08 Aug 2026Developer post

Bossman Plushie and CUSTOM ARENA TOOLS!

About time, eh chief? Yep! It's the best darned right-hand-man in Nevada. A very boss man, if you will. A boss man who bosses men (among others, he's not picky.) None other than THE Bossman. He's helped you hand-pick an elite squad of badasses, raise an army, establish a network

About time, eh chief?

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Yep! It's the best darned right-hand-man in Nevada. A very boss man, if you will. A boss man who bosses men (among others, he's not picky.) None other than THE Bossman.

He's helped you hand-pick an elite squad of badasses, raise an army, establish a network of supplies, logistics, intel and contacts, vanquish your many, many foes and conquer not only your own piece of Nevada, but of reality itself. All that, and he's real handy with a broom.

In recognition of these many feats, and his unwavering loyalty to the cause, we've presented him with what he not only deserves, but has undoubtedly earned. A medal. A number 1 medal for a number 1 Boss. For some asinine reason it's removable, but you wouldn't possibly do that to him... Would you?

As with the other fluffy facsimiles from Makeship, he comes with all the perks of their fine craftsmanship, AND their cheap, worldwide, flat-rate shipping. He's also limited edition, with this run ending on AUGUST 29TH!!! So bag your very own little helper while you can!

Well y'all (hopefully) read the title, I won't keep you waiting with any pre-amble:

CUSTOM ARENAS ARE HERE!

Via SceneTools, you can now create custom Arena Siege and Infiltration stages and flesh them out with all of our existing modding features, plus a few new ones we've cooked up for both Arena stages, and for general use.

For more info, check out the updated rules at the bottom of the SceneTools Overview to see the new Arena Stage functionality. For our other new additions, check out the Event System Overview to see the new additions we've made to the Mission Card system. Keep in mind that these features are still in the testing phase. We've ironed out a heck of a lot already, but of course there's always more things to be caught. If you stumble across anything broken or weird, be sure to let us know!

Don't know where to start with modding? Check out our Modding Resources Master Doc for a comprehensive list of everything you need to get your modding journey going! If you have any questions, or want to join our ever-growing modding community, come on over to the official Project Nexus Discord! We'd be more than happy to have you on board!

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29 May 2026Developer post

MC6 Hank & Agent Plushie!

It's throwback time, baybay! Did you know that Madness Combat: Antipathy turns 20 this year? We didn't. Total coincidence. But we take those! Celebrate the 20th Anniversary that we definitely foresaw with Hank sporting his Sunday best , and the humble Victims themselves, the AAHW

16 Feb 2026Developer post

Auditor Plush & Shirt + Development Sitrep!

So, now that we've gotten some practice under our belts turning Gods into plushies, we decided to aim a little higher this time. That's right it's that moody mortal meddler himself, the Auditor! Coming at you not just as a squishy little plush and pin , but also as a t-shirt ! Al

So, now that we've gotten some practice under our belts turning Gods into plushies, we decided to aim a little higher this time. That's right it's that moody mortal meddler himself, the Auditor! Coming at you not just as a squishy little plush and pin, but also as a t-shirt!

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Although we were able to very accurately and adorably capture his visage, we unfortunately couldn't exactly replicate the whole... shadow-flame-teleport-thing... At least not without slapping a few too many extra 0s on the price tag. FORTUNATELY however, we CAN ship him to you anywhere in the world for a low, flat rate. Neat!

These slick new articles will only be available until MARCH 9TH!, so grab yours before they're gone!
Just look at his little sippy cup. Isn't that just precious? Anyways, onto the game news!

We recently pushed a set of updates to both the main and beta branches of the game. Beta branch got a round of bugfixes on Friday, and those got pushed to the main branch earlier today (minus modding, of course.) You can find the patch notes here.

Our main objectives haven't changed from the last update; we're still working on modding implementation for Vessels (character holders/controllers for non-player objects such as vehicles, formerly referred to as 'Seats',) Character Refs (custom character armature) and Automatons (unique hard-coded entities such as bosses.)

We currently have both Vessels and Character Refs in a working state, but they both need some tweaking and proper guides/tutorials before we're ready to release them to the public. In the meantime, here's a small showcase of some of the awesome WIP stuff our modding corps have been able to put together with them!

Mod image credits:

#1, 2, 3 - DarkSignal

#4 - Gangrene
#5, 6, 7 - Bagmetti Spagmetti
#8 - asliced_lemon

We can't wait to see what crazy creatures and contraptions y'all whip up with those once they're ready. You won't have to wait long, and we'll make plenty of noise about it once they're good to go. Thank you as always for your continued support, and keep on truckin'!

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25 Nov 2025Developer post

Phobos + Hot Dog Vendor Plushie!

