#Pokemon being diverse and numerous, are pretty difficult to distill into 8x8 #pixelart, but I thought the starters at least could be fairly recognizable. Charmander and Squirtle could practically be the same besides color at this size if you wanted, but I tried to differentiate them on vibes too.

#Thunder for today’s #pixel_dailies challenge. @pixeldailies.bsky.social

The #StarFox 64 remake exists because it’s the best* game in the franchise. Easy to remake and leverage Switch 2’s power. Adventures and Assault are both NSO candidates. Those releases are marketing, but there’s no “Star Fox” to sell. *Star Fox was popular, but scores are rare and users favor 64

For today’s #pixel_dailies #VideoGameArtStyle prompt, I didn’t want to stray outside my common 16x16 with NES color constraints. So here is an Isabelle walk animation in the style of the original Zelda. @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Yesterday’s @pixeldailies.bsky.social challenge, a snare #drum. #pixel_dailies 16x16 pixels, 3-colors

Not new, is that cheating? But still very happy with this #CommunicationDevice I made for the Crispnes logo. @pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixel_dailies

#Weirdness and evil and twisted and sick and perverse and deplorable and sickening and… #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social

#Battle #pixel_dailies #PixelArt @pixeldailies.bsky.social

#Flavor for @pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixel_dailies #Flavour #Crispnes offthebooks.games/crispnes

#pasture for #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social #PixelArt #Crispnes offthebooks.games/crispnes

bowl of #rice for #pixel_dailies @[email protected] Made with offthebooks.games/crispnes

Churro is dancing in #NYE26! Happy to confirm her #NewYears resolution is still 8-by-8 pixels. #PixelArt

#Crispnes can now export #GIF files! Happy #PixelArt times! offthebooks.games/crispnes

The days have been awfully dark, but I’m hoping everyone finds something bright and happy today. Whether it’s business as usual, hectic or quiet, with loved ones or by yourself—“you’ve made this day a special day, by just your being you.” Wishing for a little extra light to find you today friend!

New blog post to soft-launch Crispnes: offthebooks.games/blog/post/pi... #PixelArt #GameDev #IndieDev

Pen’d ant. Did I do it right? #pixel_dailies #PixelArt @pixeldailies.bsky.social

“Set of #rocks” for #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social #PixelArt

Finally bought the very reasonable ($5) FamiStudio for iOS. apps.apple.com/us/app/famis... Incredible how workable it is on a phone. With this and Crispnes, there’s a lot of creative work I can tackle away from my ‘computer’. #GameDev #IndieDev #ChipTunes

Meteoroid ☄️ #NaturalDisaster for #pixel_dailies #PixelArt @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Bluesky asked my birthday, so I came up with a “launch day.” Went with February 16, which launched the Mastodon account and logo. Used 1982 as the year, assuming Bluesky would have had an issue with a 2-year-old user. The next candidate would have been March 4th, 2024 when my site launched.

#Toothbrush for #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social Made with offthebooks.games/crispnes

Today’s #pixel_dailies #corvid @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Hey #design persons and other opinionated sentient beings. Ignoring that I’m crazy for making 8x8, 3-color icons for my app, is the right paint bucket unambiguously better than the left? Do you have other thoughts or comments? If you need more context: offthebooks.games/crispnes

Anxieturkey wishes you a wonderful Thanksgiving making #PixelArt in your phone browser, and doing absolutely nothing else. #Crispnes #IndieDev offthebooks.games/crispnes

Walk animation for a ‘blizzeti’. I want them taller than Churro, but a similar scale. 8 x 12 pixels seems right, but it’s a lot to cram into the space with 3 colors. Trying to capture a scowl, fuzziness, distinct limbs, and heavy gait—just shy of stomping. #PixelArt #IndieDev #GameDev

Bloblavâ - this pest you will need to dash through to make them chill out before you can dispatch of them. Made with: offthebooks.games/crispnes #PixelArt #IndieDev

The Rebel #Alliance symbol for my #pixel_dailies. @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Here are some tiny #PixelArt terrain #Tiles for you. #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social Made with: offthebooks.games/crispnes

Getting into sprite work now that Crispnes is a bit more capable. Refined this walk cycle for Hawgrum. #PixelArt #GameDev

At “work” it’s too easy to drop 250kb libs on the pile every odd week. Not many websites under 5mb now. Crispnes is 37 non-minified files. ~120kb on first load. Largest file: 22kb favicon. I’m saddened at what has happened to the Internet. offthebooks.games/crispnes #WebDev #GameDev #PixelArt

This was way more satisfying than how I usually spend 15 minutes on my phone. #PixelArt #Crispnes youtube.com/shorts/STEy4...

