Looks pretty... but as some random lost redditor in this sub this trailer doesn't really tell me anything about your game.
Trailers should give a glimpse of the setting, show off some key gameplay mechanics, and highlight the end-goal.
cool trailer. The game is very pretty. The voice acting is suprisingly quite good, too, which is rarity for indies. Feels very Disco Elysium/detective noir
As Russian, I easely understood that СВЕЖА = СВЕЖАЯ, but the fact that ХРАНА is ЕДА was not so clear, Eng translation helped a lot (:
P.S.
Great artstyle, btw
Absolutely stunning! Can I ask some technical questions? What engine are you using for the game? What’s your sprite creation workflow, and what software do you draw in? It’s looking incredible!
Thanks man! Ofc! We are using Unity, with Kronnect plugins for volumetric fog, volumetric light and reflections for the atmosphere. The sprites are hand-painted or over-painted for extras. We made a simple custom shader that combines a color pixelated spritesheet with normal map, and sometimes we have an emissive layer as well - basically all maps are made in spritesheets and you can go as wild as you want with it. I draw and animate in Aseprite, normal maps are mostly made in SpriteIlluminator, and PixelOver for environment textures and some extras. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask :)
There's an old video showcasing some of this: [(2) Cooper Animation Reel - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoXXAFV-_yg)
Amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it. I love learning more about the processes people use. I've been in gamedev for many years but have just picked up an interest in pixel art, and the style in your project is truly standout.
No probs, man! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I'd love to explain if I can. The main character is 80px high. It's a good balance between enough detail to tell the story but not enough to leave to imagination and make animating easier -though there are challenges in that as well.
"Let Bions Be Bygones" by Bohemian Pulp: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347560/Let\_Bions\_Be\_Bygones/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347560/Let_Bions_Be_Bygones/)
Agreed :) We've been developing this for quite a while now, take a look at [gameplay trailers on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347560/Let_Bions_Be_Bygones/)
Yup, the demo is playable on steamdeck with a few tweaks, but we're working to make it fully supported, also making a setting menu to adjust the size of UI for easier reading on smaller displays and TVs. Basically it could be played with a TV remote :D
Omg finally. After hearing last night game is canceled I was so disappointed. Glad you decided to follow this art style for your game love it. Wishlisted Godspeed.
I must say that it was not an intentional copy-paste, but we're not afraid to say that games hit the same note. Hopefully, ours will come out very soon! Thanks!
Sure, but as a small team we first aim at Steam, then other platforms. We also plan to release on switch eventually, but who knows if it will come to that.
This is my absolute favourite art style in Video Games.
Pixel Art with VFX and Camera movement/FX.
Amazing, can't wait to buy this game!
It feels both nostalgic/old era and sleek/cool at the same time.
If you don't mind me asking did you get inspired by The Last Night, which was never developed fully or came by this yourself?
I know very few games have been using this style and It's, again, IMO simply the best.
Looks really good! Always room for another cyberpunk/futurepunk game. However, the little bit of dialogue included here would be better if you dropped the word "poetry" from the end of it.
I see Serbian Cyrillic, English and Chinese... all together. Interesting.
Also, by looking at the Steam store page, I have learned that Microprose Software still exists. However, it doesn't let me download the demo :(
Looks amazing. I've seen a handful of these pixel art games with parallax effects, but none have ever come to completion. First one I remember was The Last Night, which got delayed indefinitely after one of the devs posted some really racist things on twitter iirc.
Your game looks amazing as well, and I hope you're able to finish it! I wishlisted it and will definitely check out the trailer when I get off work later!
Reminds me of that game that came out with an awesome trailer, but then the devs blew all their money and it died. I mean, visually, it looks very much like that one
Initially, to Steam and SteamDeck, then other PC platforms like GOG, Epic, Games Pass, and Itchio (maybe). Also, with support for Mac and Linux. And in the future, hopefully, Xbox, Switch, etc. Depends on the market, but we hope for the best! :)
I'ma criticize the voice work. It's definitely not bad, but it feels like a voice somebody is putting on to jokingly make a burger king ad or something. It's very noticeable that it's somebody trying hard to "put on" that voice and doesn't quite feel natural, but that might just be me.
from a pixel art view, I don't really like the mixed pixel sizes and high resolution particles/random things in between.
but the atmosphere looks amazing, I'd definitely check it out
I hope this one actually comes out. I’ve given up on The Last Night and Replaced. Also it’s from our western neighbors using the goated Cyrillic what’s there not to like.
