ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard

Thanks for all the positive feedback! Since we only had an announcement on Steam that ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard will be released soon, here is a small update to fully reflect the "out now" on the page. What happened since the release? For once we had a great Twitchstream on the Releaseday from our office in Nuremberg (see the picture above!) with good food and lots of fun activities. Then we started looking into bugs, glitches and weird stuff reported from players here on the Steam discussions and over on our Discord - even after playtesting a lot, players still find odd behavior all the time. We

It's finally here! Hello Everyone! 10 years after the original ChromaGun released, we are finally launching ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard on February 12th! We're incredibly proud of this accomplishment, four years of hard work are now paying off and you can experience what we've been working on. We are going live on the releaseday on our Twitch-Channel, streaming from our office! https://www.twitch.tv/pixel_maniacs If you want to celebrate with us, be sure to join the stream on Thursday (it will be in German though) or visit our Discordserver!

After three years of hard work, we finally have a release date for ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard! This is pretty close to 10 years after the release of our debug game, ChromaGun (1), on February 16, 2015. It took a bit longer than expected, because of the second announcement today: ChromaGun 2 is also coming to PS5, Xbox and Nintendo Switch 2 - digital AND physical 🥳 The game will be available on all digital stores, but also on all modern consoles. You can preorder the physical version of the game starting today!

We’re going to Gamescom! 🎮🎉 That’s right – ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard will be playable at Gamescom 2025, and we’ll be part of the booth of our publisher, PM Studios, within the Indie Arena Booth in Hall 10.2 from August 20–24! If you're around, swing by our booth! You’ll be able to: Chat with the devs (yes, real humans!) Try out the demo on-site (even if you’ve played it before, it hits different on the show floor) We’re super excited to be there and would love to meet some of you in person. Come say hi!

We're starting another speedrun contest! Collect all golden guns as quick as possible, submit a video of that on speedrun.pixel-maniacs.com and get the chance to win prizes! Prizes Rank 1 gets: €800 Cash Rank 2 gets: €500 Cash Rank 3 gets: €200 Cash Additionally, we'll pick a random participant that gets: €250 Cash End time: March 3, 2025, 6:00 pm CET / 9:00 am PST / 12:00 pm EST / 2:00 am KST / 5:00 pm UTC As a reminder: The Any% contest is still running until March 3rd, with the same prizes! Where to submit? You can find details and submit your speedrun video here: https://speedrun.pixel-man

To celebrate our Demo release and for those who aren't interested in speedrunning the game (see details here ), we're doing a creativity contest! At the end of the first level of the demo, right before you jump through the portal, you can find a hidden room on the left. Paint something cool in this room and post it on our Discord , channel #creativity. The top 3 coolest images (100% subjectively chosen by the team) plus one random participant will win €50 Steam credit each! Deadline: 6 am CET on Feb 27 / 9 pm PST Feb 26 We're looking forward to your images! This is one of the pictures somebody

We've been working on this game for two years, and this is the first time we're releasing a major demo like this. Take a look around and try to solve the puzzles in this approximately 45-minute-long demo. There's even more to do For the completionists among you, we've added Golden Guns that you can collect. These fire off achievements for the demo. There is a speedrun challenge coming soon (with prizes!). We'll post updates here and on our Discord! We're hosting a creativity contest soon; there is a secret room at the end of the first chamber where you can paint color onto a 16x16 wall. The be

To celebrate the demo release of our game, we're doing a speedrun challenge for the ChromaGun 2 demo! We could even convince our fantastic publisher, PM Studios USA, to sponsor prizes for the fastest runners! Prizes Rank 1 gets: €800 Cash Rank 2 gets: €500 Cash Rank 3 gets: €200 Cash Additionally, we'll pick a random participant that gets: €250 Cash Where to submit? You can find details and submit your speedrun video here: https://speedrun.pixel-maniacs.com/ Please ensure that you check the details, e.g.: It is not allowed to use glitches The ingame time (can be enabled in the Settings) needs

We're already pretty far in development of ChromaGun 2 and are preparing the first private beta playtests which will start in the next coming weeks. We showed the game at various occasions / events to the public (like gamescom, IGN Live, etc.), but are this time searching for more in-depth feedback about various builds. If you want to participate in the playtest of ChromaGun 2: Dye Hard, feel free to add yourself to the mailing list: https://playtest.pixel-maniacs.com/ Looking forward to your feedback, and thanks for your participation!

We're showcasing ChromaGun 2 next week in Cologne at GamesCom 2024! You'll be able to play an early version of ChromaGun 2. You can find us in Hall 10.2 at the Indie Arena Booth. Within the Indie Arena Booth, our stations are located here: Looking forward to meeting you there and your feedback! :)