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We make funky little bite-sized games, lots of fonts & game dev assets! ☺️🎮 Also bringing you news, reviews, tutorials and guides.

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Making slow progress on work stuff cos lots of other life stuff is going on right now - but here's a half-finished beach tile set I've been working on today for our upcoming pixel art platformer kit! #GameDev #PixelArt
A screenshot of aseprite showing a half-finished beach platformer tile set. It's in a pixel art style each of the tiles is 16 x 16. There is sandy flooring, fencing, a log bridge, parasol, palm tree, beach huts, barrels, signs and water.
January 12, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Managed some simple edits / recolours today of the grassland tile set I made earlier this week. These are for autumn and winter levels (we did a similar recolour for winter in the HD Platformer Kit). I'll move on to actual different environments next! #GameDev #PixelArt
Two screenshots of tile sets in aseprite side by side. It's a grassland tile set in 16 x 16 pixel art with grass on earth as the ground tiles, bushes, fencing, mushrooms, trees, water, flowers, rocks and little houses. The tile sets have been slightly recolored / edited so that the one on the left has autumnal colours for everything and the one on the right is snowy.
January 9, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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I (Daniel) finally sold my soul to the data harvesters and scanned my face to age verify this account so we could answer the 4 (four) DMs in our inbox. You're all welcome lol
January 9, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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Game Idea! from our archive of abandoned concepts in google docs - SCRIBBLE QUIZ! a party game where you draw with the control stick #gamedev
Game Ideas: Scribble Quiz
This idea is a party game for 2-4 players, gathered around one screen, based on drawing and guessing.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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Game Idea! from our archive of abandoned concepts in google docs - SCRIBBLE QUIZ! a party game where you draw with the control stick #gamedev
Game Ideas: Scribble Quiz
This idea is a party game for 2-4 players, gathered around one screen, based on drawing and guessing.
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January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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👋 Hey new people, if you're interested in video games / game development, here's how to get the best out of BlueSky: chequered.ink/how-to-use-b...

#gamedev #softwaredev
How to use BlueSky as a game dev - Chequered Ink
BlueSky has become a solid successor to Twitter among game developers. Wondering how to use BlueSky as a game dev? we've written a guide!
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January 8, 2026 at 12:11 PM
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We have a write-up on how to achieve this effect in GameMaker on our website (with a code snippet) chequered.ink/2-5d-in-game... #gamedev
January 8, 2026 at 11:34 AM
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We've updated our Card Game Graphics Pack with 95 new sprites, more than doubling the content. We added 55 new simple cards that are readable at small sizes, plus 40 new back sprites! #gamedev #gameassets
Card Games Graphics Pack Updated
We've updated our Card Game Graphics Pack with 95 new sprites, more than doubling the original size of the pack!
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January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Finished a simple grassland tile set for platformer games today - gonna get a bunch more of these done this month as well as characters & items to put them in one big pixel art platformer pack! #gamedev #pixelart
A screenshot of a platformer level in a video game, made in pixel art with a limited retro colour palette. It shows a grassland scene with trees, rocks, flowers, mushrooms and a little wooden house.
January 7, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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We've updated our Card Game Graphics Pack with 95 new sprites, more than doubling the content. We added 55 new simple cards that are readable at small sizes, plus 40 new back sprites! #gamedev #gameassets
Card Games Graphics Pack Updated
We've updated our Card Game Graphics Pack with 95 new sprites, more than doubling the original size of the pack!
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January 7, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Starting work on a tiny pixel art version of our platformer asset pack! I'll be trying to feature all the same biomes, characters and objects for consistency but just in a different style for those who prefer it :) #gamedev #pixelart
A screenshot of aseprite showing a tile set of 16 x 16 tiles. So far there are some ground tiles with grass flooring on earth, a mushroom platform, some fencing, trees and arrow signs.
January 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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I just updated our Card Games Graphics Pack with a new deck of simple cards readable at smaller sizes, and 40 new card back variations - more than doubling the total number of sprites in the pack! ci.itch.io/card-games-g... #gamedev #gameassets
Card Games Graphics Pack - Update. Shows 4 card graphics. Card Games Graphics Pack - Update. Shows 55 simple playing cards with one big simple for suit and one big letter / number for rank. Card Games Graphics Pack - Update. Shows 6 card backs in red, black, purple, orange, green and blue. In the pack there are 8 patterns for a total of 48 card back sprites.
January 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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New FREE game dev assets! 39 RPG characters with 12 frames of animation each. These were exclusive to our 10,000 Game Asset pack for launch, but now they're free to everyone! #gamedev #pixelart
RPG Character Sprites
Retro pixel art RPG Characters for use in your games and other projects. There are a total of 39 characters in the pack, with 12 frames of animation and 1 sprite sheet each for a total of 507 assets.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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Back to work and we'll be releasing a WHOLE BUNCH more games, fonts and free game dev assets in 2026. Plus they'll all be added to our various bundles + packs in free updates for new and existing customers! Learn more about our plans for this year here: chequered.ink/our-plans-fo... #gamedev
The icons for our 10,000 Game Assets pack, our All Fonts Pack and our All Games bundle - side by side on a dark pink background.
January 5, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Happy New Year everyone! We hope you had an excellent holiday season and a good start to 2026. These are challenging times and we want to enter the year with a sense of hope, and a real drive to offer as much as we can to the community. #gamedev
Our Plans For 2026
Happy New Year everyone! We hope you had an excellent holiday season and a good start to 2026. These are challenging times and we want to enter the year with a sense of hope, and a real drive to offer as much as we can to the community.
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January 5, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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Route 26