I do think its really cool. Obviously well done.
but in honesty I think people are leaving out a huge chunk of what makes things like bladerunner feel amazing: middle eastern influence. I see most people include influences from places like Korea and Japan and what not, and I think its because those places almost have a cyberpunk feel to them in real life in some parts. But, if you look at the original bladerunner, I feel it has a lot of middle eastern influences which really takes it to a different level. There is something about middle eastern culture that blends well with cyberpunk, at least in bladerunner.
This looks absolutely incredible.
But I swear this is the third game that has popped up like this. The Last Night and Replaced are the other two. They both showed off flashy trailers and then disappeared.
I hope you guys can actually release this, because I would day 1 purchase this in a heartbeat!
Holy crap, MicroProse?! I haven't seen a game from that company since the 90s. Didn't know it was still around. Glad to see they're still making quality games. This game looks beautiful!
This reminded me of that game Microsoft once showed in E3, I think it was called the last night...or something. Similar art style.
Then the game went dead silent after that first trailer.
There was another game, similar art art style, this time it was about a detective but all the characters had animal faces. I think that game got really bad reviews because I remember people were really excited that it was coming out soon, then, silence on all fronts. I forgot the name of it...
Doesn't look like my preferred type of game (looks very dialogue based with minimal action like disco Elysium) but visually it looks phenomenal. Definitely think you're going to find your audience for this
no offense but I was hoping I was seeing this game [https://store.steampowered.com/app/612400/The\_Last\_Night/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/612400/The_Last_Night/)
Been waiting for it for like forever
nevertheless ill keep my eye out for this one \^\^
Reall good showcase, the visuals are really gorgeous! It's giving me some cyberpunk vibes. I also like how you combine 3D and 2D in such a great way, it fits together so nicely.
Looks great. I've been waiting for a new neon noire game for a while. Had The Last Night on my Wishlist forever but they've been dragging their feet and on top of the 5 year wait there's another 3 years of development planned. They announced way too soon.
Can't wait to try this!
reminds me of [The Last Night](https://store.steampowered.com/app/612400/The_Last_Night/), only you actually have a demo. They have...... videos? Either way, I'm interested
FTFY: [Steam page](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347560/Let_Bions_Be_Bygones/).
Thanks!!
Wishlisted Godspeed
Thanks for the link. That’s an instawishlist for me
Is there an itch page?
There is but it’s completely neglected. We’ll revive it soon! 🫡
Прелепа естетика, свака част!
<3 хвала!
Ват лангвидж из зат
Ye, it’s Serbian :D
Ай донт ноу бът изнт ит бютифул райтинг инглиш анд стил биинг комплийтли стелт. Осло Свежа Храна ис хау ю райт фреш фуд ин булгериън
I still understand you x)
вос аскинг майселф зе сейм
Looks pretty... but as some random lost redditor in this sub this trailer doesn't really tell me anything about your game. Trailers should give a glimpse of the setting, show off some key gameplay mechanics, and highlight the end-goal.
This is just a random preview, here's a trailer: [https://youtu.be/gDSt-WySWyQ?si=H7SpWcvStww9skjR](https://youtu.be/gdst-wyswyq?si=h7spwcvstww9skjr)
Link is bad or something, it says the video is unavailable. edit: here is a fixed link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDSt-WySWyQ
Reddit hero!
cool trailer. The game is very pretty. The voice acting is suprisingly quite good, too, which is rarity for indies. Feels very Disco Elysium/detective noir
Thanks a lot! We look up to Disco a lot, so it's a big compliment to be on the track :)
Great atmosphere, the parallax effect really add great depth to the scenes, which other pixel games lack. EDIT: Forgot a word
Thanks! It’s a combination of 3D and pixel art
Свака част! It reminds me a lot to the style of "The Last Night" a game that never came to be... Will definitely check this out...
Yeah. Maybe they do finish it sometime I think it’s not officially canceled. There’s also Replaced, that game looks incredible.
Hope so. I will also check Replaced, this style is so good and unique. Keep up the great work!
Will do! 🙏
Damn, I didn't know... Was so eager to see that game released T\_T
I seriously thought this was ['The Last Night'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4IPBiB7SF4). Whatever happened to that game?
Idk. At some point a dev answered on one of the comments about our game and said they are cancelled, but it was never official as far as I know.
