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
Pixel Maniacs ๐ ChromaGun 2 Release 12.2
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We finally announced our new game "Fables of Dwale"! ๐ Ever wanted to explore a magical world, gather the fruits of the forest, and uncover the secrets of folklore characters? Now you can! Find the steamlink in the comments
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
YouTube video by Cozy Games Celebration
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Just tested the animated ChromaGun 2 Wallpaper on the ROG Ally - isn't it beautiful? ๐ @asusrog.bsky.social
Just tested the animated ChromaGun 2 Wallpaper on the ROG Ally - isn't it beautiful? ๐ @asusrog.bsky.social
.@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
First physical copies of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard have landed! Pretty cool that our publisher @pmstudios.bsky.social went the extra mile and produced Switch 2 cartridges! ๐
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
Ahead of todayโs launch of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we had the chance to ask some questions about the game and its (colorblind) accessibility features to Ben Lochmann, CEO of developer @pixel-maniacs.bsky.social. Also stay tuned for our full review of the game soon! caniplaythat.com/2026/02/12/c...
ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard - developer interview - Can I Play That?
Ahead of the launch of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we had a chance ti talk to the game's developer about its accessibility.
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For the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we spoke to @pixel-maniacs.bsky.social CEO @blochmann.bsky.social about their tremendous colourblind mode and what challenges the visual design of their colour-focused game faced in playtesting. www.gamesmarket.global/interview-be...
Interview: Ben Lochmann on Accessibility and Visual Clarity in ChromaGun 2
For the release of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, we spoke to Pixel Maniacs CEO Benjamin Lochmann about their tremendous colourblind mode and what challenges the visual design of their colour-focused game fac...
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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/
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/
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:
We're going live! Join us on Twitch to launch ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard! ๐ ๐๏ธ twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs
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
It's nostalgic to look back to the early days of designing! When we built the visual language, we also considered props and interior assets to achieve coherence. Some assets didn't make it into the final game. Find out which by playing ChromaGun 2 on February 12! ๐
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
We'd like to share more concept art and development insights during the next week and a half as we approach the release date of ChromaGun 2! Here are some early ideas for the Rifts you encounter during the game and a comparison how we translated them to 3D. ๐ซ
Happy Sunday! Have some Droid concept art for ChromaGun 2 ๐ค