Welcome to the team, @lexusinator.bsky.social! Alex is suporting us as a fulltime BizDev for our influencer marketing SaaS! ๐ค
Ben Lochmann
@blochmann.bsky.social
CEO Pixel Maniacs - Working on ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard
What an upgrade ๐! Yesterday's indie outpost was the first time in the ballroom. The ambiance with the light, enough seating, the stage, etc. was awesome! Thanks for the awesome talks Lynne Glaner, and @paulrdy.bsky.social ! And thx for sponsoring @gamesbavaria.bsky.social @cipsoftgmbh.bsky.social ๐
Thanks for your visit, Digital Minister of Bavaria, Dr. Fabian Mehring, Member of the Bavarian Parliament Jochen Kohler and City Council Sabine Sendner! Was a lot of fun showing you our office and showing, what we are working on in Nuremberg! ๐ Photos (c) Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs
Tavernkeepers, this is the moment you've all been waiting for... Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker is now out on all platforms! โจ๐ ๐ฅน Head over to Steam or the Nintendo eShop and dive into the wondrous world of Asteria. The Drowsy Dragon is waiting for you! youtu.be/4Wq9naaoGdU?...
Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker - Launch Trailer
Tavernkeepers, this is the moment you've all been waiting for... Tavern Talk Stories: Dreamwalker is now out on all platforms! Head over to Steam or the Nintendo eShop and dive into the wondrousโฆ
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Very personal documentary about our office colleagues @spaceflower.bsky.social by @budiboo.bsky.social, and Ian Budiman: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PNd... Thanks a ton for sponsoring this, @byterockers.games ๐
Show recommendation with an announcement from us! ๐ When? Today at 7 p.m. CEST / 10 a.m. PDT ๐บ What? A special Showcase & Awards Show to celebrate Cozy Games! ๐ Where? Right here on YouTube: youtu.be/6eMVmZT_zqM?... @cozycelebration.bsky.social
Cozy Game Awards 2026 - Special Showcase ๐โจ
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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! ๐
Indie Outpost Nuremberg on May 4th at 6pm! ๐ฅณ New location: groรer Saal inside the KunstKulturQuartier! - Lucas Pรถthe (Blossom Path Games) will talk about their game "Valkyrie Rising: Hordes of Ragnarรถk" - Josephine Dransfeld from toy manufacturer Heunec talks about merchandise production
.@szde.bsky.social writes about our game (translated): ๐๐ช๐น๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ค๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ "๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ถ๐ฏ 2" ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ช๐น ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ "๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ" ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ด.
๐Weโve 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! :)
Our ChromaGun 2 physical editions for Switch 2 and PS5 have arrived in the office ๐ Thanks a ton, @pmstudios.bsky.social for the delivery! โค๏ธ
Ich war zu Besuch beim wunderbaren @domschott.bsky.social , in seinem Podcast @okcoolpodcast.bsky.social, und durfte รผber ChromaGun 2 und unangenehme Apps sprechen! okcool.space/vom-sauftrac...
Vom "SaufTracker" zur Portal-Hommage "Chromagun": OK COOL trifft Benjamin Lochmann - OK COOL
Bei kaum einem Gast in der Geschichte von OK COOL hat sich die berufliche Biographie so klar in zwei Abschnitte aufgeteilt wie bei Benjamin Lochmann. Zum einen ist er als Mitgrรผnder der Pixel Maniacs ...
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Welcome, Limpho Moeti! Limpho is our 1st employee outside of DE, working from South Africa ๐ She is supporting us with our influencer marketing tool as a BizDev. Limpho has deep knowledge about BizDev and gamedev. She's also Chair of the @igda.org! ๐คฏ I'm really looking forward to working with you!
Hello World! Fresh start on Bluesky! Ex-Bangkokian now living in Nuremberg, making games and enjoying the journey! Please say hi and check out my project: @littleoldone.bsky.social Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3975130/...
Hooked by the ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard soundtrack? You can listen to the official game soundtrack on a variety of platforms: ๐ต bandcamp ๐ต anghami ๐ต Apple Music ๐ต Youtube Music ๐ต amazon music ๐ต Spotify
Can't get enough of ChromaGun? We have the solution! ๐ซ โ๏ธ ๐ซ ๐ฐ ๐ Snatch the ChromaGun + ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard bundle right now on Steam and get a 10% discount: store.steampowered.com/bundle/67079/
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: store.steampowered.com/bundle/67190/
Bundle-Time! ๐งถ In celebration of the ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard release, we're collaborating with The Forgotten City! Get both games with 10% off on Steam right now โฌ๏ธ store.steampowered.com/bundle/67293/
ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard is OUT NOW - 10 years after the first ChromaGun! store.steampowered.com/app/2982340/... Every activity & coverage in the first 24 hours massively helps us get the word out - We appreciate your support! โฅ๏ธ This was quite a ride, timeline:
ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard is OUT NOW - 10 years after the first ChromaGun! store.steampowered.com/app/2982340/... Every activity & coverage in the first 24 hours massively helps us get the word out - We appreciate your support! โฅ๏ธ This was quite a ride, timeline:
One final #WishlistWednesday before we launch ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard tomorrow! ๐ Are you ready?! #indiegame #steam
Care for some animation? Describe the narrative in this storyboad. Wrong answers only!
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.
More sparkly shader progression for ChromaGun 2! โจ The change is even more visible here.
Can we VENT for a minute? ๐ค If you ever need to blow off some steam, try shooting the vents in ChromaGun 2. A new path might open for you ๐
Last #ScreenshotSaturday for ChromaGun 2 before we launch next week thursday! ๐ฑ #gamerelease #indiedev #gamedev
We spent four years developing ChromaGun 2. How silly! We could have just used AI from the get-go ๐
To celebrate the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard next week thursday, we're following our tradition to livestream the launch! Join us on Twitch when we press the button ๐๏ธ ๐จ The stream will be in German.
Some of our in-game visuals have changed quite a bit from the initial concepts. For example, the CHROMATEC interior turned out even more... techy ๐งโ๐ป
It's #WishlistWednesday, my dude:ttes! Make sure to wishlist ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard to not miss our release on February 12! ๐ซ #steam #indiegame