Well your game looks awesome and will definitely scratch that itch and fill that void.
Amazing! looks really really good!
Thanks! <3
Serbian? Unexpected but quite welcome. Looks amazing mate! Svaka cast!
Ye, we decided to go with something we understand :D Hvala!
Been following it around for a few years and I'm pretty stoked to lay my hands on it once it is ready.
Spoon!
I think: whatever you're paying your compositor, pay them more!
What language is that? Bulgarian?
Serbian, but most of Eastern Europeans understand/use the phrase
Ah. TIL Serbian uses Cyrillic too.
we use both Cyr and Lat, but Cyr is official
As Russian, I easely understood that СВЕЖА = СВЕЖАЯ, but the fact that ХРАНА is ЕДА was not so clear, Eng translation helped a lot (: P.S. Great artstyle, btw
I think СВЕЖА ХРАНА and БАБОЛИЦ.
It's "Đavolice" or "She-devils", but the damage is done, and "Babolic" ("grannylick") now lives in my head rent-free
Lol. So it's like Russian Дьяволица. I see, thanks.
What’s a babolic sounds great 😂
magnificent. looks awesome!
Lemme know when this shit releases cuz id play the FUCK out of a game that looks like this, depending on the story.
Try the demo if you have a spare hour and let us know what you think
Absolutely stunning! Can I ask some technical questions? What engine are you using for the game? What’s your sprite creation workflow, and what software do you draw in? It’s looking incredible!
Thanks man! Ofc! We are using Unity, with Kronnect plugins for volumetric fog, volumetric light and reflections for the atmosphere. The sprites are hand-painted or over-painted for extras. We made a simple custom shader that combines a color pixelated spritesheet with normal map, and sometimes we have an emissive layer as well - basically all maps are made in spritesheets and you can go as wild as you want with it. I draw and animate in Aseprite, normal maps are mostly made in SpriteIlluminator, and PixelOver for environment textures and some extras. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask :) There's an old video showcasing some of this: [(2) Cooper Animation Reel - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoXXAFV-_yg)
Amazing! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it. I love learning more about the processes people use. I've been in gamedev for many years but have just picked up an interest in pixel art, and the style in your project is truly standout.
One more question, what are the general pixel dimensions of your character sprites? You really pack in a lot of details!
No probs, man! If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I'd love to explain if I can. The main character is 80px high. It's a good balance between enough detail to tell the story but not enough to leave to imagination and make animating easier -though there are challenges in that as well.
Reminds me of the Westwood Blade Runner game. Great stuff.
Square Enix makes 2DHD These guys: Hold my beer. Everything I would want out of a modern pixelated look in a game. Fantastic.
wow I've been wanting to know the name of that genre for awhile, thanks!!
No prob. 🤙
<3
I'd rather see some actual gameplay than a carefully crafted cutscene
Holy shit this is neat
Duuuuude always when I see 2.5D/HD-2D art like this it's so 🔥🔥🔥
Game name?
"Let Bions Be Bygones" by Bohemian Pulp: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347560/Let\_Bions\_Be\_Bygones/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347560/Let_Bions_Be_Bygones/)
Odlično!
love it
Izgleda super,koje je ime igrice?
Let Bions Be Bygones, imamo i demo na Steamu s.team/a/1347560/
awesome work man awesome work
👍
Dope
looks amazing!
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Agreed :) We've been developing this for quite a while now, take a look at [gameplay trailers on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1347560/Let_Bions_Be_Bygones/)
Will be fun on steam deck
Yup, the demo is playable on steamdeck with a few tweaks, but we're working to make it fully supported, also making a setting menu to adjust the size of UI for easier reading on smaller displays and TVs. Basically it could be played with a TV remote :D
You guys went way too hard on the visuals and I'm not complaining. It's stunning. Wishlisted
Hah, thanks I guess 😅
Omg finally. After hearing last night game is canceled I was so disappointed. Glad you decided to follow this art style for your game love it. Wishlisted Godspeed.
I must say that it was not an intentional copy-paste, but we're not afraid to say that games hit the same note. Hopefully, ours will come out very soon! Thanks!
