Pixel: ru²

Released: Mar 6, 2015
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 10:46 GMT

Updates & announcements

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13 Apr 2017Developer post
Only the Best Players are Zeros
Early Access Build 2017.4.11.1 of Pixel: ru² has been rolled out on Steam and with it comes something we've been talking about for quite a while... Online Leaderboards! Now when you play Pixel through Steam (or login with your Steam account in-game) your score will be automatical
13 Apr 2017Developer post
Only the Best Players are Zeros
Early Access Build 2017.4.11.1 of Pixel: ru² has been rolled out on Steam and with it comes something we've been talking about for quite a while... Online Leaderboards! Now when you play Pixel through Steam (or login with your Steam account in-game) your score will be automatical
13 Oct 2015Developer post
Happy Ada Lovelace Day
For those of you that don't know, October 13th this year is Ada Lovelace day, a day about women in science, technology, engineering and maths. It was named after Ada, Countess of Lovelace , the first computer programmer. New Level To celebrate today, we created a new level called
For those of you that don't know, October 13th this year is Ada Lovelace day, a day about women in science, technology, engineering and maths. It was named after Ada, Countess of Lovelace, the first computer programmer.
New Level
To celebrate today, we created a new level called Algorithm. It's available in both the demo and the full version of the game. It's a tricky level that involves an intricate color puzzle. There's no combat in the level, but you will need to use your beam weapon. Remember that by default, you can change your weapon's color with the scroll wheel.
Trading Cards
Ada Lovelace wasn't the only woman that did a lot for computer science; there are plenty of others. In fact, five of the fifteen trading cards are of women that did a lot for computer science:

Ada Lovelace
Adele Goldstine
Grace Hopper
Jean Sammet
Joan Clarke
Other Fixes
We also fixed a minor bug (thank you Grace Hopper for that term, and for the compiler) in the RGB keyboard algorithm (thank you Ada Lovelace for seeing computers as more than just calculators) using computer science (thank you Adele Goldstine for creating the foundations of that and writing the first book on the subject).
And thank you to my partner Charlotte "Charlaxy" Ellett, who doesn't post much on her own, because she's too busy programming.
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13 Oct 2015Developer post
Happy Ada Lovelace Day
For those of you that don't know, October 13th this year is Ada Lovelace day, a day about women in science, technology, engineering and maths. It was named after Ada, Countess of Lovelace , the first computer programmer. New Level To celebrate today, we created a new level called
For those of you that don't know, October 13th this year is Ada Lovelace day, a day about women in science, technology, engineering and maths. It was named after Ada, Countess of Lovelace, the first computer programmer.
New Level
To celebrate today, we created a new level called Algorithm. It's available in both the demo and the full version of the game. It's a tricky level that involves an intricate color puzzle. There's no combat in the level, but you will need to use your beam weapon. Remember that by default, you can change your weapon's color with the scroll wheel.
Trading Cards
Ada Lovelace wasn't the only woman that did a lot for computer science; there are plenty of others. In fact, five of the fifteen trading cards are of women that did a lot for computer science:

Ada Lovelace
Adele Goldstine
Grace Hopper
Jean Sammet
Joan Clarke
Other Fixes
We also fixed a minor bug (thank you Grace Hopper for that term, and for the compiler) in the RGB keyboard algorithm (thank you Ada Lovelace for seeing computers as more than just calculators) using computer science (thank you Adele Goldstine for creating the foundations of that and writing the first book on the subject).
And thank you to my partner Charlotte "Charlaxy" Ellett, who doesn't post much on her own, because she's too busy programming.
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10 Oct 2015Developer post
There are 10 Types of Players on Steam
Those that have played Pixel: ru², and those that have not. Ha, ha, ha... Anyway, 10 is a special number in our latest update, and here's why. 10 New Levels We completely overhauled the tutorial and expanded it from the four old levels to ten new ones. Some elements of the old le
Those that have played Pixel: ru², and those that have not. Ha, ha, ha...
Anyway, 10 is a special number in our latest update, and here's why.
10 New Levels
We completely overhauled the tutorial and expanded it from the four old levels to ten new ones. Some elements of the old levels made it into the new levels, but the majority is new and improved and designed to help you get the hang of the mechanics better as well as just being a lot more fun and engaging. With new levels comes new music and new backstory. Give them a try and tell us what you think!
All ten of these levels will also be available in the demo.
10 New Achievements
Pixel now has Steam Achievements. We plan on adding more over time, but added ten now to get you started.
Here are a few of them:

