames

Lance's Cosmic (finisher) move at full and half speed. #pixelart #animation #ドット絵 #aseprite #indiegames

Almost forgot this stage (Glacial Greenhouses). Will remove the snow at the bottom now as it's all inside, and add some interesting plants in the background with a pathway in the middle. Have to think of an interesting canonical finale atmosphere for it. #pixelart #ドット絵 #aseprite #indiegames

Had an idea for the last atmosphere for this one (Barnacle Bay), referring to a scrapped concept from the first game where you battle a leviathan creature. I'll give that an attempt once I'm done with my current workload + polish this stage up. #pixelart #ドット絵 #aseprite #indiegames

Red's potion throw (warning). These potions in the first game are used to destroy all of a certain kind of tile, and also do the same in Pip Puzzle for gems. #pixelart #animation #indiegames #indiegame #puzzle

Pip's Slide Slam attack (cosmic). #pixelart #animation #pixelartist #indiegames #indiegame

Wispy Willows' last atmosphere now. The water's animated separately. #pixelart #animation #puzzle #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Mt Fuji in Dystokia's second atmosphere out of 5. #pixelart #tokyo #mtfuji #fuji #indiegames #indiegame

🌁 A subtle haze for Dystokia's first stormy atmosphere. Also tweaked the background buildings a bit, cleaned up the light shading in the middle, and corrected some of the perspectives. #pixelart #rain #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Dystokia's last atmosphere so far. The fog will shift side to side, and I might also add a general distortion effect to the stage too. #pixelart #art #indiegames #indiegames #indiegamedev

Reworking the first atmosphere for Dystokia. I'm thinking of making the background feel a bit more like Tokyo soon (Mt Fuji, Tokyo Tower, Zōjō-ji shrine, etc). Feels a little generic right now imo. The next atmosphere will be brighter. #pixelart #art #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Comparison between all Basked Bazaar versions. Might do this for the other 19 stages if enough are interested! #pixelart #art #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Made a start on Wispy Willows' final atmosphere effects. Will probably be multi-layered. #pixelart #art #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

I'm thinking something like this for Icy Excavation's second atmosphere. Blood moon symbolism's there for the last atmosphere—will also light up the walls on the side as the lava rises. #pixelart #art #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Before + after a bit of polish. Updated the pipes and added some brise-soleil-style buildings including an observatory (second picture). I'm pretty happy with how it looks now, but feel free to critique. #pixelart #art #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Added 3D ice blocks to the minecarts in Icy Excavation to refer back to the mechanic in the original game. Next to work on are the atmospheres (variations), including rising lava. #pixelart #art #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

The last heatwave atmosphere for Basked Bazaar. Will probably make it use more intense colors, we've just been applying a red tint to it recently as a placeholder—would prefer to keep purely using Sega Mega Drive / Genesis coloring. #pixelart #art #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Experimenting a bit with that pyramid. Inspired a bit by the Luxor in Las Vegas. #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

Thinking the background in Basked Bazaar looks a bit too similar to Dystokia's now (generic buildings), so I'm experimenting with some different but fitting shapes here. Might give them a bit more of a curvy feel in general too, like the UFO building. #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Added minecarts to Icy Excavation. I'm thinking of adding ice blocks with frozen dynamite to them, for when the lava rises. #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

Polishing up the buildings now so they're at different visual orientations depending on how close they are to the center. Also, moved the AC up upwards and gave it some depth. #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

We got mentioned here! Worth reading, there are a lot of cool games in this post!

Adding an entrance to a corridor in the bottom part to add a bit more depth. Need to fit that AC in somewhere else though. Was also thinking earlier that this will be fun to time-lapse when it's all done. #pixelart #indiegame #indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

Polished the UFO building in Basked Bazaar. Here's a side-by-side comparison. #wishlistwednesday #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Big things planned for Pip Puzzle this year! We recently confirmed a big guest character (technically two). There may be more that we'll show in the year! Exciting! #gamedev #indiegames #indiegame #indiegamedev

Added a bit more flooring to Basked Bazaar's gem floor in Pip Puzzle, and a wall with a bit of a hidden entrance. Once I get the bulk of work done, I'm thinking of including way more animated videos of the stages. #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Current progress on Basked Bazaar. I'm probably going to add more Egyptian things too once the new perspective is fully dotted. #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev

Time to apply the 1-point perspective treatment to Basked Bazaar. Especially looking forward to this one! #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Bit more polish to Wispy Willows for Pip Puzzle. Time for effects now if there are no improvements to be made here. #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

If you're reading this and are at #MAGFest, come play some Pip Puzzle! #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev

Adding more texturing to the top bits of the willow trees. I'm probably going to add some shape to them to make it look less flat too. #pixelart #indiegames #indiegame #gamedev