The Music Machine

Released: May 6, 2015
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 05 Sep 2026, 01:09 GMT

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06 Mar 2025Developer post
Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate is OUT NOW
Use magic spells and military surplus explosives to topple an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school. Learn spells, engage in espionage, and spread lore-unfriendly chaos. Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate is a comedic sandbo
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_and_the_International_Crime_Syndicate/
Use magic spells and military surplus explosives to topple an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school. Learn spells, engage in espionage, and spread lore-unfriendly chaos.
Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate is a comedic sandbox with a complete lack of safety nets or boundaries. Players are free to indulge in the full abject chaos of untethered physics simulations and uncontainable emergent gameplay, using a toolkit of magical spells and items to solve problems in ways we cannot hope to balance against.
Wizard Boy can also team up with other Wizard Boys in cooperative(?) multiplayer to explore (blow up) the castle together and thwart the evil International crime syndicate S.P.I.D.E.R once and for all!
FEATURES

A multitude of spells to learn and inflict on others
Chaotic, barely contained physics-based mayhem
Open-ended goals to accomplish (or ignore) however you see fit
Online co-op, although actual cooperation is unlikely
Retro-themed third person action, straight from the days of Unreal Engine 1
Landmines and other non-magical ordnance
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3111080/Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_and_the_International_Crime_Syndicate/
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23 Jan 2025Developer post
Butcher's Creek is out now!
A troubled loner with a hunger for cinematic gore finds himself on the other side of the camera when rumors of authentic snuff videotapes lead him to an abandoned cabin near Butcher's Creek, Pennsylvania. What starts as illicit urban exploration becomes a fight for survival when
A troubled loner with a hunger for cinematic gore finds himself on the other side of the camera when rumors of authentic snuff videotapes lead him to an abandoned cabin near Butcher's Creek, Pennsylvania. What starts as illicit urban exploration becomes a fight for survival when he's captured by a gang of sadistic killers. Now his only option is to pick up a box cutter, a hammer, a pickaxe, or whatever else is at hand, and unleash a little video violence of his own.
FEATURES

Use hammers, axes, pipes, 2x4s, box cutters, and more to brutalize anything that stands between you and freedom
When all else fails, the level itself can be a weapon. Kick props into enemies, or enemies into environment hazards.
Photograph gruesome murder scenes to fulfill your dark desires and regain lost health
Explore decaying farmhouses, collapsing factories, and seedy strip clubs in a forgotten corner of the Appalachian Forest
Experience a unique aesthetic combining the gritty shot-on-video look of found footage with the photosourced visual style of Source Engine games
Learn more about the bizarre nightmare world introduced in Squirrel Stapler and The Pony Factory
https://youtu.be/3TLL1g8Z8Y0?si=jCY8kkxFaEhi3XpY
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2512560/Butchers_Creek/
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14 Oct 2024Developer post
Demo for 'Secret Agent Wizard Boy and the International Crime Syndicate is now available
DEMO AVAILABLE NOW TRAILER: Secret Agent Wizard Boy was a normal Wizard Boy on his way to his first year at Wizard School until he received a message from MI6. "Wizard Boy," it said. "We've received intel that the headmaster of Wizard School, Grumblemort, is the leader of a crimi
DEMO AVAILABLE NOW
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3281870/Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_and_the_International_Crime_Syndicate_Demo/
TRAILER:
https://youtu.be/zZUtbPIZyaY?si=CF-VtU4Uz0YVL78o
Secret Agent Wizard Boy was a normal Wizard Boy on his way to his first year at Wizard School until he received a message from MI6.
"Wizard Boy," it said. "We've received intel that the headmaster of Wizard School, Grumblemort, is the leader of a criminal organization named S.P.I.D.E.R. We need you to investigate!"
And so Wizard Boy started his first year at Wizard School, trying to uncover the mysteries that lay before him.
Secret Agent Wizard Boy is a sandbox wizard sim that can be played alone or in cooperative(?) multiplayer. Explore (blow up) the castle, find secrets, solve puzzles, and discover the mystery hidden deep in the castle.
FEATURES:

A multitude of spells to learn and inflict on others
Physics-based mayhem
Open-ended goals to accomplish (or ignore) however you see fit
Online multiplayer
Retro-themed third person action, straight from the days of Unreal Engine 1
Landmines
. . . And the demo is available to play right now! Go take a look!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3281870/Secret_Agent_Wizard_Boy_and_the_International_Crime_Syndicate_Demo/
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10 Oct 2024Developer post
Butcher's Creek demo available now!
The demo for Butcher's Creek is now available to download and play! This demo features the introduction and first level of the full game and should take about 30 minutes to complete. It will remain available (and free) for the foreseeable future.
18 Jan 2024Developer post
The Pony Factory is out now!
Winston arrived at a solution to the moral decay of his town. He called out to hell, and hell answered. The human body could, hell promised, be twisted and stretched into a kinder, more equine shape. Winston's town, now filled with ignorant hate-mongers, could instead be filled w
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2536530/The_Pony_Factory/
Winston arrived at a solution to the moral decay of his town.
He called out to hell, and hell answered. The human body could, hell promised, be twisted and stretched into a kinder, more equine shape. Winston's town, now filled with ignorant hate-mongers, could instead be filled with magical ponies, if he could provide a factory in which to make them. Winston thought they would be beautiful, gentle, and good.
Hell had other plans...
The Pony Factory is a short action/horror game inspired by Doom 3, with a darkly comedic story, striking black and white visual style, and visceral FPS gameplay. This is an updated standalone release of the original game, which was created in 7 days as part of the Dread X Collection 1.
FEATURES

Meaty FPS combat against highly agile foes who will attempt to evade and flank you.
Darkness is your enemy! Use muzzle flashes, sparks, sound, and other clues to track foes during combat.
High contrast black and white aesthetic inspired by early 1950's science fiction films.
A short minimalist campaign that can be completed in about 30 minutes.
Numerous improvements from the original release, including many new quality of life features, balance and game feel improvements, new story and gameplay content, full gamepad support, and of course bugfixes!
My brother John Szymanski (director of My Friendly Neighborhood) assisted with this version and will be receiving half of the royalties in an effort to provide him with enough income to continue game development until he begins receiving money from MFN.
John also released his own game today: a tense puzzle/horror game called Exiled:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2741620/Exiled/
Both games can be purchased as a bundle together too!
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08 Jan 2024Developer post
The Soundtrack for The Music Machine is Now Available Everywhere!
YouTube Music Spotify Apple Music Bandcamp
08 Dec 2023Developer post
Soundtrack updated to Steam's new soundtrack content type thing
I finally got around to updating the soundtrack DLC from just a DLC to an official soundtrack, so you should be able to play it in Steam's music player thing. I also went through and fixed some levels/clipping issues with the tracks. Enjoy!
12 Sep 2023Developer post
Squirrel Stapler is OUT NOW!
It's an early Fall miracle! Squirrel Stapler is out now!
24 Aug 2023Developer post
God is coming, September 15th...
IT IS TIME TO HUNT THE SQUIRRELS... A lonely man living in a remote cabin wakes up one day and realizes his beloved--a dismembered corpse nailed to the cabin wall--has been made ugly and rotten by the flies that swarm her. He wishes she were beautiful, like the squirrels of the w
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2535830/Squirrel_Stapler/
IT IS TIME TO HUNT THE SQUIRRELS...
A lonely man living in a remote cabin wakes up one day and realizes his beloved--a dismembered corpse nailed to the cabin wall--has been made ugly and rotten by the flies that swarm her. He wishes she were beautiful, like the squirrels of the wood. And so he sets out to hunt the squirrels of the wood, so that he might staple them to her and make her beautiful again.
Originally created as part of The Dread X Collection II, Squirrel Stapler is a horror hunting simulator that satirizes low budget edutainment games with pitch black humor and panic-inducing absurdist horror, and a new and improved standalone version is coming September 15th!
IN SQUIRREL STAPLER YOU CAN...

