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Steam Cloud and more
TL;DR: Steam Cloud available for existing and new saves. Universal macOS build with native Apple Silicon support. SteamOS/Linux build enabled, see below. Storage and performance optimizations. I finally completed the ba…
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Readability analysis hotfix
There was a bug where the readability analysis didn't give you a checkmark if you used undo to get back to the state of the drawing before you opened the analysis paper. I've changed the logic now a bit so that the anal…
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Readability challenge
TL;DR: Pixel art readability challenge with 94 icons to draw in 8×8, 16×16, and 32×32 sizes. Two new cassette tapes in synthwave and lo-fi genres. Archive folder for inactive tutorials. Let me know if you find the reada…
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Perceived resolution lesson hotfix
In case you got stuck on the Perceived resolution lesson, it wouldn't let you complete if you accidentally painted some pixels behind the preview area on the phone or laptop screens. This fix now lets you complete the l…
Announcement - Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode
Pixel art size
TL;DR: Pixel art size tutorial. Study Plan drawing performance improvement. Easter egg: Jungle PICO-8 cartridge. After you've acquired the simplification and smooth curves interests, you will now unlock a new goal about…
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To-do list fix and minor Study Plan improvements
There was a bug in the latest update where the to-do tasks would stop writing out on a new playthrough, so I fixed it. I also added a list of active goals at the bottom-left of the Study Plan to show which goals are cur…
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Study Plan
TL;DR: Study Plan app shows the big picture of available goals and tasks. Add goals to get new tasks. Mark goals complete to hide them from the Drawing app. Before I could add more tutorials, I had to solve the issue of…
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Draw Quickly challenge
TL;DR: Draw Quickly minigame with 94 subjects to draw. Symbolic drawing mode where the computer guesses what you're drawing. Realistic drawing mode where you apply simplification with a reference. I like to follow the t…
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Pixel art curves hotfix
The paths stopped showing in some of the pixel art curves lessons due to upgraded paths. Had to change one line of code and now it works again. Yay!
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Simplification
TL;DR: Simplification tutorial. 3D references that can be manipulated. This update brings a new tutorial about simplifying shapes from realistic to highly stylized. 4 techniques are presented, which can be used in vario…
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10 years of Pixel Art Academy + Back to School Games Celebration
TL;DR: 10-year anniversary video going over a decade of Pixel Art Academy development. Play other educational games on Back to School Games Celebration. Most of you probably don't know the history behind Pixel Art Acade…
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File system and invasion project fix
A player reported they were getting an EPERM error on Windows during the autosave, so I fixed my file system handling to avoid this. I also noticed while debugging this that the Invasion project unlocked too soon (when…
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Shoot 'em up project
TL;DR: Invasion project (a shmup game for PICO-8) unlocks after you complete Shape language. Customize the Invasion design document on the Pixeltosh. Chronoscope, a magazine with science fiction artworks for inspiration…
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Shape language
TL;DR: Shape language tutorial. Filled rectangle/ellipse tool by clicking again on the ruler. Redesigned look of picking up references. You can now unlock the first tutorial in the Design fundamentals course (as soon as…
Announcement3 changesWorkshopGameplay - Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode
Symbols color help hotfix
It was discovered that the color help option that draws symbols instead of dots didn't work properly on Windows and Linux (it was misaligned and too big, which made it also impossible to see which pixels to delete). Thi…
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Line art challenge hotfix
Just a bug fix for the Maniac Mansion reference in the Pixel art line art challenge. One of the shapes wasn't completely black and since the game now supports shapes of different colors, it wouldn't let you complete it.
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