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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 pa…

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. Th…

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 mod…

Gunlocked 2 is currently 20% off all week long to celebrate its Gunlocked 1 infused update.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 …

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)! You can also get an extra little discount if you grab the Gunlocked Complete bundle, alon…

Gunlocked 2 launches in Early Access on Steam in August 2025. Wishlist on Steam today! 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 bos…

Gunlocked 2 launches in Early Access on Steam in August 2025. Wishlist on Steam today! 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 …

Gunlocked 2 launches in Early Access on Steam in August 2025. Wishlist on Steam today! 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…

Gunlocked 2 launches in Early Access on Steam in August 2025. Wishlist on Steam today! 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…

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…

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3492830/Gunlocked_2/ 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 …

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3492830/Gunlocked_2/ 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 (an…

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 pas…

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 uniqu…

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 mechani…

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…

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 optio…

I'm excited to announce that Boons & Burdens, my spiritual successor to Gunlocked, Has released into Early Access! Buy It Here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2646120/Boons__Burdens/ Already own Gunlocked or been wanting to get it? You can grab the "Bullet…