Hunt squirrels! Move quietly, hide in bushes, stay low, and pick the right time to pull the trigger!
Lure even bigger squirrels with a squirrel call!
Be wary of larger creatures and vengeful ghosts! You aren't the only alpha predator in the forest!
Freely explore a large nonlinear map littered with educational squirrel facts and more!
Meet god!
For more information, check out the Steam page!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2535830/Squirrel_Stapler/
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12 Dec 2022Developer post
Chop Goblins is out now!
You thought it would be fun to break into a nearby museum and root through the artifacts stored there. Little did you know that a dusty chest in the basement imprisoned the evil CHOP GOBLINS . Now they're loose, wrecking bladed havok on the world once again. It's up to you to cha
10 Mar 2022Developer post
Iron Lung is OUT NOW
Pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon in Iron Lung , a short dread-driven underwater (underblood?) horror game OUT NOW Set entirely within a claustrophobic one-man submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung," you must blindly navigate an ocean of blood to take
Pilot a tiny submarine through an ocean of blood on an alien moon in Iron Lung, a short dread-driven underwater (underblood?) horror game
OUT NOW
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1846170/Iron_Lung/
Set entirely within a claustrophobic one-man submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung," you must blindly navigate an ocean of blood to take photographs of key locations, and hope whatever lives below doesn't find you.
There is only a single porthole on the sub, and it needs to be closed due to depth pressure, so you have to navigate purely via an incomplete map, proximity sensors, sound, and a primitive external camera which can be used to take the pictures you need to complete your mission, or to get a grainy low resolution visual of what's happening outside.
Success will require resourcefulness and patience.
FEATURES

Experimental minimalist gameplay, where your senses are limited and anything could be lurking around you
Glimpse your surroundings through the lens of a grainy still camera and navigate using an incomplete satellite map and proximity sensors
Horror based around building dread and paranoia
Original soundtrack inspired by the work of Aubrey Hodges (Doom 64)
A short experience intended to be finished in under an hour
Soundtrack also available at https://davidszymanski.bandcamp.com/album/iron-lung-ost
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25 Nov 2020Developer post
Introducing The David Szymanski Narrative Horror Bundle
I'm introducing a bundle of all my narrative-driven horror games and their soundtracks for 40% off! This is in addition to other discounts such as sales , so Steam's current Autumn Sale is a great time to pick them all up! The bundle currently includes The Moon Sliver + OST, The
11 Dec 2018Developer post
60% off week long sale to celebrate the launch of DUSK!
10 Dec 2018Developer post
DUSK is out now!
My newest game, DUSK, just released from early access! DUSK is a throwback to oldschool shooters like Doom and Quake, focused on fast-paced gameplay and unique and varied level design. Watch the launch trailer here It also features a massive soundtrack from the legendary Andrew H
19 Sep 2016Developer post
Announcing my next game... DUSK
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants and even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the earth in this retro FPS inspired by all your 90's favorites. Featuring a full single player campaign, endless survival mod
19 Sep 2016Developer post
Announcing my next game... DUSK
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants and even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the earth in this retro FPS inspired by all your 90's favorites. Featuring a full single player campaign, endless survival mod
03 May 2016Developer post
'The Grandfather' has been released
The collab project between MPR Art Hallucinations and I--The Grandfather--has been released on Steam: The Grandfather is a strange point and click adventure inspired by surrealist films such as David Lynch's Eraserhead. It follows the story of an old man who is tormented by the c
03 May 2016Developer post
'The Grandfather' has been released
The collab project between MPR Art Hallucinations and I--The Grandfather--has been released on Steam: The Grandfather is a strange point and click adventure inspired by surrealist films such as David Lynch's Eraserhead. It follows the story of an old man who is tormented by the c
31 Dec 2015Developer post
Rely on Horror lists The Music Machine as one of the 13 best indies of 2015!
I'm honored to have The Music Machine listed as one of the best indies of 2015 by popular horror game site Rely on Horror, alongside titles like SOMA and Fran Bow!
31 Dec 2015Developer post
Rely on Horror lists The Music Machine as one of the 13 best indies of 2015!
I'm honored to have The Music Machine listed as one of the best indies of 2015 by popular horror game site Rely on Horror, alongside titles like SOMA and Fran Bow!

Updates & announcements

Use magic spells and military surplus explosives to topple an evil crime syndicate hidden beneath a prestigious wizarding school. Learn spells, engage in espionage, and spread lore-unfriendly chaos.

FEATURES

FEATURES

DEMO AVAILABLE NOW

TRAILER:

FEATURES:

FEATURES

Both games can be purchased as a bundle together too!

IT IS TIME TO HUNT THE SQUIRRELS...

IN SQUIRREL STAPLER YOU CAN...

OUT NOW

FEATURES