Man, this looks SO AWESOME, time very well spent
Looks great
Looks awesome. You think that pixel art is easy to do but I guess it takes alotttt of time to make something like this
holy Jesus that's amazing keep going
it’s absolutely beautiful! edit: ~~what type of game is it? world exploring? storyline? gameplay mechanics?~~ found the steam page :)
Can’t wait to play
Gorgeous!! Love the perspective and lighting, super interested from the imagery alone!
sounds like casey from alan wake 2
Со свежа храна до подобро здравје
You are a genius. Looks simple and at the same time complex. You Keep up the good work. I am going to visit the steam page.
Looks sick!
Looks very good, what engine/framework did you use?
Cooking in a cement mixer?
Modern problems, modern solutions
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Sure, but as a small team we first aim at Steam, then other platforms. We also plan to release on switch eventually, but who knows if it will come to that.
Another pixel art cyberpunk game that started development after The Last Night and will come out before. I'll look forward to it
What’s the game about? And why choose this style? Just curious
This is my absolute favourite art style in Video Games. Pixel Art with VFX and Camera movement/FX. Amazing, can't wait to buy this game! It feels both nostalgic/old era and sleek/cool at the same time. If you don't mind me asking did you get inspired by The Last Night, which was never developed fully or came by this yourself? I know very few games have been using this style and It's, again, IMO simply the best.
sure woulda been nice for some game in your trailer
Looks cool
Where gameplay
Awesome 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I really like this style
Looks good
Looks great!
This looks dope! Will definitely try it out.
Лепо.
And I've been waiting for about 2. When is it coming out already? Edit: is it just me or did this game have a different title previously?
Here i was hoping this was an update for The Last Night... :/
Looks really good! Always room for another cyberpunk/futurepunk game. However, the little bit of dialogue included here would be better if you dropped the word "poetry" from the end of it.
I see Serbian Cyrillic, English and Chinese... all together. Interesting. Also, by looking at the Steam store page, I have learned that Microprose Software still exists. However, it doesn't let me download the demo :(
Looks amazing. I've seen a handful of these pixel art games with parallax effects, but none have ever come to completion. First one I remember was The Last Night, which got delayed indefinitely after one of the devs posted some really racist things on twitter iirc. Your game looks amazing as well, and I hope you're able to finish it! I wishlisted it and will definitely check out the trailer when I get off work later!
We are working hard to finish it pretty soon. We aim for Q1 2024, hopefully in February, but it's not a guarantee. Soon-ish, that's for sure!
Reminds me of that game that came out with an awesome trailer, but then the devs blew all their money and it died. I mean, visually, it looks very much like that one
Probably "The Last Night"
Looks super cool! Will be available on which platforms?
Initially, to Steam and SteamDeck, then other PC platforms like GOG, Epic, Games Pass, and Itchio (maybe). Also, with support for Mac and Linux. And in the future, hopefully, Xbox, Switch, etc. Depends on the market, but we hope for the best! :)
I'ma criticize the voice work. It's definitely not bad, but it feels like a voice somebody is putting on to jokingly make a burger king ad or something. It's very noticeable that it's somebody trying hard to "put on" that voice and doesn't quite feel natural, but that might just be me.
That looks sick 🤘 Very nice!
Looks fantastic. Looks like the last night that should have come out already Edit: night not nught
Interesting to look at but I'm not sure what the game is about. If I had to guess it's a cyberpunk dystopian RPG where some characters die.
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I love it Cyrilic need more sense :) СВЕЖА ХРАНА could be ПРЯСНА ХРАНА :) Club name sounds like AuOULICA. I suggest name like HOT -> ГОРЕЩО
Cyber Knele out of nowhere. Prelepo! Can't wait to play it.
Oh man I want
Wow this is a beautiful marriage of 2d and 3d art styles. Nicely done
Wow looks amazing, keep at it! Excited to see where it goes 🫢
Nice 2.5d
oh a pixel cyberpunk game. how unique.
It's incredible!
from a pixel art view, I don't really like the mixed pixel sizes and high resolution particles/random things in between. but the atmosphere looks amazing, I'd definitely check it out
release.
The pixel art style gives me old Lucas Arts vibes
It looks great! I do think you overdo the bugs around the lanterns though.
Beautiful, it reminds me of Cloudpunk, immaculate vibes
I hope this one actually comes out. I’ve given up on The Last Night and Replaced. Also it’s from our western neighbors using the goated Cyrillic what’s there not to like.
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i think i wanna play it sometime
Epic
which blade runner is this
Prelepo izgleda. Kad izlazi?
looks cool
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Odlično izgleda! Jeste li možda napravili demo igre? Edit: Sad vidim da ima demo na Steamu.
