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 Academy: Learn Mode. It started as an idea to give players an experience of going to art school, but you'd also learn a real drawing skill along the way.
The project proved to be a bigger dream than I imagined, so 7 years into development I decided to release the competed lessons as a standalone version, now known as Learn Mode.
In my 10-year anniversary video I go over this project's beginning on Kickstarter, a bit chaotic development of the adventure parts, and the eventual switch to a more focused, polished experience.
I hope you will enjoy learning a bit more about the motivation behind the project:
I didn't do a sale to celebrate this big milestone exactly on the anniversary as I knew that Back to School Games Celebration will be happening later this month and now it's finally here!
I love taking part in this event because I am so inspired by the games from the 90s that had an educational component. It's absolutely wonderful to see other indie games that give the same feeling.
So check out the event to find some other learning games or productivity tools you might enjoy:
https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44695353/sale/BacktoSchoolGamesCelebration2025
That's it for this time, I'll be back with a new game update next time as we dive towards simplification, pixel art scale, and eventually the next challenge.
Thank you for all the wonderful reviews, feedback, and support on this journey!
—Retro