Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode (tuxdb.com)

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New song and sound effects

TL;DR:

New dynamic soundtrack song for the Elements of Art tutorial.
Pinball Creation Kit sounds.

I had an odd week before some travel and a family visit so I did a quick update on the audio front. The game's original soundtrack received a new song by Anna Eicheneuer which will play after the Elements of Art tutorial is unlocked (whenever you don't put on a cassette tape in the Music app, since that overrides the OST). One thing that didn't make the cut in the past was sound effects in the pinball game. As I had a couple of days left over the weekend after finishing the new song, I quickly threw together some 4-bit Macintosh-style blips and bloops to make playing pinball more tactile. Can't include screenshots of these things, but you can hear them in the devlog: [previewyoutube=Lg9rQ2VGWgc;full][/previewyoutube] During the travels, I'll be designing the rest of the Elements of Art sections, and possibly look into "free draw" mode as a lot of you have been asking for it. See you a bit (or maybe a byte)! Retro

[ 2025-02-18 22:29:29 CET ] [ Original post ]

Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode

Matej 'Retro' Jan Developer

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2024 Release

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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.