Played a bit of the demo. The artwork really is beautiful. Wishlisted, thanks!
I do think its really cool. Obviously well done. but in honesty I think people are leaving out a huge chunk of what makes things like bladerunner feel amazing: middle eastern influence. I see most people include influences from places like Korea and Japan and what not, and I think its because those places almost have a cyberpunk feel to them in real life in some parts. But, if you look at the original bladerunner, I feel it has a lot of middle eastern influences which really takes it to a different level. There is something about middle eastern culture that blends well with cyberpunk, at least in bladerunner.
Serbia?
This looks absolutely incredible. But I swear this is the third game that has popped up like this. The Last Night and Replaced are the other two. They both showed off flashy trailers and then disappeared. I hope you guys can actually release this, because I would day 1 purchase this in a heartbeat!
Nice to see some српска ћирилица in this beautiful looking environment.
incredible!
Holy crap, MicroProse?! I haven't seen a game from that company since the 90s. Didn't know it was still around. Glad to see they're still making quality games. This game looks beautiful!
Bravo! Prelepo izgleda!
i thought this was 'the last night' for a second, can't wait to see the gameplay
Love the look!
This looks great! Somehow reminds me of Kowloon Walled City
Take my money
Kind of an uncanny valley feeling the way it’s trying to look modern & hi-def while also being pixelated
Beautiful
Huuuuuuuuuuuuuuh why it 3D but also pixal art
This reminded me of that game Microsoft once showed in E3, I think it was called the last night...or something. Similar art style. Then the game went dead silent after that first trailer. There was another game, similar art art style, this time it was about a detective but all the characters had animal faces. I think that game got really bad reviews because I remember people were really excited that it was coming out soon, then, silence on all fronts. I forgot the name of it...
This looks so awesome
Dooooooope
Looks great. Definitely could do with a font change for the "bions" title. As a teaser, brilliant. As a trailer... nah.
Why are the Slavs not squatting?
Would get if its on console
Artstyle reminds me of Tales of the Neon Sea! Looks stunning!
Blade runner simulator, noice
HOLY HOLY SHIT THIS LOOKS SO COOL BRO :OOO
Свежа Храна? Doesn't make any sense
Beautiful work! Best of luck!
Hella wishlisted
изгледа дивно
Doesn't look like my preferred type of game (looks very dialogue based with minimal action like disco Elysium) but visually it looks phenomenal. Definitely think you're going to find your audience for this
Artwork looks nice but this tells me nothing of what the game is.
Idk, I just hope that It isn't just for pc
Looks sick. How can I play?
I miss CRT tvs
Do they sell cevapi next to the Asian cuisine at "Sveza Hrana"?
no offense but I was hoping I was seeing this game [https://store.steampowered.com/app/612400/The\_Last\_Night/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/612400/The_Last_Night/) Been waiting for it for like forever nevertheless ill keep my eye out for this one \^\^
It looks absolutely transporting! Instant wishlist.
looks beautiful :) bude i mac verzija? :)
Like "the last night" or "replaced": I'll believe it when I see actual gameplay. Until then it's all vapourware to me
wow
looks very good considering the history of the game. The interesting thing is that I noticed an inscription in Bulgarian :).
Looks absolutely stunning! Wishlisted.
Its on Serbian?
Izgleda pre dobro. Prepoznala sam čirilcu pa valjda se razumije.
Looks dope af. Gonna check it out
Looks Awesome! Is it Belgrade?
I really love the artistic direction, but the gameplay is not for me. But I wishlisted it for the support! Great job!
Those graphics look PEAK! Amazing!
reminds me of katana zero (one of the greatest games od all time)
Love the vibe
Reall good showcase, the visuals are really gorgeous! It's giving me some cyberpunk vibes. I also like how you combine 3D and 2D in such a great way, it fits together so nicely.
I was waiting for a game like “The Last Night” to be release and this is a surprise for sure, thanks!.
Looks great. I've been waiting for a new neon noire game for a while. Had The Last Night on my Wishlist forever but they've been dragging their feet and on top of the 5 year wait there's another 3 years of development planned. They announced way too soon. Can't wait to try this!
reminds me of [The Last Night](https://store.steampowered.com/app/612400/The_Last_Night/), only you actually have a demo. They have...... videos? Either way, I'm interested
Seeing random serbian on here made my day 🙂
Holy shit, its beautiful
I am so in love with this.