I pixeled them, thank you that is a very nice compliment.
Yes every background and level in this game is hand pixeled..no tiles will be used in the entire game.

How's this going? I really look forward to it.

I stumbled upon some of the graphics listed on Kotaku's Tumblr page

http://updates.kotaku.com/post/86945...art-april-2014

Lol

Wow! That's sweet! Cool to see that it's becoming known in the real world.

i really like them, they bring an rpg feel to the game :P
Would there be quests planned for the future?

No quests as such have been planned, but we've been toying with the concept of cooperative boss fights.

Right now Jatz and I have been focused on boss fights like he said. The thought has crossed my mind a long time ago for questing, and I see no reason why we can't add quests. I'm not going to promise anything now, I want to make sure Jatz isn't overwhelmed by programming such a large game in the first place. -- As far as art is concerned, I will create all the graphics needed for new and unique quests as often as possible if this is something he can implement. I'd like to do holiday quests with cool rewards. Some prizes being more rare than others so players have a reason to barter and trade their loot.

This project is evolving every single day. Jatz and I have the original plans written out in detail but keep an open mind about changing things. If you guys have any cool suggestions, please post them. I'm taking notes and keeping track of the good stuff posted on the forum. We want this game to be amazing by allowing players to contribute ideas in the early stages of development. Keep in mind that there are a lot of features we have not announced yet... some things that will help make the initial launch more exciting if they are kept secret for the time being.

How to be a beta tester?

We are barely at Alpha stages right now, so Beta still has quite a few months to go. We definitely want Beta testers though and when we get closer to that we will start taking names.

In other news!
We are about to start an official site and devlog/blog. We're struggling to come up with a name for the game though. We'd love to get some suggestions. Just to be clear, the game is an MMO arena fighting game, the story is that everyone is some kind of great warrior from past/present/future. You are all dead in purgatory (between heaven & hell in the after life).. The goal is to try and immortalize yourself as a god by fighting other players and collecting loot/treasure.

We want it to be serious but also slightly comical if it needs to be. Game names like BROFORCE, or SUPER SMASH BRO'S MELEE really catch your attention. The goal is to attract a fan base. Even though the game will be FREE, a bad name can still scare people off.

Playing when released :D

It would be really cool if you guys let other artist have a hand with the graphic works needed. :love:

but they'd have to be good :rolleyes:

It looks incredible!

I've seen this as a mockup on pixeljoint, it's nice to see it upgraded to an actual game!
Looks really awesome, fluid animations and nice graphics.

"Between Heaven and Hell"

There's the name!