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[Newgrounds.com]( Greetings, {NAME}! [Pixel Day 2018 Winners!]( Posted by [TomFulp]() January 23rd was our third annual [Pixel Day]( a celebration of classic gaming and PC aesthetic. The community participated with pixel art, pixel animation, pixel games and chiptunes. Here are the winners! First place in each category will receive $100 and three winners in each category will receive Steam keys for [Iconoclasts](. Top Three Art [Bloop 'Lanet]( [Bloop 'Lanet]( (4.84 / 5.00, 37 votes and 402 views) [1 9 8 4]( [1 9 8 4]( (4.40 / 5.00, 20 votes and 286 views) [Newgrounds in Metroidvania 3]( [Newgrounds in Metroidvania 3]( (4.84 / 5.00, 74 votes and 1,056 views) Top Three Music [Beachside With You]( [Beachside With You]( (4.55 / 5.00, 19 votes and 584 views) [8bit bEtty - Fall Upon Your Sword]( [8bit bEtty - Fall Upon Your Sword]( (4.69 / 5.00, 18 votes and 772 views) [One Hero's Journey]( [One Hero's Journey]( (4.74 / 5.00, 24 votes and 968 views) Top Three Games [Knightin']( [Knightin']( (3.69 / 5.00, 238 votes and 8,095 views) [Duke Dashington Remastered]( [Duke Dashington Remastered]( (4.23 / 5.00, 393 votes and 13,318 views) [Fish Kiss demo]( [Fish Kiss demo]( (3.54 / 5.00, 168 votes and 4,509 views) Top Three Animations [Rad-ish (Less Than Rad)]( [Rad-ish (Less Than Rad)]( (4.17 / 5.00, 387 votes and 3,930 views) [Dwarf's Hunger]( [Dwarf's Hunger]( (3.08 / 5.00, 181 votes and 1,249 views) [Platformer Pests 3]( [Platformer Pests 3]( (2.59 / 5.00, 98 votes and 432 views) Thank you [@RealFaction]( for co-judging and [@Luis]( for assisting with the art selection! Art is our biggest category and we had a ton of impressive entries. I want to just shower so many of you with prizes. Thank you [@puppiesandanime]( for the rad [Pixel Day Logo]( and [Iconoclasts]( for the gorgeous site skin and Steam keys! Most of all, thank you everyone who participated in Pixel Day, even if you just came to watch and listen! This has been a really fun event to host each year and I think it has potential to draw massive crowds in years to come. We're gonna keep working to promote it further and further beyond NG, so lots of people come here to hang. For Pixel Day 2019 we're already assembling a panel of guest judges. You can expect [Tribute Games]( founder / programmer JF Major as games judge, DJ Cutman as music judge and a tentative Paul Robertson judging animation. [@Jazza]( will be making Pixel Day the theme of his January [Draw with Jazza]( contest and may become the overall art judge, or judge with a panel of guest pixel pros since the category will be huge. Animation has been our smallest Pixel Day category each year which is ironic considering this January we saw [Elvis & Dimmi]( and [Black Crystal]( two of the greatest pixel animations in the history of NG, arrive in the same month as Pixel Day. This category has great potential and I'm hoping to see it thrive in the coming years! Other News [@IvanAlmighty]( is organizing a [Philly Meetup]( on March 3rd! I don't get out much nowadays so I'm hyped. Come say hi! If you made a web game for [Global Game Jam 2018]( tag it "ggj2018" to be included in our collection. Many of you have noticed NG has been having performance issues this month. For the past two weeks we've been dealing with increased load on the servers. When you visit NG you may sometimes see a grey screen asking you to wait a moment while we check your browser; this is to ensure you are human. When we're in this mode, NG is actively blocking over 1000 bots and site performance returns to normal but it's not an ideal way to be. We've been making a bunch of performance upgrades and are working on additional solutions to the bot menace, including some updates that just launched and appear to be helping a lot so far. As always, your [support]( is greatly appreciated. Our January funding goal is within reach; maybe you can help us get there! [Pixel Day 2018 Winners!] Follow Us! [Facebook]( [Facebook]( © 1995 - 2018 [Newgrounds.com]( Inc [323 W Glenside Ave., Glenside, PA 19038, USA]( You agreed to these emails being sent as part of your Newgrounds account options. Please [unsubscribe]( if you don't want to continue receiving them. You are subscribed as {EMAIL}