This minor patch fixes a few bugs in the core application with regards to artefacts appearing on the output image under specific circumstances. Also released with this patch are 2 new image actions – scale and crop. You now also have greater control over the placement of Watermarks on your image.

Pixel Grinder – Batch Image Processor and Resizer for Mac on the App Store

“Win one of three copies of Pixel Grinder – Batch Image Processor (OSX). Follow @IronStarMedia & RT by 1st Nov to enter http://bit.ly/nM3t0L”

The competition closes at 1pm GMT on Tuesday 1st November. Winners will be contacted by DM through Twitter.

PixelGrinder is a Batch Image Processor that allows you to resize, watermark and modify thousands of images with just a few clicks of your mouse. With PixelGrinder you can setup a custom sequence of image processing actions that you can apply to a collection of photos or other images with the click of a button.

Pixel Grinder – Batch Image Processor for OSX Website and Support

Pixel Grinder in the OSX App Store

While we continue to support and provide our free OSX Image Resizer, Pixel Grinder’s new architecture allows you to apply more advanced filters to thousands images with just a few clicks of your mouse (or taps on your touchpad!). Pixel Grinder provides the ability to resize, sepia, watermark, blur, sharpen and more. You can save your action sequences for later use so that once you have the perfect setup – you won’t need to remember your settings next time.

You can download Pixel Grinder for OSX Lion from the Mac App Store now for only £4.99.

Click to download the full-size version!

Something a little different today, just a little bit of eye candy for you. Since Ikaroids HD is going really speedy, we thought we’d share a little bit of the artwork in the form of an iPad wallpaper! The image was painted by hand, except for the background part, which was made using some cunning combinations of a brush found along with many others at www.obsidiandawn.com, so many thanks to them. Just click on the image above, and enjoy…

The tileset in action.

Hey everyone! What with Minecraft currently talking up a storm, it seemed topical to choose mines as the theme for the latest asset giveaway. Here then is the first in a series of similarly themed free game assets – a prototype tileset for a mine-based platformer!

The tileset includes all the basic surfaces, including a background-only tile, ladder tiles, and 1-thick platform pieces. We’ll be expanding this set in future giveaways, looking at things like additional tiles, sprites, objects and the like, to build this into something really comprehensive. Enjoy!

Download Prototype Tileset (164 KB)

The free game assets on this site are released under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence. This basically means that you can download them, use them in your game(s) and modify them as you like. If you use them in your games, we’d appreciate a small mention somewhere in the credits / on the website (and a free copy of the game would be cool!). Basically, the only thing we don’t want you to do with our assets is sell them as assets to other developers, either individually, or as part of a collection.

The Alzathuus from Ikaroids Touch on the iPad

Hey everyone, apologies for the slow updates on Ikaroids HD for the iPad – rest assured this is because we’re working hard to revamp the iPad version to the highest standard that we can. What I can tell you is that it’s looking gorgeous, and you can expect to see more updates on the way.

Don’t forget also, we’re still looking for Beta Testers! So if you have an iPad and are interested in getting in touch with us, please check out this link.

In the meantime, just to whet your appetites some more, here’s a selection of the new enemies included in the game – the Alzathuus. They’ll rip your lungs out, Jim!

A promotional image for our upcoming game.

Well work is proceeding very nicely on Ikaroids HD. But in other news, we have another upcoming game app for the iPhone, called, in case you haven’t guessed, Knight Terrors! It’s a action based tower defense game featuring crushable enemies and interactive level elements that you can harness to annihilate your opponents. It’s also an excuse for us to work in as many knight-themed puns as is humanly possible. Early build screenshots and website to follow very soon – in the meantime, enjoy the title screen!

You can read more about the contest over at the XBLA360.FR SHMUP Forever Contest (or in french here).

Please vote for Ikaroids along with one of the Xbox Live Arcade Games. You could walk away with a great new game to play. You have until the 30th of September to vote. Vote here in the forum thread.