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Adam Langridge
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Co-founder, Upstream Arcade

Design, Gameplay, Code, Rendering

Hellboy: Web of Wyrd | West of Dead | Deadbeat Heroes | The Marvellous Miss Take | Fable II | Black & White 2

He/Him

www.upstreamarcade.com
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Adam Langridge @ajlangridge.bsky.social · Oct 17
Yo! Time for an introduction. I'm Adam and I'm a coder/designer who's been having fun making games for over 20 years!

I'm a co-founder of Upstream Arcade (Hellboy:Web of Wyrd and West of Dead) and before that, Lionhead.

I'm a family man, enjoy action games, comic books, board games and bad jokes.
ajlangridge.bsky.social
And here it is whizzing around!
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 8d
Skyskater - our 90's inspired chillout hoverboard toy is OUT NOW!

Here it is in motion!

Check it out on @itch.io

upstreamarcade.itch.io/sky-skater

#indiegame #indiedev #itch
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
Eep - we've only gone and released one of our little toys. We hope you enjoy it!

#gamedev #indiegame
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
We've been fixing the last (hopefully) few bugs ready for launch. It's a tiny little toy, but we've put a lot of love into it. Hope you enjoy it.
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 14d
In Sky Skater, the optional score attack mode starts to ask more of you once you get further in...

Sky Skater upstreamarcade.itch.io/sky-skater - out 3rd Dec

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
November 30, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Reposted by Adam Langridge
upstreamarcade.com
We've been cheeky in Sky Skater, there is a rotation of obstacles and ramps that are based on what day you play. Here is one of our favourites.

Sky Skater upstreamarcade.itch.io/sky-skater - out 3rd Dec

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
November 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reposted by Adam Langridge
upstreamarcade.com
The score attack mode starts out simple enough...

Sky Skater upstreamarcade.itch.io/sky-skater - out 3rd Dec

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 AM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
Great news - a wholly unique and completely 'Carter' experience!
November 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Reposted by Adam Langridge
upstreamarcade.com
Once you feel you've mastered your hoverboard, you can opt into a simple time based score attack. Each pickup earns you more precious seconds, how long can you last?

Sky Skater upstreamarcade.itch.io/sky-skater - out 3rd Dec

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Reposted by Adam Langridge
upstreamarcade.com
In Sky Skater, you get to hover board overlooking a futuristic city. We designed this game to be chilled out, but still provide ways to feel cool and perfect your line.

upstreamarcade.itch.io/sky-skater - out 3rd Dec

#gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
Eek! The pressure is on - better make sure it's ready in time.
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · 18d
Launch date update! Wed December 3rd 2025!

Sky Skater is a minimal, chillout hover skate toy with a score attack mode to stretch your skills. Think Back to the future 2 meets Chopper from 2000A.D (yes, we're old).

Add it to your collection and be ready to soar! upstreamarcade.itch.io/sky-skater
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
I first bumped into Tomas when we were showing West of Dead for the first time, and this developer is a force of nature - congratulations on such a fantastic looking update!
falconeerdev.bsky.social Tomas Sala @falconeerdev.bsky.social · Nov 5
The Falconeer Revolution Remaster is now available on Steam, for Free for all existing owners. Watch for massive promotions this weekend and a Daily deal monday!.

Check out the massive changes here
store.steampowered.com/news/app/113...

#indiedev #solodev #thefalconeer
November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reposted by Adam Langridge
upstreamarcade.com
Here be some colour and remaining pieces of our core building blocks. Pop-popping blocks into exsistence is very satisfying, especially as they wobble and settle.

#gamedev #procgen #gameart #indiedev
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Reposted by Adam Langridge
upstreamarcade.com
Tagging in on where Adam left off Paddy has started adding art to our real time mesh generator. Some snaggs here and there but a core set of pieces allow for some good feels

Build, build...DESTROY, DESTROY....!

#gamedev #procgen #gameart
October 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
We've had loads of fun making these toys, hope you like them too. More info to come!

#gamedev #indiedev #videogames
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Oct 2
We're excited to share an upcoming collection of *tiny* projects - Upstream Arcade GEMS. Each 'Gem' will feature a completely different idea that we've always wanted to try. It's fun to figure new things out, and even more fun to share them with you. Stay tuned!

#indiedev #gamedev #indiegames
October 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
There's something vaguely satisfying about getting the code to figure out the unique combinations for our mesh system.

#gamedev #coding
A collection of 2 by 2 by 2 wireframes filled with different combinations of 1 by 1 by 1 white, filled cubes - all in different combinations. On top of each cube is a number which specifies the specific pattern of cubes contained.
October 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Sep 25
What's this little fella?? #gamedev #indiedev #prototype
September 25, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Reposted by Adam Langridge
katbrownwrites.com
“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”

What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC
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September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
This was a fun morning with shaders and animating to get up and running! #gamedev #indiegames
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Sep 24
First things first - that little 'blobby' feeling when adding and removing pieces. #gamedev #procgen #gamecode #indiedev
September 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
It's pretty fun putting this together! #gamecode #gamedev #indiedev
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Sep 24
While Paddy is putting some visual love into Sky-Skater, Ad is starting on our second microgame. Let's get some simple real time mesh generation working... #gamedev #procgen #indiedev
September 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
I'm really enjoying seeing all the Character that Paddy has brought to this little scene! #gamedev #indiedev
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Sep 23
Paddy has been living his best life, and fulfilling his dream of making low-poly flying cars for our Sky-Skater minigame. #cyberpunk #gamedev #gameart
September 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
It's always fun getting those visual touches in that provide better feedback and feel. #gamedev #indiedev #gamecode
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Sep 19
Some good progress in the last day - transparent floor, visual effects and extra props are bringing it together! #gamedev #retrogame #indiegame
September 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
I've been having quite a lot of fun noodling around with this toy! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Sep 17
Our hoverboard-ey toy is coming on nicely! We've an updated player character, colour palette and some (massively faked) animation. #gamedev #indiedev
September 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
It's always a highlight getting handed some art to put into a prototype and then it suddenly becoming a game. #gamedev #indiedev #gameplay
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Sep 15
It's amazing what a difference some first pass art can make to a prototype. #gamedev #indiedev #gameart
September 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
I've had a fun time creating our little skate prototype - perfectly timed presses and releases of the 'boost' button lets you accelerate when taking off and landing - just don't smash into stuff!
#gamedev
#indiedev
September 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
I'm really looking forward to putting some of our little projects on here.
#indiegames
#itch
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Sep 11
More exciting news!

We are sharing a link to our new itch.io page where we will be posting some fun things to play in the future
Upstream Arcade
We make action games brimming with innovation, style and soul.
upstreamarcade.itch.io
September 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
ajlangridge.bsky.social
Huge if true!
upstreamarcade.com Upstream Arcade @upstreamarcade.com · Sep 10
Hello!

In a major announcement that we expect to be the lead story on tonight's news and children to talk about in the school yard... our Upstream Arcade store page has gone live on Steam!

Please head there to check out our games!

store.steampowered.com/curator/4577...
Steam Curator: Upstream Arcade
store.steampowered.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM