, also known by his pseudonym Pixel, is a Japanese

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developer. He is best known for developing , which has been

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many times in the years since its release.

Career

His most popular work, ''

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'', is a

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released in 2004 that was created entirely by himself over the period of five years. The game received widespread praise from critics and in July 2006 appeared at the top of ''

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's'' list of the 50 best freeware games of all time. Amaya's other work includes the game '' Ikachan'' which he released in 2000, as well as many other low-profile games. His current projects, if any, are unknown. Before working on ''Kero Blaster'', he was working on a game titled "Rockfish", which was intended to be finished sometime in 2012. The project was put on indefinite hiatus, and was likely canceled. Amaya was credited with the story concept for Nicklas Nygren's ''NightSky''. In May 2014, Amaya released '' Kero Blaster'', a side-scrolling platform shooter game. This game was Amaya's first major work since the release of ''Cave Story''. In October 2015, Amaya updated ''Kero Blaster,'' under the name ''Kero Blaster ZANGYOU'' or overtime mode, featuring a new story, levels, and overall greater difficulty. In 2021, Amaya was credited for assisting in the development of MIYAKOpubl's game ''Haru to Shura''.

Audio software

Amaya has created various audio and music composition software. All his music composition software uses a

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editing interface. Org Maker is the software used to create music for the lightweight Organya (.org) music format, which was used in Cave Story. He is continuously developing the successor to Org Maker, the freeware audio editing suite PxTone. Users can create their own audio samples and compose music using PxTone Collage.

Games

* '' Ikachan'' (2000) **''Ikachan 3DS'' (2013) * ''Azarashi'' (2001) **''Azarashi iOS'' (2012) *''Glasses (Megane)'' (2003) * ''

'' (2004) ** ''Cave Story Wii'' (2010) ** ''Cave Story DSi'' (2010) ** ''Cave Story+'' (2011) ** '' Cave Story 3D'' (2011) ** ''Cave Story 3DS'' (2012) * ''Guxt'' (2007) * '' NightSky'' (2011) - story * ''Pink Hour'' (2014) * '' Kero Blaster'' (2014) * ''Pink Heaven'' (2015)

Other works

Starting in May 5, 2000, Amaya published a 4-koma manga titled ''Ame Manga'' on his personal website. The last strip was released on May 31, 2002.

References

External links

Daisuke Amaya's personal page
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