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View game page Announcing Hellfish! A classic side-scrolling shoot 'em up set deep in a corrupted ocean. Battle demonic sea creatures as The Pope using his holy submarine, and customize your righteous weapons in unique ways every time you play. Another Shoot 'Em Up? Over the past
View game page At the tail end of February 2022 (I think?), I had an idea for a quick game. I was waiting to hear back from some interested publishers on a much larger project, so I thought I'd take some prototypes I'd worked on and smash them together into something new. The res
View game page 4 years ago I released a little mobile game that combined Doodle Jump with rocket jumping. People called it "Reverse Downwell", Apple called it a "New Game We Love." But alas, I don't have enough hours in the day to maintain mobile and PC games. So with my modern f
Gunlocked 2 is currently 20% off all week long to celebrate its Gunlocked 1 infused update. View game page In making Gunlocked 2, nothing has delighted me more than finding interesting ways to remix old ideas. It feels like a eureka moment each time I figure out a new way to inco
After years of email requests for the OST, we worked it out and put it up! It includes all 14 mp3 tracks spread across 4 zone themes, and all for less than $2(this week)! View game page You can also get an extra little discount if you grab the Gunlocked Complete bundle, alongside
Gunlocked 2 launches in Early Access on Steam in August 2025. Wishlist on Steam today! View game page After years of feedback on the original Gunlocked, a successful Kickstarter, and many sleepless nights, it's time to head back into the void and take on the Swarm! Deeper boss fi
Gunlocked 2 launches in Early Access on Steam in August 2025. Wishlist on Steam today! View game page Last update I talked about the challenge of balancing between fresh and familiar. In it, I showed an updated version of the warp menu. The warp system is probably the first chang
Gunlocked 2 launches in Early Access on Steam in August 2025. Wishlist on Steam today! View game page When a hit new band releases their followup album people tend to fall into two camps: the people that just wanted more of the first album, and the people that wanted to hear what
Gunlocked 2 launches in Early Access on Steam in August 2025. Wishlist on Steam today! View game page First, let’s take a moment to define some terms in the context of this feature. “Bullet Hell” is a type of shoot ‘em up (shmup) where the focus is primarily on dodging large amou
Forgive the self-indulgence here, but with a recent influx of new Gunlocked players, and discord members I found myself once again discussing the origins of the project. What I realized then is that most people who have played Gunlocked were not around when it first launched, and
Gunlocked is a game that keeps on giving, but as a solo developer there's a limit to how much I can give back. We're heading toward 1000 new players just this month, 3 years after release, and that means a fresh batch of feedback on Steam, social media, Discord, and even in my em
Support the Gunlocked 2 Kickstarter. Become a part of the game! Over 20% Funded already! Kickstarting Something Better: Or When Good Enough isn't Good Enough Why Kickstarter ? I’ve gotten that question (and some ruder variations) a few times since announcing Gunlocked 2. If you f
I’m excited to finally announce Gunlocked 2! Making the original roguelite shoot ‘em up was such a formative moment in my life that I knew if I was ever going to make a sequel it had to be special. For a while, however, I wasn’t sure how. So I’ve spent the past few years experime
What if Tower Defense had auto-battler style drafting, and roguelike replayability? If you love tower defense games as much as I do, you're going to love Cosmic Raze! Originally conceived as a spin-off from Gunlocked, Cosmic Raze has since become its own unique thing, but for fan
A funny thing happened on the way to release... I was deep into balancing the mid-to-late game for Cosmic Raze and...it just wasn't working. It was too hard, and too chaotic. I tried multiple ways to salvage things, tweaking difficulty here, adding new mechanics there, but it was
Announcing my next game, and a new initiative! Cosmic Raze is a tower defense game with auto-battler drafting, and a dash of roguelike elements for endless replayability. Take control of advanced weapon systems, build powerful synergies, and then blast away as aliens attempt to c
Gunlocked 1.55: One Last Hurrah Developing Gunlocked was a life-changing event that saw me go from a 15 year career as a freelance illustrator to a full time game developer. It was both scary and fun to come back to this project for one last little update. Playing it again had me
This update is for DLC owners A wild patch appears! Long time, no patch. It's hard as a solo dev to come back to an older project while working on a new one. I don't have a team to support me on either project, but I've been wanting to add these new Symbionics for a while, and a
Patch 0.20 of Boons & Burdens just launched and it brings with it a whole new way to play called Arena. This mode is heavily inspired by Gunlocked, so if you were hoping for more Gunlocked style action, this is the update for you! Turn on auto-aim in the options, and you almo
I'm excited to announce that Boons & Burdens, my spiritual successor to Gunlocked, Has released into Early Access! Buy It Here: Already own Gunlocked or been wanting to get it? You can grab the "Bullet Heaven bundle" and get an extra 10% off on top of the launch week 10% off