A transdimensional megalomaniac and a perennial enigma. A God-Emperor and a God of Glizzies. The forces of Nevada often manifest themselves in extremely varied and unforeseen ways, and there are few incarnations more enduring than that of the self-proclaimed 'God-Emperor' himself

A transdimensional megalomaniac and a perennial enigma. A God-Emperor and a God of Glizzies. The forces of Nevada often manifest themselves in extremely varied and unforeseen ways, and there are few incarnations more enduring than that of the self-proclaimed 'God-Emperor' himself Director Phobos, and the utterly inexplicable Hot Dog Vendor.

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Fortunately, these mere effigies of said terrible and awesome power are much more controllable than the real things, which means we'll be able to get them anywhere in the world for a much more reasonable fee. (Seriously, don't get in the business of transporting dissonant energy.)

Don't delay, however! We've gotta be through selling these things by DECEMBER 13TH. As much as we love pushing product, we really don't need an excuse for the void to start staring back.

https://www.makeship.com/products/phobos-plushie
https://www.makeship.com/products/hot-dog-vendor-plushie

Now, enough about mundane things like malevolent man-gods and immortal foodservice workers and onto the truly mysterious and horrifying: INTERACTIVE DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT MODIFICATION!

As always, our eternal duty continues. Swain and the modding corps have their noses to the grindstone and continue to hone and refine Project Nexus' modding toolset. The bulk of the big sexy stuff is already implemented and constantly being maintained, but we've still got a good number of not-insignificant systems left to implement that'll make your creations that much better. Here's our current list of big ticket items we hope to see tackled and finished over the following year:

⦁ Seats: Holders for characters. The Sleepwalker bed, HQ loft bed, cloning tube, and even the emotive animation perches for Hirelings in the HQ are all “Seats”. They make for fun starting positions for enemies to jump out from, but I want so much more from them. I’d like to connect the player’s controls to a Seat’s animator, letting those controls directly interface with its animations. Once it’s in, we could see all kinds of neat stuff, from vehicles to mech walkers to operational cranes.

⦁ Automatons: If it’s not a character or a turret, it’s an “Automaton”. These are the hardcoded non-character enemies you usually encounter as bosses. Nexus Core drones, Clockworker heads, Ghoul, Hive, Endgame Gestalt, Grand Steward, etc. are all automatons. The trouble with giving them a modding glowup is all that pesky hardcoded behavior: automatons aren’t useful unless they do something, and modders don’t have access to coding scripts like I get to have. That means putting together some modular behavior system that at least makes automatons a possibility.

⦁ Character Refs: Fully customizable character armatures. M:PN has a bunch of unique characters that don’t fit the default type, such as G05 Robots, Dissonant Ghosts, Wildlanders, etc. There are lots of little moving parts that need to be connected here, and there’s a “correct” way of building characters that I’ll need to very, very thoroughly tutorialize.

That'll be it for us for 2025! Thank you all so much for sticking with us for another year of truly being able to live our dream. With you folks' support, we're gonna keep this train (or truck) rollin' for as long as our mortal shells will allow. Have a safe and happy holiday season and we'll see you all in the new year!

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10 Apr 2025Developer post

Sheriff Plushie & Church + Jorge Pins!

Well looky here! If it ain't our old pal the Sheriff! And his two favorite knuckleheads as well! That's right, Makeship's back to rustle up some trouble, and this time we've got a proper hat-trick of goodies for ya! The head honcho of MERC himself, the Sheriff in lovable plush fo

13 Feb 2025Developer post

Limited Edition Jeb Plushie + Pin & Project Nexus Sitrep!

Makeship has blessed us once again with another merch drop of biblical proportions! This time around it's the OTHER good (allegedly) doctor (allegedly) Jebediah Christoff who's graced us with his presence, both in plushie AND enamel pin form! Jeb's crusade knows no bounds. He's r

Makeship has blessed us once again with another merch drop of biblical proportions! This time around it's the OTHER good (allegedly) doctor (allegedly) Jebediah Christoff who's graced us with his presence, both in plushie AND enamel pin form!

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Jeb's crusade knows no bounds. He's ready to bring the fight ANYWHERE with low, flat-rate WORLDWIDE SHIPPING.

Hurry though, this contract's only good through MARCH 7TH, so secure yours today!

As for the Project Nexus side of things, we're still plugging away with the Scene Tools updates (the tools for making custom stages!) We're almost ready to push out the following features for y'all to use:

Event System: Add versatility to modded stages using simple-to-use Conditions & Actions, with MCM support!

Interactives & Event Zones: Things that can be used by characters to compel the Event System to do just about anything. Computers, card readers, bombs, medical cabinets, and many more.

Togglables: Moving platforms, disappearing walls, or any kind of world geometry changes that are triggered by the Event System.