Alright, this is fun. It can actually animate now. The two big things left are palette editing, and useful exports. Ignore the timer counting down to remind me to pick up dog food. #Crispnes #PixelArt #GameDev offthebooks.games/crispnes/

My recent #pixel_dailies with a few tweaks. @pixeldailies.bsky.social These each use 3 colors from the NES palette, plus the transparent background color. And they’re 16x16 pixels. The most common size for NES background tiles and many sprites. #PixelArt

#pixel_dailies #triangle #PixelArt @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Boots for today’s #pixel_dailies #PixelArt @pixeldailies.bsky.social

New features in #Crispnes! Create new sprites. Sizes up to 256x256, rename, and delete. Save png, choose the scale up to 3840x3840. Progress saves to IndexedDB. There are likely bugs, so save pngs or screenshot progress you’re happy with. offthebooks.games/crispnes/ #PixelArt #WebDev #GameDev

#ComboMeal #pixel_dailies @pixeldailies.bsky.social

Today’s #Mascot for #pixel_dailies. 16x16px 2-bpp, offthebooks.games/crispnes/ @pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixelart

Pirate-Churro and her ghoulish gang are hauntingly happy to wish everyone a wonderful Halloween! #PixelArt #Halloween #Gamedev

We should calm down about the Donkey Kong timeline. Each of these levels keeps going deeper underground, and they’ve all got sky. It’s make-believe folks. #DonkeyKongBananza

Recent press reactions notwithstanding, #MarioKartWorld Free Roam will be a hit. Races can be tense and frustrating. Free Roam lets you unwind. Some P Switch challenges are hard, but loads of cars, enemies, walls, and rails make driving itself fun—like running and jumping in Mario 64s opening area.

@loganjplant.bsky.social Can a Switch 2 Edition card play in an original Switch? Nintendo’s wording on the info page and box cover still seems ambiguous, but this FAQ quote, “insert the card into either a Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2,” suggests it can. marvelousgames.com/news/rune-fa...

This take seems to be, “I was expecting more of Free Roam than what was advertised, and I disappointed myself.” What they’ve said about Free Roam, and what they’ve shown in clips, all seems very consistent with what is there. www.ign.com/articles/mar...

#TEARSOFTHEKINGDOM ON #NINTENDO MUSIC. SORRY FOR SHOUTING. sorry for shouting

I’ve been quiet about Churro’s game for a bit. I’ve been brainstorming through some enemy ideas. And being unhappy with my current workflow for designing and testing animations, working on some tools to help that I hope to share soon.

@marveloususa.bsky.social The FAQ marvelousgames.com/news/rune-fa... says: “The Nintendo Switch 2 Edition … simply insert the card into either a Nintendo Switch or Nintendo Switch 2 console” Can you clarify and confirm, because Nintendo says this of their games that have Switch 2 Edition versions:

@duckvalentine.bsky.social Just listened to this weeks NVC. I graduated from DigiPen in 2006, and might know other people from DigiPen and <somewhere else> who may be able to corroborate the “decor”. Get the thing.

I'm saddened to learn that we lost David Schleinkofer earlier this week. He created lots of incredible sci-fi artwork, including the box art for SimCity 2000 and one of the most incredible pieces of Transformers art that many 80's kids still have seared into their brains.

Oh, I do not like this. www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/04/josh...

@loganjplant.bsky.social I got on here to ask where the video was that Brian mentioned on NVC this week, and decided to check the website one more time first, and it was posted 50 seconds before I looked! 😆