Link: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pixboy-retro-2d-platformer/id1535069992 Pixboy - Retro 2D Platformer Maciej Dabrowski "When you’re dealing with essentially just black and white, you have to go that extra mile to give your visuals some ext… $3.99 Buy Now Watch Media Details"When you’re dealing with essentially just black and white, you have to go that extra mile to give your visuals some extra detail and life, and Pixboy does a great job with this." ~ TouchArcade, Game of the Week "You’ll feel like a monochrome Indiana Jones while seeking out the 150 secret rooms that are hidden throughout the game’s 40 levels." ~ Pocket Gamer Pixboy is a mad scientist who produced a powerful elixir. Unfortunately, a gang of naughty dogs stole it. Help him to beat all enemies, to face all challenges, to get an elixir, and to prove he's the best. Feel the retro vibes during hours of adventure! 1-bit color, chunky pixel art, chiptune music - all is a ticket back to the past! Features: - *** Gamepad support *** - NEW - old TV screen view - 40 handcrafted adventure levels - 4 different worlds with unique mechanics inside - 4 bosses at the end of each world - 30 different enemies - 150+ secret rooms - 24 retro color palettes - 4 challenges per level - including speedrun - a Pacifist Badge for sparing all enemies - original retro soundtrack Information Seller:Maciej Dabrowski Genre:Action, Adventure Release:Oct 27, 2020 Updated:Apr 28, 2022 Version:1.4.0 Size:114.6 MB TouchArcade Rating:Unrated User Rating:Unrated Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Anotherkellydown likes this. Gwarmaxx Well-Known Member Feb 2, 2010 4,446 376 83 NCC 1701 #2 Gwarmaxx, Oct 28, 2020 mmmmh, looks really good. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #3 psj3809, Oct 28, 2020 Instant purchase from me. Had everything I want ! Retro style graphics and music. A platformer ! I’m in ! psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #4 psj3809, Oct 28, 2020 Bought. Looks great and sounds good. But damn. No auto rotate ! Find it so weird trying to play the other way round. Shame ColeDaddy likes this. anthony78 Well-Known Member Nov 13, 2015 3,128 703 113 #5 anthony78, Oct 28, 2020 Found a few positive Switch reviews of this one and positive on Steam as well. Bought! ColeDaddy Silver Supporter<br>Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Mar 20, 2010 4,234 131 63 Male Sojourner Washington D.C. #6 ColeDaddy, Oct 29, 2020 Agreed. I keep shutting off my iphone when my pinky presses the off button. Please allow the screen to auto-rotate. Other than that this is a great game psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #7 psj3809, Oct 30, 2020 Auto rotation is here. 5 star review now and off to play it lots ! (Can’t beleive when games don’t have this !) ColeDaddy likes this. metalcasket Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze May 24, 2010 11,065 1,342 113 Deepest Circle, Hel #8 metalcasket, Oct 30, 2020 Came into this not really sure what I was expecting and quite frankly...I can't put it down. While the controls aren't quite as responsive as I'd like (which can be problematic pretty much only when trying to get the speedrun badge for each level), everything else is ticking boxes. Instead of bite-sized mobile-esque levels, the game's levels are big enough to be annoying to traverse once you lose all of your hearts (and you will...over and over again) featuring heaps of hidden coins, rooms and ice pops, so yeah...an explorer's dream. Oh, and the pacifist badge in every level is probably my favorite thing about the game and is pretty much a separate mode on its own. Don't be fooled by the simplicity...this is probably one of the most feature packed platformers on iOS. Love it and super, super easy to recommend! Anotherkellydown likes this. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,577 1,132 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #9 Anotherkellydown, Oct 30, 2020 I grabbed it earlier and just played through a couple levels. The controls work well for me so far. No issues there. I was really happy to unlock the Gameboy color scheme - looks great. Just wondering why there are achievements but no speed run leaderboards. Seems like that would be a given. First impressions are very good here. Anotherkellydown Moderator Staff Member Patreon Bronze Feb 10, 2014 4,577 1,132 113 Male CAD Technician I Upstate NY https://youtube.com/channel/UCcvu9xhE7xT-mZrXUZQJr5g #10 Anotherkellydown, Oct 31, 2020 Game of the Week! JindoFox Well-Known Member Dec 21, 2008 526 11 18 #11 JindoFox, Oct 31, 2020 Looks like auto rotation was added. Can someone tell me if controllers are supported? I might bust out my Gamevice for this. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #12 psj3809, Oct 31, 2020 Done about 8 levels. Love all the secret areas and there’s a lot of content. A really good game ste86uk Well-Known Member May 9, 2012 6,774 1,000 113 #13 ste86uk, Oct 31, 2020 I looked at this and wasn’t interested as it’s maybe a bit too retro for me but with all these comments it’s making me very tempted...but it’s not long until Space Marshals 3 or Xcom 2 and that’ll be a pricey week! Jstorm Well-Known Member Feb 2, 2020 1,082 474 83 Male Employed Earth #14 Jstorm, Oct 31, 2020 We know you are going to get it, so, hurry up and come to this side of the fence already. psj3809 Moderator Jan 13, 2011 12,966 718 113 England #15 psj3809, Oct 31, 2020 As long as the gameplay is good it doesn’t matter so much about the graphics. One reason I play so many retro games. Might look outdated but the gameplays still king. Give me great gameplay and old graphics anytime over a new game with modern graphics and poor gameplay. Thats why 30 years later so many arcade games from yesteryear are so popular still now ColeDaddy Silver Supporter<br>Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Mar 20, 2010 4,234 131 63 Male Sojourner Washington D.C. #16 ColeDaddy, Oct 31, 2020 If you're a fan of platformers, this is a keeper. The GOTW