Custom Cover/Togglables/Interactives: Everything you need to create these SceneObjects from scratch instead of resorting to Proxies. Doors are on the roadmap but that feature is still in dev.

Removers: Further diversify modded stages with scripts that remove objects from the game based on things like current game difficulty or "world changes" the player has made in other scenes.

Once these are in we'll only have to tackle a couple of other things like cutscenes, then the scene tools will be complete! And after THOSE are complete, we can get working on all the random leftovers like automatons (scripted enemies/bosses) and the ENTIRE MODDING TOOLSET WILL BE COMPLETE!

As we begin to plot our final course through this modding adventure, be sure to let us know what YOU want to see that we haven't gotten around to implementing yet. None of this would be here, or even possible at all without your collective feedback, and we wanna keep building this mod scene up to be the best it can be. Thank you so much for truckin' on with us and we'll see you all again real soon with that update!

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23 Nov 2024Developer post

Limited Edition Boombox Man Vinyl Figure and enamel pin available NOW!!!

Hey there folks! Things are still chugging along with the Scene Tools over at HQ. Our current objective is getting the Event system ported to a workable format (.JSON) in order to enable custom scripted events in your stages (Think interactables, custom cameras, objectives, cutsc

02 Nov 2024Developer post

Custom Scene Tools are here!

It's here! Today we take another step in the modding journey for Project Nexus. Well, more of a giant leap because today, we've just publicly released the SCENE TOOLS! What are the scene tools? In short; the tools that are enabling the construction of custom stages. This is curre

02 Oct 2024Developer post

Gibbing Tree Sitrep and New Limited Merch Drop!

Hey there gang! The past several weeks have been crazy busy for us, so we wanted to give y'all a quick update on what we've been up to, both inside Project Nexus and out. All that, plus a sweet new merch drop! Sitrep Time! On the PN side of things, If you caught our latest update

29 Sep 2024Developer post

Happy M:PN Launch Anniversary!

It's been three years since this 8-year project finally launched, and we're still adding content. ...but It was around this time last year when Krinkels and I decided that a true Madness game doesn't deserve the name if fans can't make their own content. The spirit of Madness has

It's been three years since this 8-year project finally launched, and we're still adding content.

...but It was around this time last year when Krinkels and I decided that a true Madness game doesn't deserve the name if fans can't make their own content.

The spirit of Madness has always been its creative community, and while Krinkels builds the foundation, it's the contributions of all of you that gives it so much depth. That's why we began the long journey of putting Workshop support into M:PN, and early this year we released a ton of tools for modders to start customizing the game.

But! It's our launch anniversary today, so I'm showing off what's next.

The Scene Editor

This is the big one! Our roadmap ends with fully developed custom stages, but it starts by giving modders the opportunity to practice world building. We're only a team of two and that means breaking this gargantuan task up into manageable chunks.

That first chunk is custom Playground rooms. The focus here will be on level geometry, doors, and cover, along with character and item spawning. In the first image above, you see the beginnings of the Proxy/Marker system, which dictates the placement of all non-geometry game assets, from waypoints to start positions. That big green cube, for example, is how you tell the game where to place the Playground's control room.

While this system is being used and tested live, I'll be getting things ready for further updates, such as custom doors + cover, interactive objects and access to the event system (a trigger/action manager that makes complex levels possible), dialog cutscenes, and full missions consisting of multiple stages.

On Monday, we'll be releasing the sample room shown above to showcase how easy it is. Then, later this week, after I've had a chance to coach a few lead modders on how to use it, we'll make the Scene Editor tools available.

Thanks again to the modders, the players, and the fans, both old and new, who make game development such a rewarding experience for us. I'm really excited to see what you folks make next. You're why we haven't stopped doing this.

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Updates & announcements

CUSTOM ARENAS ARE HERE!

ːmpn_engiː Beta [2.19.a] ːmpn_engiː

FEATURED

FIXED

TWEAKED

MODDING

ːmpn_hankː Full Release [v1.10.a] ːmpn_hankː

FIXED

UP NEXT (IN THE BETA)

ːmpn_engiː Beta [2.13.l] ːmpn_engiː

FIXED

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TWEAKED

MODDING

DON'T FORGET TO SWITCH TO THE BETA BRANCH AND BACK-UP YOUR SAVES IF YOU WANT TO MOD YOUR GAME!

Sitrep Time!

Sick merch!

ːmpn_engiː Beta [2.13.a] ːmpn_engiː

FEATURED

FIXED

MODDING

The Scene Editor

ːmpn_engiː Beta [2.12.a] ːmpn_engiː

FIXED

MODDING

ːmpn_engiː Beta [2.11.l] ːmpn_engiː

FIXED

TWEAKED

MODDING