10 100 1: Kill two enemies with a single Rocket.
Firewall: Set an enemy on fire through a barrier using the Burn weapon.
Hax: Jump or flip off of an enemy projectile.
Hotfix: Change the color of a projectile while in flight so that it will now damage an enemy.
PTMP: Hit three enemies at the same time with the Spray weapon.
10 Other Improvements

Optimized performance throughout the game, still some issues (especially with the fire mechanics), but we're working on fixing those too.
Added a hints system to help out stuck players.
Added tips that will display between levels.
Fixed memory issue that caused game to crash for some people when loading a new level; mainly Windows 10 users, oh look, another 10.
Score is now displayed at the end of each level and the image information has been moved to another part of the screen.
Improved some old levels, making certain parts less frustrating – the box in Syntax Error is now bigger!
Beefed up a few weapons, but also made certain enemies stronger and others weaker.
Fixed issues related to resetting levels.
Added the ability to shoot with the arrow keys, and the ability to mix color bindings – press the red and blue buttons on an Xbox controller to select magenta.
Secrets... shh...
Don't be a zero, be a one and play Pixel.
Original post
10 Oct 2015Developer post
There are 10 Types of Players on Steam
Those that have played Pixel: ru², and those that have not. Ha, ha, ha... Anyway, 10 is a special number in our latest update, and here's why. 10 New Levels We completely overhauled the tutorial and expanded it from the four old levels to ten new ones. Some elements of the old le
Those that have played Pixel: ru², and those that have not. Ha, ha, ha...
Anyway, 10 is a special number in our latest update, and here's why.
10 New Levels
We completely overhauled the tutorial and expanded it from the four old levels to ten new ones. Some elements of the old levels made it into the new levels, but the majority is new and improved and designed to help you get the hang of the mechanics better as well as just being a lot more fun and engaging. With new levels comes new music and new backstory. Give them a try and tell us what you think!
All ten of these levels will also be available in the demo.
10 New Achievements
Pixel now has Steam Achievements. We plan on adding more over time, but added ten now to get you started.
Here are a few of them:

10 100 1: Kill two enemies with a single Rocket.
Firewall: Set an enemy on fire through a barrier using the Burn weapon.
Hax: Jump or flip off of an enemy projectile.
Hotfix: Change the color of a projectile while in flight so that it will now damage an enemy.
PTMP: Hit three enemies at the same time with the Spray weapon.
10 Other Improvements

