Ben@Pixel Maniacs

CEO @pixel_maniacs: ChromaGun & Can't Drive This [email protected] He / Him. Wishlist ChromaGun 2 on Steam!

[Ben@Pixel Maniacs @BLochmann]

Very personal documentary about our office colleagues @SpaceflowerDE by Daniel and Ian Budiman for @TheRocketBeans:
https://t.co/DUAkvN5UVP

Thanks a ton for sponsoring this, @ByteRockers😍

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

Show recommendation with an announcement from us!

📆 When? Today at 7 p.m. CEST / 10 a.m. PDT
📺 What? A special Showcase & Awards Show to celebrate Cozy Games!
🔍 Where? Right here on YouTube: https://t.co/VoQQDKSZXF

@cozycelebration @rokaplayHQ

[Ben@Pixel Maniacs @BLochmann]

It's Always Happy at Chubby's (our next game) Kickoff fast food restaurant visit! (The game takes place in a fast food restaurant). The prototype phase of the game has started now. I'm really looking forward to this one! 🍔

[Indie Outpost @indieoutpost]

WÜRZBURG INDIE OUTPOST – NÄCHSTE WOCHE! (28.04 19:00)

Es erwarten euch zwei spannende Talks, dazu gibt es kostenlose Pizza und Getränke. Ein großes Dankeschön an @CipSoft und
@GamesBavaria für das Sponsoring.

Ich freue mich schon auf euch alle!

[Indie Outpost @indieoutpost]

Indie Outpost Nuremberg on May 4th at 6pm! 🥳
New location: großer Saal inside the KunstKulturQuartier!
- Lucas Pöthe (Blossom Path) talks about their game "Valkyrie Rising: Hordes of Ragnarök"
- Josephine Dransfeld (toy manufacturer Heunec) talks about merchandise production

[GamesMarket @GamesMarkt]

Together with @BLochmann, Games Bavaria Munich has organised an investor meetup this week where the local industry meet Frank Meijer of Focus Entertainment, Catherine Chew of Ichiba and Ivan C. of Joystick Ventures, gathered, ate and pitched.
https://t.co/Bc3SwnFkj7

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

.@SZ writes about our game (translated):
𝘗𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘕𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 "𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘎𝘶𝘯 2" 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘪𝘹 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 "𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭" 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘣 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘴.

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

👓We’ve partnered with @enchroma, makers of color enhancing lenses, to give away a pair of their Lx1 Lenses! (sale price >$400!)

Just comment on this posting and we'll pick someone randomly on Monday 8 am CEST.

PS: ChromaGun 2 has a fantastic colorblind mode! :)

[ID@XBOX @ID_XBOX]

🚨 March Indie Selects are here! 🚨 From dark and spooky to worlds of color, these 6 incredible indie games will leave you wanting more!

If you haven't experienced any of these, we HIGHLY encourage you to get to gaming! 💚

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

Our ChromaGun 2 physical editions for Switch 2 and PS5 have arrived in the office 😍 Thanks a ton, @PMStudiosUSA for the delivery! ❤️

[Ben@Pixel Maniacs @BLochmann]

Welcome, Limpho Moeti! Limpho is our 1st employee outside of DE, working from South Africa 😍 She is supporting us with our influencer tool as a BizDev. Limpho has deep knowledge about BizDev and gamedev. She's also Chair of the @igda! 🤯 Looking forward to working w you!

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

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: https://t.co/51aIq2xL6O

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

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: https://t.co/BzgXNJRyKb

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard is OUT NOW - 10 years after the first ChromaGun!
https://t.co/IDt1BiGDRK
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:

[GamesMarket @GamesMarkt]

For the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we spoke to @pixel_maniacs CEO @BLochmann about their tremendous colourblind mode and what challenges the visual design of their colour-focused game faced in playtesting.
https://t.co/lpyqbvCKmG

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

One final #WishlistWednesday before we launch ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard tomorrow! 🎉

Are you ready?!

#indiegame #steam

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

Care for some animation?

Describe the narrative in this storyboad. Wrong answers only!

[Ben@Pixel Maniacs @BLochmann]

@igunatsu @pixel_maniacs We started with the project 4 years ago, but had pauses in between :)

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

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.

[Pixel Maniacs 🔜 ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2 @pixel_maniacs]

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