Bring your creations to life with Chequered Ink fonts!
Route 26
Bring your creations to life with Chequered Ink fonts!
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January 5, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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Whipped up a quick proof of concept here for a tool that would help people switch away from big US tech corps & generally evil brands to more friendly ones. Needs some work but I'm hoping to make it actually useful / functional & would love suggestions / help! earthize.org
earthize
Move away from big tech to more independent, privacy-friendly and progressive brands.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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A whole bunch of our games are on sale on Itch, Steam and Nintendo Switch for another few days. It's a great opportunity to try out some of our older games at a lower price! chequered.ink/winter-sales... #gamedev #indiedev
Winter Sales Now On Steam, Nintendo Switch - Chequered Ink
Our Winter Sale has now extended to our games on Steam and Nintendo Switch, where you can get up to 90% off.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Just 12 hours left to get our 10,000 Game Asset pack for 50% off in the launch sale! That's 10K game dev assets for just $10, across a wide variety of genres, for commercial use in all your projects AND they're 100% human-made! #gamedev #indiedev ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...
10,000 Game Assets Pack banner showcasing some of the assets Screenshots of some of the assets in our 10,000 game assets pack including card, puzzle, platformer and pool sprites. Screenshots of some of the assets in our 10,000 game assets pack including Adventure, RPG, Darts and Board Game sprites. Screenshots of some of the assets in our 10,000 game assets pack including Pixel Icons, HD Icons, Dice and Letter Tiles.
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Just 12 hours left to get our 10,000 Game Asset pack for 50% off in the launch sale! That's 10K game dev assets for just $10, across a wide variety of genres, for commercial use in all your projects AND they're 100% human-made! #gamedev #indiedev ci.itch.io/all-game-ass...
10,000 Game Assets Pack banner showcasing some of the assets Screenshots of some of the assets in our 10,000 game assets pack including card, puzzle, platformer and pool sprites. Screenshots of some of the assets in our 10,000 game assets pack including Adventure, RPG, Darts and Board Game sprites. Screenshots of some of the assets in our 10,000 game assets pack including Pixel Icons, HD Icons, Dice and Letter Tiles.
December 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Just a couple of days left on our launch sale now - last chance to get 10K game dev assets for just $10
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ICYMI we have a pack of 10,000 game dev assets including pixel art, high res art and sound effects. Representing a variety of genres including platformer, RPG, puzzle, adventure and more. 50% off until December 31st! ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #gamedev
10,000 Game Assets logo on a sky background with various high res sprites showcased including dice, gems, characters, chess pieces and more.
December 30, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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We're on a break until the new year now, but come January we'll be cooking up a bunch more resources to help you make your own games and other projects! 🎉🎮
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Just 3 days left now to get our 10,000 Game Assets pack 50% in the launch sale. Thousands of sprites and hundreds of audio files across a range of genres for use in game dev and other projects! All for just $10 until December 31st ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #gamedev #indiedev
10,000 Game Assets Launch Sale - 3 days left, the banner shows colourful game graphics on a blue and white cloudy sky. 16 screenshots showing items that are in the pack including playing cards, puzzle assets, pixel icons, HD icons, a platformer kit, pool, dice, letter tiles, adventure sprites, RPG assets, UI elements, control icons, darts, board games, cars and audio assets.
December 28, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Heads up - just 3 days left to get our 10,000 Game Assets pack for 50% off during the launch sale. It'll still be an absolutely bargain in January, tbh, but it's even bargain-er now so grab it for just $10 before December 31st if you're looking for the best deal! ci.itch.io/all-game-ass... #gamedev
Screenshots of various packs included in our 10,000 game assets pack, including Card games, puzzle, pixel icons, HD icons, platformer, pool, dice, letter tiles, adventure sprites, RPG sprites, UI elements, control icons, darts, board games, cars and audio.
December 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Just dropping you a quick message to say Merry Christmas and a happy festive season from both of us here at Chequered Ink!
Merry Christmas from Chequered Ink
Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Festive Season from both of us here at Chequered Ink.
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December 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM