I wish everyone a great Pixel Day! I really wanted to contribute something for today but this month ended up being really busy for me, and as such I ran out of time, ah well, there is always next year, and I can always use that time to hone my skills more to really make it something to be proud off!

But anyway, hope everyone has a good time!

I feel it's finally time to start interacting with this community properly and openly, and what better time to do that then by introducing myself. :)

My name is Viridyan, i've been a big fan of Newgrounds for a long long time, going way back to about 2005 actually when I first discovered it on the then youngish internet while randomly browsing up mario and sonic search results, I became hooked on it almost instantly, watching flash after flash, playing game after game, and revelling in some of the tasteless crude humor that was typical for it back then. xDD I remember being there when various big name series got their start on NG, SMBZ among others. I actually always wanted to use Flash myself to try and make movies or anything, but I never could quite figure out at the time how to properly use it, despite all my attempts at it, it just didn't really click for me and as such I ended up going a different path, something I have come to regret a little ever since considering how much was made using it over the years, even if better software came along.

I instead found my niche in spriting and pixel work, this turned out to be a very fun and interesting ride over the years.

At first when I was starting out, my work mainly consisted of rather easy to make edits to existing sprites i.e Sonic sprites which I'm sure many have done, and many more will continue to do when starting out. Then around 2013 I decided to stop with doing edited sprites entirely and instead try my hand at making custom sprites and tilesets since I had aspirations to one day be a designer working with people to make video games or even making my own kind of games. It was pretty tough at first since I had kinda put myself in the deep end in regards to doing it all from scratch, but overtime I gradually found my own footing, and today I'm having a blast with making some fun pixel-art, and I am always pushing myself forward to making something new and more ambitious than the last.

I'm actually trying to put together my own game project at present with a tentative name of Devil's Crusade, at the moment I've been making all of the games assets, tilesets, enemies and more. I'm hoping that by making this project solo I can show off my mettle and what I can do with my talents at present. I know that it might be handicapping and challenging to do this all by myself, but this is a personal decision I made to ensure that my creative vision for the game is kept squarely in my view, that being said, if I am approached with interest in contributing or even working on it with me along the way, I would certainly consider it for sure.

I do have plans to submit the game to Newgrounds when it is finally finished so that everyone can enjoy playing it and I hope that it didn't turn out to be crap as I sometimes fear it will end up being. xD

In all seriousness, I really wish to add my contribution to the ever growing legacy of this amazing website, Newgrounds has always felt like a home for me to hone my craft and enjoy my niche, and with the internet and social media being in such a state of flux all the time, more social media at the moment, it's great to be part of a place that is so welcoming and chill.

This was quite long winded, but I really wanted to speak about my reasons for being here and how I wish to finally start contributing after lurking in the background for so long, perhaps too long.

I hope that my skills, passion and wit will serve this place well. :)