honor is spot-on! macplash Well-Known Member Apr 17, 2014 2,645 1,103 113 Male 3D artist Munich, Germany #17 macplash, Oct 31, 2020 From the trailer I had a feeling it’s quite a hardcore platformer with all that precise jumping and avoiding all those spikes and whatnot. Not that I’m afraid of a little challenge, but for whatever reason those frantic chases by the bosses kept me hesitant. Anyway, since it’s a GOTW I just have to buy it, right? ColeDaddy likes this. DariusGuerrero Well-Known Member Jul 25, 2016 388 195 43 Male Game Developer http://www.appsirgames.com/ #18 DariusGuerrero, Nov 3, 2020 Bought it because in my head the spinning cubes with spikes that rotate while you jump is a homage to DERE EVIL EXE haha. Probably not. I am at World 1 Level 4 at the moment haha. Already lost all my hearts twice. Love that I get ammo by jumping on heads of the enemies. Genius mechanic. Dont know what ice cream bars do yet. I have the game boy palette unlocked now. This game has Nokia 3310 era graphics and I love it. Only wish there was a way to turn off the haptic feedback as I feel its an unnecessary battery drainer. Still, I recommend this game. ColeDaddy likes this. ColeDaddy Silver Supporter<br>Moderator Staff Member Patreon Silver Patreon Gold Patreon Bronze Mar 20, 2010 4,234 131 63 Male Sojourner Washington D.C. #19 ColeDaddy, Nov 3, 2020 Wow. Having Darius Guerrero vouch for the game is high praise indeed! DG's games are some of my favorites. DariusGuerrero likes this. DariusGuerrero Well-Known Member Jul 25, 2016 388 195 43 Male Game Developer http://www.appsirgames.com/ #20 DariusGuerrero, Nov 4, 2020 Thank you so much! More to come very soon! and yes, Pixboy is awesome. Loving the simplicity of the 1-bit graphics, palette options and monophonic sounds. Captures that charming nostalgic feel that I look for in other games. Even the basic story captures the minimalist storytelling of most nokia and java games from decades past. Had made a few bad purchases in mobile games these past few weeks but didn't regret this one. aussiepaul likes this. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 2 1 2 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Do you already have an account? No, create an account now. Yes, my password is: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Instant purchase from me. Had everything I want ! Retro style graphics and music. A platformer ! I’m in !
Bought. Looks great and sounds good. But damn. No auto rotate ! Find it so weird trying to play the other way round. Shame
Agreed. I keep shutting off my iphone when my pinky presses the off button. Please allow the screen to auto-rotate. Other than that this is a great game
Auto rotation is here. 5 star review now and off to play it lots ! (Can’t beleive when games don’t have this !)
Came into this not really sure what I was expecting and quite frankly...I can't put it down. While the controls aren't quite as responsive as I'd like (which can be problematic pretty much only when trying to get the speedrun badge for each level), everything else is ticking boxes. Instead of bite-sized mobile-esque levels, the game's levels are big enough to be annoying to traverse once you lose all of your hearts (and you will...over and over again) featuring heaps of hidden coins, rooms and ice pops, so yeah...an explorer's dream. Oh, and the pacifist badge in every level is probably my favorite thing about the game and is pretty much a separate mode on its own. Don't be fooled by the simplicity...this is probably one of the most feature packed platformers on iOS. Love it and super, super easy to recommend!
I grabbed it earlier and just played through a couple levels. The controls work well for me so far. No issues there. I was really happy to unlock the Gameboy color scheme - looks great. Just wondering why there are achievements but no speed run leaderboards. Seems like that would be a given. First impressions are very good here.
Looks like auto rotation was added. Can someone tell me if controllers are supported? I might bust out my Gamevice for this.
I looked at this and wasn’t interested as it’s maybe a bit too retro for me but with all these comments it’s making me very tempted...but it’s not long until Space Marshals 3 or Xcom 2 and that’ll be a pricey week!
As long as the gameplay is good it doesn’t matter so much about the graphics. One reason I play so many retro games. Might look outdated but the gameplays still king. Give me great gameplay and old graphics anytime over a new game with modern graphics and poor gameplay. Thats why 30 years later so many arcade games from yesteryear are so popular still now
From the trailer I had a feeling it’s quite a hardcore platformer with all that precise jumping and avoiding all those spikes and whatnot. Not that I’m afraid of a little challenge, but for whatever reason those frantic chases by the bosses kept me hesitant. Anyway, since it’s a GOTW I just have to buy it, right?
Bought it because in my head the spinning cubes with spikes that rotate while you jump is a homage to DERE EVIL EXE haha. Probably not. I am at World 1 Level 4 at the moment haha. Already lost all my hearts twice. Love that I get ammo by jumping on heads of the enemies. Genius mechanic. Dont know what ice cream bars do yet. I have the game boy palette unlocked now. This game has Nokia 3310 era graphics and I love it. Only wish there was a way to turn off the haptic feedback as I feel its an unnecessary battery drainer. Still, I recommend this game.
Wow. Having Darius Guerrero vouch for the game is high praise indeed! DG's games are some of my favorites.
Thank you so much! More to come very soon! and yes, Pixboy is awesome. Loving the simplicity of the 1-bit graphics, palette options and monophonic sounds. Captures that charming nostalgic feel that I look for in other games. Even the basic story captures the minimalist storytelling of most nokia and java games from decades past. Had made a few bad purchases in mobile games these past few weeks but didn't regret this one.
