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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

And here is the Mighty Titan, the best shooter unit in the game And the only one capable of competing against the best unit in the game, the Black Dragon Titans are strong in every aspect: health, attack, defense, morale and speed #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This is the Giant, the pre-evolution of the second most powerful unit in the game Giants have high damage output, high health, and are immune to mind-affecting spells But generally, it's preferable to wait until their evolution is available, which is truly impressive #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

And here's the evolution : the Archmage 🧙‍♂️ More attack, more defense, more speed, and he has 24 shots instead of 12 per battle ! Simply devastating 🔥 #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

This is the Mage Mages constantly study spells, only descending from their high ivory tower to go to the library or the Mages' Guild (and even then, only to study) They are excellent shooters, although somewhat weak in resistance #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The Roc is the Wizards' only flying unit and it's quite tanky Big bird that takes up 2 hexagonal tiles on the battlefield - I love them, and the enemy ranged units fear them - #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Here's the evolution of the Iron Golem : The Steel Golem Faster (or less slow 😅), more HP, and 2 more attack points They are -very- tanky ! If it's very sunny, you can easily imagine them blinding enemy units with the sun's reflection on their shiny steel bodies #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Tier 3 Unit: The Iron Golem They're very slow but very tanky ! And what's more, they only take half damage from elemental spells That's makes them good units for defending a siege #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Tier 2 Unit: Boar ! In HoMM2, the hero's movement speed is reduced by the slowest unit accompanying them Therefore, to explore and cover more distance in a single turn, one strategy is to have no slow creatures in a hero's army Like only one boar for an scout hero #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Let me introduce you to the next faction: The Wizards 🧙‍♂️ They are the professionals of magical knowledge They often live in very far away and difficult-to-access regions Here is their first unit, the Halflings They live in stone caves or large burrows #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Hey guys, before posting the next faction, I'd like to know which format you think is best for presenting each of the units ? I'm wondering if the zoomed-in box detracts too much from readability and if the larger one makes the units too small... Any opinions ? #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Which creature from the Knight's castle are you ? Let the lottery begin ! #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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M3rØj 🍥 @m3r0j.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Hello there! I had the chance to work on this trailer for all Pixelart Cinematics. It was fun to do this 💥

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

And here are all the Knight units finally gathered in their castle ! I heard that one castle has rebelled and raised a new banner claiming the color red and wanting to break free A hero from the royal guard has been sent to quell this outrage Let the siege begin !! #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

And finally, here is the Knight Hero himself Knights are heroes of Might, their stats focus on attack and defense They start with the secondary skills Leadership and Ballistics More morale to your troops + makes you excel in the effectiveness of the catapult #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

All factions can hire a Captain to defend during a siege The Captain provides stat bonuses to creatures and allows you to cast spells ! Here is the Knight version #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Here is the Crusader ! Faster, more resistant, immune to curses and deals double damage to undead Although still weak ( for a tier 6 unit) , they are not very expensive, so they can be useful in the early and mid-game #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Time for the big armored booyyy ! Here is the Paladin !! Unfortunately, it's the weakest of the tier 6 units 😖 But we still give them a lot of respect because they look really cool ! (And they attack twice per turn ! - although their stats are still very weak ... #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Here is the champion ! One of the two fastest units in the game (along with the Phoenix). They have ultra-fast speed, which gives you the initiative to start playing first on the battlefield and gives you a considerable advantage from the very beginning of the fight ! #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Attention ! Prepare the spears ! The charge is coming ! Cavalry is a fast unit (though not as fast as its upgraded version) #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

And here is the swordsman ! Really tanky and deals good damage #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Pikeman have been upgraded ! Let me present you to the Veteran Pikeman ! These guys are really fast ! ( And tougher, their life pool have also been increased ) #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

And here is the Pikeman ! They are great for defense. For example, you can split them into several groups to surround your archers or rangers and prevent potential melee attacks on your ranged shooters #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM2

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Archer got promoted to Ranger ! Shoot twice at every attack, I love having great numbers of those guys in my army #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

The second creature and only ranged one in the Knight's castle : the archer (Slow speed, but always nice to have for upgrading to ranger) #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Okay, guys, it's time to show you a new series We're going with character design, in low definition, of the creatures from Homm2's castle First character : the peasant (He's useless in everything, he has a 1 in all stats, he's by far the worst unit in the game) #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Hey guys, super curious to know what your favorite pose and background is on this chara ! #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

A Gothic corridor, surely from a dark castle perched high in the forgotten mountains ( The ground of this wing of the castle has remained untrodden for too long, who knows what secrets might lie at the end ? ) #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

It's time to show you some more recent work ! The tombs are from ToTB, the mausoleum is inspired by Diablo 2, and the overall vibe is very Heroes of Might and Magic "Visit the Warrior's Tomb" (Artifact or -3 morale) #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

The last #PixelDailies from 2022 - theme : UFO " - Mom, did you see that light in the sky ????? " " - You should really stop playing video games before going to bed sweety - wait - where's our cow ? #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

#PixelDailies from 2022 - theme : Stars I remember having spent countless hours playing Starcraft ! Loving the retro/sci fi Terran ships, guns, buildings and vehicles #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #starcraft

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

#PixelDailies from 2022- theme: Deteriored Oh my, these are my very first attempts at enviro ! I really don't think I like them very much now 😭 But it will allow you to see the progress I've made with my more recent work ! (I'm really looking forward to showing you those !) #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Another #PixelDailies from 2022 - theme : Jewel Did you notice Catwoman's wink ? ( (I had difficulty maintaining the same body proportions during the animation back then 😅) #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

#PixelDailies from 2022 - theme : eel My first rain and lightning animation ! The ship is clearly inspired by the one from Heroes of Might and Magic III #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #HoMM3

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

#PixelDailies from 2022 - theme : curve It was a fun rotoscoping exercise, and I always enjoy working on looped animations, whether it's for walking cycles or idle animations #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Before I started working on Toads of the Bayou, I experimented with #PixelDailies Here's one example (2022 - Symbiotic) It might seem cheesy to some, but when I was a teenager, I loved Fight Club back then, and I still consider it to be one of my favorite movie #pixelart #픽셀아트 #ドット絵 #fightclub

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Guys, the time has come. I think we've reached the end of posting here my work on Toads of the Bayou 🐸 I hope you'll enjoy my other projects and pixel art as I do A big thank you to our squad of rebel toads #pixelart #animation #gamedev #indiegame #Toadsofthebayou #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Here's a little FX showreel for those who haven't seen them I also tried to place them all in a grid format, but it ended up being too small on the canva, so here they are all in a row #pixelart #animation #gamedev #indiegame #Toadsofthebayou #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I love this so much 😍😍😍

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

This animation is important to me, it was the art test for my application for Toads of the Bayou !! The project at the time was just a very basic prototype And it marks the beginning of my journey into the world of pixel art ✨ #pixelart #animation #gamedev #indiegame #Toadsofthebayou #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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Pilou Nicolas @pilounicolas.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Here's the last old Leader animation When we thought about making hit animations #pixelart #animation #gamedev #indiegame #Toadsofthebayou #픽셀아트 #ドット絵

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