First physical copies of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard have landed! Pretty cool that our publisher @pmstudios.bsky.social went the extra mile and produced Switch 2 cartridges! 😍

Hooked by the ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard soundtrack? You can listen to the official game soundtrack on a variety of platforms: 🎵 bandcamp 🎵 anghami 🎵 Apple Music 🎵 Youtube Music 🎵 amazon music 🎵 Spotify

Ahead of today’s launch of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we had the chance to ask some questions about the game and its (colorblind) accessibility features to Ben Lochmann, CEO of developer @pixel-maniacs.bsky.social. Also stay tuned for our full review of the game soon! caniplaythat.com/2026/02/12/c...

For the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we spoke to @pixel-maniacs.bsky.social CEO @blochmann.bsky.social about their tremendous colourblind mode and what challenges the visual design of their colour-focused game faced in playtesting. www.gamesmarket.global/interview-be...

What is better than one 1st person puzzle game? TWO, of course! We're super excited to collaborate with Toxic Games to offer 10% off for the ChromaGun 2 + Q.U.B.E 2 bundle. Get it now on Steam: store.steampowered.com/bundle/67190/

Can't get enough of ChromaGun? We have the solution! 🔫 ➕️ 🔫 🟰 💜 Snatch the ChromaGun + ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard bundle right now on Steam and get a 10% discount: store.steampowered.com/bundle/67079/

Bundle-Time! 🧶 In celebration of the ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard release, we're collaborating with The Forgotten City! Get both games with 10% off on Steam right now ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/bundle/67293/

ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard is OUT NOW - 10 years after the first ChromaGun! store.steampowered.com/app/2982340/... Every activity & coverage in the first 24 hours massively helps us get the word out - We appreciate your support! ♥️ This was quite a ride, timeline:

We're going live! Join us on Twitch to launch ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard! 🎉 👉️ twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs

One final #WishlistWednesday before we launch ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard tomorrow! 🎉 Are you ready?! #indiegame #steam

Care for some animation? Describe the narrative in this storyboad. Wrong answers only!

In total, we worked 23.736 hours on ChomaGun 2: Dye Hard. Here is an overview of how much each employee with a general contract of >20 h/week contributed to developing our game in the span of four years. On top of that we worked with interns, part time employees and freelancers.

More sparkly shader progression for ChromaGun 2! ✨ The change is even more visible here.

Can we VENT for a minute? 😤 If you ever need to blow off some steam, try shooting the vents in ChromaGun 2. A new path might open for you 😌

Last #ScreenshotSaturday for ChromaGun 2 before we launch next week thursday! 😱 #gamerelease #indiedev #gamedev

It's nostalgic to look back to the early days of designing! When we built the visual language, we also considered props and interior assets to achieve coherence. Some assets didn't make it into the final game. Find out which by playing ChromaGun 2 on February 12! 👀

We spent four years developing ChromaGun 2. How silly! We could have just used AI from the get-go 😋

To celebrate the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard next week thursday, we're following our tradition to livestream the launch! Join us on Twitch when we press the button 👉️ 🚨 The stream will be in German.

Some of our in-game visuals have changed quite a bit from the initial concepts. For example, the CHROMATEC interior turned out even more... techy 🧑‍💻

It's #WishlistWednesday, my dude:ttes! Make sure to wishlist ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard to not miss our release on February 12! 🔫 #steam #indiegame

We'd like to share more concept art and development insights during the next week and a half as we approach the release date of ChromaGun 2! Here are some early ideas for the Rifts you encounter during the game and a comparison how we translated them to 3D. 🫟

Happy Sunday! Have some Droid concept art for ChromaGun 2 🤖

Let's do a good old #ScreenshotSaturday, shall we? #indiedev #gamedev #puzzlegame

Some before and after sparkly shader progression in ChromaGun 2! ✨️

More early concept art for ChromaGun 2! 🖌️ And yet again chicken-themed 🐔 10/10 would put all my eggs in his basket!

Only 16 days left to wishlist ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard! 🔫 Why? Because we release on February 12! So if you like what you see and haven't wishlisted yet, here's your chance: store.steampowered.com/app/2982340/... #wishlistwednesday #steam #indiegame

Here's a glimpse on how we’ve turned concept art into polished game art. You can definitely see the vision early on! 🐔 After four years of development, we’re super excited to release ChromaGun 2 on February 12 2026! 💥

Our game ChromaGun 2 is releasing in 20 days, after 4 years of work 🤯

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!

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

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

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

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! 😍

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!

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! ❤️

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/...

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

Our colleague @herebebeards.bsky.social gave a presentation about games at the Samsung Electronics headquarters in Germany 👀. It's pretty cool to see how topics around game dev are relevant in various industries, even outside the usual game dev bubble! Details see Link in first comment :)

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! 😍

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!

We’ve made it to #GGBavaria! Rain or shine (mostly rain…), nothing can stop us from having a great weekend here. We’ll be around on Saturday and Sunday. See you in the IndieArea!