Ben Lochmann
@blochmann.bsky.social
CEO Pixel Maniacs - Working on ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard
Seeing print articles of games is still special to me: Very happy that the biggest newspaper in Nuremberg did an article about Let them Trade @spaceflower.bsky.social I believe it's very important for the visibility and appreciation of games to also get coverage in general interest media.
August 19, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Seeing print articles of games is still special to me: Very happy that the biggest newspaper in Nuremberg did an article about Let them Trade @spaceflower.bsky.social I believe it's very important for the visibility and appreciation of games to also get coverage in general interest media.
Live! Playing Ritual of Raven by @spellgardengames.com 😍 twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs
August 8, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Live! Playing Ritual of Raven by @spellgardengames.com 😍 twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs
Today, I hold a presentation about what building a game as a company looks like in front of students of the Nuremberg high school Johannes-Scharrer-Gymnasium. They are currently working on an "Academic writing and research seminar" ("W Seminar" in German), analyzing one game of their choice in depth
July 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Today, I hold a presentation about what building a game as a company looks like in front of students of the Nuremberg high school Johannes-Scharrer-Gymnasium. They are currently working on an "Academic writing and research seminar" ("W Seminar" in German), analyzing one game of their choice in depth
📢 Influencers 📢
Our partner company @spaceflowerde.bsky.social is launching Let them Trade (worked 6 years on it) next week! They'd be delighted if you want an early first look, please comment or DM me if you want a free press key 👀
Our partner company @spaceflowerde.bsky.social is launching Let them Trade (worked 6 years on it) next week! They'd be delighted if you want an early first look, please comment or DM me if you want a free press key 👀
July 17, 2025 at 6:23 AM
📢 Influencers 📢
Our partner company @spaceflowerde.bsky.social is launching Let them Trade (worked 6 years on it) next week! They'd be delighted if you want an early first look, please comment or DM me if you want a free press key 👀
Our partner company @spaceflowerde.bsky.social is launching Let them Trade (worked 6 years on it) next week! They'd be delighted if you want an early first look, please comment or DM me if you want a free press key 👀
Omw to Frankfurt, to the GermanDevDays, organized by @assembleteam.bsky.social 🤘
July 9, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Omw to Frankfurt, to the GermanDevDays, organized by @assembleteam.bsky.social 🤘
Look what I found in my fortune cookie today. I’m going to do what it says, and you should too, because fortune cookies never lie
May 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Look what I found in my fortune cookie today. I’m going to do what it says, and you should too, because fortune cookies never lie
The very first public Let Them Trade Demo is out now! Our partner company, @spaceflower.bsky.social has released the first demo of their cozy city builder on Steam. This is a huge milestone for our colleagues working on the game since 2020 (!)
store.steampowered.com/app/3465460/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3465460/...
May 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The very first public Let Them Trade Demo is out now! Our partner company, @spaceflower.bsky.social has released the first demo of their cozy city builder on Steam. This is a huge milestone for our colleagues working on the game since 2020 (!)
store.steampowered.com/app/3465460/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3465460/...
Had a blast yesterday at the opening event at the Swiss Game Hub in Zurich! 🇨🇭 So many talented devs and a great network of indie devs in an awesome, huge (2,400 m2 🤯) location - I am sure this is going to lead to many cool indie games in the future!
April 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Had a blast yesterday at the opening event at the Swiss Game Hub in Zurich! 🇨🇭 So many talented devs and a great network of indie devs in an awesome, huge (2,400 m2 🤯) location - I am sure this is going to lead to many cool indie games in the future!
Very proud of the team that our demo received "overwhelmingly positive" a few days ago on >100 recent reviews – it's gone again, but it was there! 😍
April 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Very proud of the team that our demo received "overwhelmingly positive" a few days ago on >100 recent reviews – it's gone again, but it was there! 😍
Did a short trip to Erlangen today and visited the office of @boxelware.bsky.social —the studio behind Avorion and Aquapark Tycoon! Had a really nice chat with the cool folks working there, and I’m still amazed by their own game engine and the continued success of Avorion on Steam (>12k reviews!)