Optimized performance throughout the game, still some issues (especially with the fire mechanics), but we're working on fixing those too.
Added a hints system to help out stuck players.
Added tips that will display between levels.
Fixed memory issue that caused game to crash for some people when loading a new level; mainly Windows 10 users, oh look, another 10.
Score is now displayed at the end of each level and the image information has been moved to another part of the screen.
Improved some old levels, making certain parts less frustrating – the box in Syntax Error is now bigger!
Beefed up a few weapons, but also made certain enemies stronger and others weaker.
Fixed issues related to resetting levels.
Added the ability to shoot with the arrow keys, and the ability to mix color bindings – press the red and blue buttons on an Xbox controller to select magenta.
Secrets... shh...
Don't be a zero, be a one and play Pixel.
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17 Sep 2015Developer post
Transparency - New Color for Pixel
Hello everyone, I know we haven't posted much lately, and we want to change that. We want to be more open with everyone about our development process so everyone can easily stay up to date on what we're working on. That's what we want to make C63 Industries a more transparent com
17 Sep 2015Developer post
Transparency - New Color for Pixel
Hello everyone, I know we haven't posted much lately, and we want to change that. We want to be more open with everyone about our development process so everyone can easily stay up to date on what we're working on. That's what we want to make C63 Industries a more transparent com
21 Jun 2015Developer post
Don't Rage Quit Alone
Multiplayer for Pixel: ru² is coming! We're happy to announce that an addition to Pixel: ru² that's been planned since the start is finally going to be rolled out starting in 1 - 2 weeks. Multiplayer modes! We have several modes that we're working on, and are going to be releasin
21 Jun 2015Developer post
Don't Rage Quit Alone
Multiplayer for Pixel: ru² is coming! We're happy to announce that an addition to Pixel: ru² that's been planned since the start is finally going to be rolled out starting in 1 - 2 weeks. Multiplayer modes! We have several modes that we're working on, and are going to be releasin
28 May 2015Developer post
Latest News & Updates
It's been a couple of weeks since our last update, and we have a lot to say! Trading Cards Some of you probably noticed that we've recently added trading cards. There are 15 trading cards in total and each one contains text about the early history of computers. Let us know what y
28 May 2015Developer post
Latest News & Updates
It's been a couple of weeks since our last update, and we have a lot to say! Trading Cards Some of you probably noticed that we've recently added trading cards. There are 15 trading cards in total and each one contains text about the early history of computers. Let us know what y
05 May 2015Developer post
Improved Performance and Lossless Audio Support
We just released a new build of Pixel: ru² onto Steam. Here are two of the major changes to the latest build. Improved Performance We completely overhauled how a lot of the threading was handled in Pixel: ru². This has resulted in better performance and smoother gameplay . If you
05 May 2015Developer post
Improved Performance and Lossless Audio Support
We just released a new build of Pixel: ru² onto Steam. Here are two of the major changes to the latest build. Improved Performance We completely overhauled how a lot of the threading was handled in Pixel: ru². This has resulted in better performance and smoother gameplay . If you
27 Apr 2015Developer post
Latest News from the Weekend
We have several things to share from the weekend, so instead of making separate posts for each one, here's one post with everything. New Guides We wrote two guides on Steam that we hope you find useful. How to Play Here is an instruction manual for anyone that needs one. It cover
27 Apr 2015Developer post
Latest News from the Weekend
We have several things to share from the weekend, so instead of making separate posts for each one, here's one post with everything. New Guides We wrote two guides on Steam that we hope you find useful. How to Play Here is an instruction manual for anyone that needs one. It cover
17 Apr 2015Developer post
Steam Workshop Support
We're happy to announce that Pixel: ru² is now integrated with Steam Workshop . This means you can create your own levels with the in-game Level Studio and then publish them to Steam . We'll be writing a guide on Steam to help everyone with the Level Studio. One tip to help get y
17 Apr 2015Developer post
Steam Workshop Support
We're happy to announce that Pixel: ru² is now integrated with Steam Workshop . This means you can create your own levels with the in-game Level Studio and then publish them to Steam . We'll be writing a guide on Steam to help everyone with the Level Studio. One tip to help get y
07 Apr 2015Developer post
Pixel: ru² Update
We just overhauled several things in the latest build of Pixel: ru². The biggest change is updating the grid from 16x16 to 64x64. This not only means that the game will look good on high resolution monitors , but it also allowed us to make the controls much smoother and less fini
07 Apr 2015Developer post
Pixel: ru² Update
We just overhauled several things in the latest build of Pixel: ru². The biggest change is updating the grid from 16x16 to 64x64. This not only means that the game will look good on high resolution monitors , but it also allowed us to make the controls much smoother and less fini

Updates & announcements

Online Leaderboards!

The Holdup

The Future

Online Leaderboards!

The Holdup

The Future

New Level

Trading Cards

Other Fixes

New Level

Trading Cards

Other Fixes

10 New Levels

10 New Achievements

10 Other Improvements

10 New Levels

10 New Achievements

10 Other Improvements

Live Streams

Online Multiplayer

New Levels Are Coming

Let's Play

Thank You

Live Streams

Online Multiplayer

New Levels Are Coming

Let's Play

Thank You

Multiplayer for Pixel: ru² is coming!

Leaderboard Mode

Cooperative Mode

Competitive Mode

Team Mode

Feedback

Multiplayer for Pixel: ru² is coming!

Leaderboard Mode

Cooperative Mode

Competitive Mode

Team Mode

Feedback

Trading Cards

Emoticons

Settings

RGB Integration

Let's Play

MomoCon

Thank You

Trading Cards

Emoticons

Settings

RGB Integration

Let's Play

MomoCon

Thank You

Improved Performance

Lossless Audio Support

Let's Play

Improved Performance

Lossless Audio Support

Let's Play

New Guides

New Trailer - Can You Survive?

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New Guides

New Trailer - Can You Survive?

Preview Article