Lukasz Pazera

Cosmic Hero 2: Prologue is a 1-1.5 hrs long retro sci-fi puzzle/arcade mini-game that runs on real 8-bit Atari hardware as well as on Windows. Available as free download from pazur3d.itch.io/cosmic-hero-2-…

@Lockie_Glizzy @ShaunCichacki Thank you so much for the opportunity! We work on a retro sci-fi puzzle/arcade game that runs on a real 8-bit Atari hardware (but you can play on Windows too). We have a demo out with approx. 1hr of gameplay. pazur3d.itch.io/cosmic-hero-2-…

Hey devs 👋 It’s a new week! As you may or may not know, each week I run an Indie Games of the Week spotlight and weekly articles. Our editors @ShaunCichacki and Dwayne are always hunting for new games to play and write about. If you’ve just launched something, or you’ve got a live demo ready to go, drop it below. Shaun, Dwayne and I look at all games in the comments and pick a few to play-test and provide an article on our blog news site, as well as featuring in our Indie Games of The Week spotlight! Would love to see what you’re working on!

Last summer I got back into "analogue" drawing after quite a long time. Needed some Zen activity without a screen ;). This is the first drawing that I did. Finepoint on paper.

Cosmic Hero 2: Prologue, demo of the new work in progress game by Zelax for #Atari8bit computers youtu.be/ji8NDwd6bRs #atari @LukPazera

Cosmo Hero 2: Prologue, the pilot od our little 8-bit game is finally seeing the light of the day tomorrow! Prologue offers 8 maps, 1 - 1.5 hrs of gameplay and 3 mini-endings.

Sławosz Odyssey 2025 - title screen for our forthcoming Cosmic Hero 2 : Prologue mini-game for 8 bit Atari XL/XE. This is a programmed image, 48 colours in graphics mode that normally allows for 5.

@BrianVowles Great to hear from you Brian!

@LukPazera This is so amazing….

Development of our Cosmic Hero 2 retro Atari 8-bit game hit a huge milestone. The engine and gameplay mechanics are now complete and the game runs on the real hardware. It took almost 2 years to get to that stage and it feels incredible. #indiedev #retrogame

@Harvey1966 Hello Harvey, I cannot DM you so I'm posting a few of my drawings for your consideration. I am an experienced visual artist, black and white/ink drawings are only a small subset of what I do. Please, visit my website to see more of my drawings. lukaszpazera.com/drawings

I've been working on a passion solo project, a #TTRPG book. I have half the art I need, but I am looking for more artists doing pen and ink. DM me if interested. My budget is small, but I pay. Pls RT. #DnD #inktober2024

For painters out there, Rebelle 7 (Pro) is on an insane sale right now. Painting tools like oils, watercolors, ink, etc. are simulated to a pretty astounding level in this software. I love it personally. escapemotions.com

@SamNChiet I love the look of Source 2 engine and the editor itself. I wish it was a standard like Unreal or Unity.

Even today, Half Life: Alyx feels like it came from an alternate game industry we never got. A hard overcommittment to the tech and techniques of 2000s-2010s gamedev, instead of just accepting the expected modern pipeline at face value.

@pasnoc The beginning is always the worst :).

@LukPazera Yeah!

I started learning Unreal engine a while ago to add it to my toolset. I have used Unity so far and I found this playlist to be very helpful introduction to Unreal for Unity devs. It's for Unreal 4 but still applicable. youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Rough concept for the Alternation game from a few months ago. Flat perspective is because at that point I thought it would be a 2.5D game. I like color palette here. #indiegame

@hawkun I love C64 palette :)

Good Night Cowboy ♫

@LucaGiarrettino Thank you Luca :)

@LukPazera Love this🤩

1) My recent, extreme retro art - Universal One IV. In fact, it's a program that runs on 8 bit Atari and displays that image. It's not a regular pixel art because it would be impossible to display such colorful image on 8 bit machines. Read more below. #8bitart #demoscene #8bit

6) I found it to be a very good design/painting challenge to be able to make something meaningful with all these limitations. But it's hard so I enjoy it in small doses only. This image creation was spread over 2 years period, working a few minutes to an hour at a time.

5) Making the image requires some forethought and planning to squeeze out the extra colours in a controlled way. Also, the palette itself is rather limited. It's a bit like doing puzzles :). Not exactly painter friendly workflow!