April 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Did a short trip to Erlangen today and visited the office of @boxelware.bsky.social —the studio behind Avorion and Aquapark Tycoon! Had a really nice chat with the cool folks working there, and I’m still amazed by their own game engine and the continued success of Avorion on Steam (>12k reviews!)
ChromaGun 2 Wins Horizon Award! 🏆
We're proud to announce that ChromaGun 2 has won the Horizon Award for Technical Innovation at GG Bavaria 2025!
Huge thanks to our team. This wouldn’t be possible without you!
We're proud to announce that ChromaGun 2 has won the Horizon Award for Technical Innovation at GG Bavaria 2025!
Huge thanks to our team. This wouldn’t be possible without you!
April 3, 2025 at 6:27 AM
ChromaGun 2 Wins Horizon Award! 🏆
We're proud to announce that ChromaGun 2 has won the Horizon Award for Technical Innovation at GG Bavaria 2025!
Huge thanks to our team. This wouldn’t be possible without you!
We're proud to announce that ChromaGun 2 has won the Horizon Award for Technical Innovation at GG Bavaria 2025!
Huge thanks to our team. This wouldn’t be possible without you!
Once upon the pines (WT) got selected to receive 200k prototype-funding from the FFF Bavaria 🎉 Thanks for your trust in us and the project to all members of the committee, many thanks to the people at the FFF, and the ministry for digital affairs for their ongoing support! 😍
March 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Once upon the pines (WT) got selected to receive 200k prototype-funding from the FFF Bavaria 🎉 Thanks for your trust in us and the project to all members of the committee, many thanks to the people at the FFF, and the ministry for digital affairs for their ongoing support! 😍
Our only full-time remote colleague, Dennis (who lives more than 400km from the office), was in the office in Nuremberg last week! The remote-only setup is working well for me, but it's still cool to see each other in real life from time to time.
March 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Our only full-time remote colleague, Dennis (who lives more than 400km from the office), was in the office in Nuremberg last week! The remote-only setup is working well for me, but it's still cool to see each other in real life from time to time.
On my way to the GG Bavaria, a games event in Munich with a conference and many games to test. Looking forward to meeting many familiar and new faces - see you there! 🤘 We‘re also showing ChromaGun 2 there on Saturday and Sunday 😍
March 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
On my way to the GG Bavaria, a games event in Munich with a conference and many games to test. Looking forward to meeting many familiar and new faces - see you there! 🤘 We‘re also showing ChromaGun 2 there on Saturday and Sunday 😍
Thanks for visiting us in the office right after GDC, Nico Balletta! We're looking forward to devcom in August! 😍
March 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Thanks for visiting us in the office right after GDC, Nico Balletta! We're looking forward to devcom in August! 😍
Live! Playing a round of Pacific Drive, which has elements similar to our next game! www.twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs The game was developed by @ironwood.bsky.social and published by Kelpar Interactive.
March 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Live! Playing a round of Pacific Drive, which has elements similar to our next game! www.twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs The game was developed by @ironwood.bsky.social and published by Kelpar Interactive.
A second Speedrun Challenge started!
Collect all Golden Guns (there are achievements for those) within the Demo of ChromaGun 2 as fast as possible.
Prizes:
🥇Rank 1 gets: €800
🥈Rank 2 gets: €500
🥉Rank 3 gets: €200
Additionally, one random: €250
Details: speedrun dot pixel-maniacs dot com
Collect all Golden Guns (there are achievements for those) within the Demo of ChromaGun 2 as fast as possible.
Prizes:
🥇Rank 1 gets: €800
🥈Rank 2 gets: €500
🥉Rank 3 gets: €200
Additionally, one random: €250
Details: speedrun dot pixel-maniacs dot com
February 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A second Speedrun Challenge started!
Collect all Golden Guns (there are achievements for those) within the Demo of ChromaGun 2 as fast as possible.
Prizes:
🥇Rank 1 gets: €800
🥈Rank 2 gets: €500
🥉Rank 3 gets: €200
Additionally, one random: €250
Details: speedrun dot pixel-maniacs dot com
Collect all Golden Guns (there are achievements for those) within the Demo of ChromaGun 2 as fast as possible.
