We’re two brothers from France, Antoine and Luc, passionate about games and game development.
We’ve been making games together as a hobby for about five years now.
Antoine handles development and art (as a hobbyist artist).
Luc has a background in competitive gaming as a former semi-pro League of Legends player and holds a degree in game development.
The idea came right after we finished Ship of Fools, we had a blast and wanted to dive into something similar but with our own twist.
We’ve always loved co-op and action games, so we decided to create a multiplayer action rogue-lite that we would actually want to play ourselves.
Our game is an online co-op action rogue-lite (1–2 players for now) set in a haunted swamp. You fight through increasingly challenging enemies, summon powerful Guardians to assist you in battle, and unlock new skills and upgrades after each run to grow stronger.
It mixes fast-paced combat, rogue-lite progression, and light tower defense mechanics. Think Hades, with multiplayer and a tower defense twist, with 2d graphics.
The journey has been full of learning. Initially, we spent a year on an early version of the game that didn’t quite work, but it taught us a lot, including how to handle Steam, make a proper page, and navigate publishing.
We took a break afterwards to recharge, and when we came back, we decided to approach the project seriously, with the goal of making a living from it.
We did some market research, but more importantly, we focused on building the kind of game we would love to play.
As of August 2025, we’re 16 months into development. We’re aiming for Early Access in November 2025, with a full release planned for Q2 2026.
We’re self-funded, using our personal savings to sustain the project so far.
We’re building the game in Unity. It’s the engine we’ve always used and it fits our needs well, especially for 2D games.
Our biggest challenge has been learning to work in shorter development cycles.
We naturally tend toward long-term projects (6–12 months at minimum), but we’ve realized that smaller, polished projects are often more beneficial for learning and progress.
We once forced ourselves to do a 1-month project, and it was one of the most valuable experiences we’ve had.
Focus on polishing one small part of your game until it truly shines.
Add sound, visual feedback, satisfying effects, really push it until it feels great to play.
This exercise teaches you more than just building features. It helps you understand what makes a game feel satisfying and memorable. Every time you do it, you level up your skills.
On top of that, it gives you high-impact content to share on social media, helping your accounts grow and letting you gauge what resonates with your audience.
Don’t overthink. Start with something you’re excited about. Your first game won’t be perfect, and that’s okay.
You’ll discover countless things along the way that are essential to shipping a game: localization, playtesting, marketing, managing a Steam page, social media, networking. Things no tutorial can fully prepare you for.
Only experience will teach you how to handle the “boring” but necessary parts.
Also, if you want to check out the demo of our game, it’s right here! →
Antoine and Luc
