Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode (tuxdb.com)

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Save games and more

TL;DR:

Renaming and removing of saved games.
The Continue button in the main menu loads the game you last played.
10-pixel grid in the pinball editor.
Option to use right-clicking instead of the back button.
Customizable music effects.
Many other bug fixes and polishing.

Sorry for the delay in this quality-of-life update. I was affected by the fires in Los Angeles, and it took a bit before I could get back to the game's development. I implemented a bunch of features you've been requesting (listed above) and it was a nice update to get me back into the groove with coding the game. The main thing many of you have been asking for, you can now edit saved games:

And for those of you trying to do precise pinball designs, the grid could come in handy:

As always, there's a behind-the-scenes devlog where you can see all the changes in practice: [previewyoutube=IWOKXQgJBUs;full][/previewyoutube] I'll now work on the audio a bit before implementing the second issue of Pinball Magazine, which should conclude the work on the line element of art. Can't wait to get onto the next one (shape) right after. Best, Retro

[ 2025-02-08 02:18:38 CET ] [ Original post ]

Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode

Matej 'Retro' Jan Developer

Retronator Publisher

2024 Release

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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support

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Pixel Art Academy is an educational game for learning how to draw. In Learn Mode, you jump straight into the game's interactive tutorials for the fastest way of becoming a pixel artist. After you learn how to use the basic drawing tools, you put theory into practice by first copying an existing pixel art sprite. When you've shown you got the hang of the tools, you get to create your own art by drawing sprites for a snake game—and then play your creation!

Learn by doing

Pixel Art Academy's interactive tutorials are designed for learning by doing. While there will be plenty of nerdy reading, all lessons are immediately followed by drawing what you've learned.

Test your knowledge

Before you move on, you want to make sure you understand what you've been learning. Pixel Art Academy uses formative assessment to identify gaps in knowledge so that you can apply further study and practice to build strong fundamentals.

Become a game artist

You can't be an artist by just copying other people's work. It's time to create your own art! In Pixel Art Academy, you will be working on various projects, most of them creating art for classic games such as snake, invaders, block breaker, and pinball creator.

Play your creations

Immediate feedback is very important. Start up the game and see how your sprites look in context. Then jump back to the canvas and immediately see your changes.

Future development

I've been working on Pixel Art Academy for almost a decade, building the game's engine, writing the story, and narrowing down the learning design. While the bigger adventure game that I have in mind is still far from complete, the game's educational core is ready to be shared with a wider audience. That's why I created Learn Mode, a standalone single-player version that includes just the polished learning content.

During the Early Access period, I will create tutorials, challenges, and projects that cover the major pixel art fundamentals (jaggies, dithering, and aliasing), applied to different areas (characters, environments, items). After this first course gets a full release, the development will continue to other areas (drawing from observation, perspective, shading …) as well as integration of the new content into the game's full Adventure Mode.