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Evercade Nexus: Screen Math and Indie Notes for Pixel Teams

Nov 3, 2026

Evercade Nexus is out: an 840 × 512 screen on familiar hardware. What the specs, early reviews and integer scaling mean for indie pixel art cartridges.

Retroid Ships Linux 7.3 Kernels: Notes for Handheld Devs

Oct 29, 2026

Retroid published Linux 7.3 kernel code for the Pocket 6, Nova and Duo. What was released, what is missing, and what it means for pixel art builds.

Playdate Season Three: Notes on 1-Bit Game Pipelines

Oct 27, 2026

Playdate Season Three is rolling out through 29 October. We read the developer notes and do the memory math for 1-bit art on a 400 x 240 screen.

Gaming Nostalgia: What the NES Still Teaches Pixel Teams

Oct 25, 2026

New Arcadian Pixels column. We open with the NES: fixed tiles, shared palettes and readable silhouettes — constraints that still shape how we build 2D games today.

Dual-Screen Handhelds Return: Pixel Art Scaling Notes

Oct 22, 2026

Anbernic RG DDS and Retroid Pocket Duo bring two screens back. We check their published panel resolutions against DS, 3DS and modern pixel art sizes.

Godot 4.8 Beta, Redot 26.3, raylib 6.2: Notes for 2D Teams

Oct 20, 2026

Godot 4.8 beta 1, Redot 26.3, raylib 6.2 and Bevy 0.20: what mid-October engine releases change for 2D and pixel art teams, and where to migrate carefully.