Prizes:
🥇Rank 1 gets: €800
🥈Rank 2 gets: €500
🥉Rank 3 gets: €200
Additionally, one random: €250
Details: speedrun dot pixel-maniacs dot com
🎨 A Special Shoutout to One of Our Creativity Contest Participants! 🎨
One of our 5 winners went the extra mile and created this amazing GIF! 🏆✨ The creativity and effort put into this piece truly stood out.
Check it out! 👇🔥
One of our 5 winners went the extra mile and created this amazing GIF! 🏆✨ The creativity and effort put into this piece truly stood out.
Check it out! 👇🔥
February 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🎨 A Special Shoutout to One of Our Creativity Contest Participants! 🎨
One of our 5 winners went the extra mile and created this amazing GIF! 🏆✨ The creativity and effort put into this piece truly stood out.
Check it out! 👇🔥
One of our 5 winners went the extra mile and created this amazing GIF! 🏆✨ The creativity and effort put into this piece truly stood out.
Check it out! 👇🔥
🎨 The Creativity Contest Has Ended! 🎨
The talent was incredible, and choosing winners was so tough that we picked 5 instead of 3! 🏆✨ Huge thanks to everyone who participated!
Here are the winning artworks—congrats to the winners! 🎉
The talent was incredible, and choosing winners was so tough that we picked 5 instead of 3! 🏆✨ Huge thanks to everyone who participated!
Here are the winning artworks—congrats to the winners! 🎉
February 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🎨 The Creativity Contest Has Ended! 🎨
The talent was incredible, and choosing winners was so tough that we picked 5 instead of 3! 🏆✨ Huge thanks to everyone who participated!
Here are the winning artworks—congrats to the winners! 🎉
The talent was incredible, and choosing winners was so tough that we picked 5 instead of 3! 🏆✨ Huge thanks to everyone who participated!
Here are the winning artworks—congrats to the winners! 🎉
Very glad we implemented Chinese (traditional and simplified) – I wasn't expecting that many players from China 👀 These are our download ratios per country from yesterday and today for the demo of ChromaGun 2 during #steamnextfest
February 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Very glad we implemented Chinese (traditional and simplified) – I wasn't expecting that many players from China 👀 These are our download ratios per country from yesterday and today for the demo of ChromaGun 2 during #steamnextfest
We've reached >100 reviews for our demo on Steam; thanks a lot to everybody who tested the demo! 🥳
#steamnextfest #nextfest
#steamnextfest #nextfest
February 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We've reached >100 reviews for our demo on Steam; thanks a lot to everybody who tested the demo! 🥳
#steamnextfest #nextfest
#steamnextfest #nextfest
Here are some of the amazing #art works players summited for our Creativity Contest. You still have an hour to submit your masterpiece! (14:00 CET!)
Submit on our discord (link below)
Submit on our discord (link below)
February 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Here are some of the amazing #art works players summited for our Creativity Contest. You still have an hour to submit your masterpiece! (14:00 CET!)
Submit on our discord (link below)
Submit on our discord (link below)
We've received our first speedrun submissions, and wow, you guys are good. This isn't even the best run from aimredinez on YouTube.
Enter the challenge! First place wins €800!
Submit in the link below! speedrun.pixel-maniacs.com
Enter the challenge! First place wins €800!
Submit in the link below! speedrun.pixel-maniacs.com
February 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
We've received our first speedrun submissions, and wow, you guys are good. This isn't even the best run from aimredinez on YouTube.
Enter the challenge! First place wins €800!
Submit in the link below! speedrun.pixel-maniacs.com
Enter the challenge! First place wins €800!
Submit in the link below! speedrun.pixel-maniacs.com
We made it into the official #SteamNextFest trailer! Of course, along with a tiny handful of other games...but still, we’re in! 🎉😂
February 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
We made it into the official #SteamNextFest trailer! Of course, along with a tiny handful of other games...but still, we’re in! 🎉😂
Streaming ChromaGun 2 on #Twitch for the FIRST TIME! 🎨🔫🔥Jump in, say hi, and let’s have some fun! 🚀 https://www.twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs
February 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Streaming ChromaGun 2 on #Twitch for the FIRST TIME! 🎨🔫🔥Jump in, say hi, and let’s have some fun! 🚀 https://www.twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs