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Charles, the Bee (2024)
Charles has always dreamed of one day becoming a master dancer. The only thing in his path? The cost! Charles must harvest pollen until he has defeated the three biggest and baddest dancers around town.
Pixel Fixel (2024)
Pixel Fixel is a soothing game where players match tiles of various colors to form satisfying gradients. Arrange chaos into beautiful mosaics of colors!
Eggnog Incorporated (2020)
Enjoy working as an Eggnog Inspector for a shady company. Verify the color, art, and ingredients for batches of eggnog. It's not glamorous but it's an honest living. Who knows what surprises are in store for you...
14 Game Jams Entries
Each game jam has a different theme that helps inspire and inform game design. In addition to meeting lots of fantastic developers and artists, we get to experiment with new concepts and genres which is instrumental for creating unique games.
Explory Story
Release Date: Q1 2025
Retail Price: $14.99
Platforms: Desktop Windows, Desktop Linux
Explory Story is our second steam game. It is being made using the Construct 3 game engine. This game was originally made for the Ludum Dare Game Jam in April 2021. Set to be fully released in early 2023.In this game, you enter a mysterious world resembling a book. In this book world, the words you step on come to life! Explore a wide variety of fictional universes, battle their inhabitants and solve puzzles.Watch your step while you try to figure out a way out. This game can be played single-player or two-player online co-op.
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Eggnog Incorporated
Release Date: December 28 2020
Retail Price: $4.99 USD
Platforms: Desktop Windows , Desktop Linux
Eggnog Incorporated was our first steam game. It was made using the Construct 3 game engine over the course of a few months. Development started in October 2020 and wrapped up in January 2021.In this game, you play as an eggnog inspector. You are tasked with finding inconsistencies and errors with the packaging, ingredients, color, and many other elements. All the while, a whacky, and perhaps, unethical CEO gives you increasingly suspicious requests after work hours. Your actions affect your work environment, and can even cause you to find a different job or doom the world.There are many endings and many different office layouts to explore.
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Project Gekko [Pre-Alpha]
Release Date: TBD
Retail Price: TBD
Platforms: Desktop Windows, Desktop Linux
This game was intended to be our most extensive and impressive game. It is being made using the Construct 3 engine. The development of this game started in August 2018 but was very sporadic. The game's development is currently paused while we work on other projects. Our primary concern is regarding our ability to deliver on our vision. Until we're able to do that, the game will be left on pause.In this game, you play as a boy who leaves his humble life to pursue greatness. The format is a 2D action RPG with real-time combat and various weapons and skills. There is an open world that will change according to your actions.
The Team
| Name | Role | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Viktor | Programming & Game Design | - |
| Will | Writing & Environment Art | - |
| Jimmy | Character Art | Portfolio |
| Nick Wolfe | Music | - |
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Pixel Fixel
Release Date: March 1st 2024
Retail Price: Free!
Platforms: Desktop Windows, Desktop Linux, Web, Android, iOS
Pixel Fixel is our second steam game. It is being made using the Construct 3 game engine. This game was initially made for the Pixel Day 2024 on Newgrounds. It achieved best of January 2024 on NewgroundsStay a while and relax! Pixel Fixel promises to provide as much relaxing color-matching gameplay as you desire! There are no in-app purchases, advertisements, or any other gimmicks! Totally free, and totally rewarding!The player is tasked with restoring a mixed-color gradient to its former glory! This helps train the player's eyes to color and provides a soothing and fulfilling feeling.
The Team
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Viktor | Everything! |
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Charles, the Bee
Release Date: August 19 2024
Retail Price: Free!
Platforms: Desktop Windows, Desktop Linux, Web
Charles, the Bee is our fourth steam game. It is being made using the Construct 3 game engine. This game was initially made for the Ludum Dare 52 Game Jam in January 2023. Set to be fully released sometime in 2023.In this game, you play as Charles. Charles has been longing for a chance in the dancing spotlight. Your goal will be to collect pollen which pays the entrance fees of various clubs to showcase your dancing prowess. You will be faced with challenging opponents and all sorts of other chaotic elements on your journey to, one day, getting the dance master crown.
The Team
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Game Jams
Outside of our main projects, we also enjoy participating in game jams. Specifically, the Ludum Dare game jam where indie developers from all around the world spend a weekend making a new game from scratch. Each game jam has a different theme that helps inspire and inform game design. In addition to meeting lots of fantastic developers and artists, we get to experiment with new concepts and genres which is instrumental for creating unique games.
Games
| Date | Jam | Results | Name | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAR 2020 | Below the Stone Jam | Top 33% | Toaster Treasure | Metroidvania |
| APR 2020 | Ludum Dare 46 | Top 35% | Keep Dano Alive | Farming Simulator |
| OCT 2020 | Ludum Dare 47 | Top 28% | Imperial Eggnog Inc | Desk Simulator |
| APR 2021 | Ludum Dare 48 | Top 2% | Explory Story | Walking Simulator |
| OCT 2021 | Ludum Dare 49 | Top 13% | U49 Meltdown | Platformer |
| APR 2022 | Ludum Dare 50 | Top 27% | Quadratorum | Top-Down Shooter |
| AUG 2022 | Wanna x Yam Game Jam | Top 28% | Blend Defend | Tower Defense |
| OCT 2022 | Ludum Dare 51 | Top 17% | Panopticon | Top-Down Shooter |
| JAN 2023 | Ludum Dare 52 | Top 14% | Charles, the Bee | Rhythm |
| MAY 2023 | Ludum Dare 53 | Top 13% | Devilivery | Sidescroller / Shooter |
| OCT 2023 | Ludum Dare 54 | Top 25% | RAMpage | Auto Battler |
| DEC 2023 | Secret Santa Jam | N/A | Seth's Mysterious Portal | Quiz |
| APR 2024 | Ludum Dare 55 | Top 3% | Sinful Scoops | Puzzle |
| AUG 2024 | Do you WANNA Jam?! | Top 13% | Insock Out | Action |
| OCT 2024 | Ludum Dare 56 | Top 29% | Save Nebuville | Arcade Shooter |
| DEC 2024 | Yogscast Jingle Jam 2024 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| JAN 2025 | Game Dev Knock Out | TBD | TBD | TBD |
As mentioned above, one of the goals is to try something new, from a development standpoint. We have a Google Sheet that contains an exhaustive (and opinionated) list of game genres that we will eventually complete one day. If that sounds interesting, you can check it out here : List of Games Sheet
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