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Mischief and Mayhem Studios
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Official home of Mischief & Mayhem Studios. Currently developing an update to Ark Defender

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An important step to recapturing the look of #ArkDefender when porting from #Unity to #Godot is the background transitions. We had to rework shader inputs to account for tiling when we upgraded the implementation.
#indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday
January 17, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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1st step on rebuilding our #Unity game, #ArkDefender (a #missilecommand #roguelike where you protect humanity’s remnants from dangers), in #Godot is getting missiles firing (& OPL rotation) & asteroids exploding.
#indiedev #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday
January 17, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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Something we discovered while porting #ArkDefender from #Unity is that, as of this porting, #Godot doesn’t have a built-in trail node for 3D, fortunately, it does have free plug-ins that work!
#roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame
January 15, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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While we aim to redo as little as needed for the port, some tasks are still time sinks. Recreating prefabs often involves lots of copying values from #Unity to #Godot.
#roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame
January 14, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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The porting process of #ArkDefender has gone smoother than expected, and a big help on that front is the wrappers we made for #Godot nodes that implement #Unity function calls to allow more code reuse.
#roguelike #indiedev #spacegame #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame
January 13, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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This week we are announcing a new project. Sort of. We've been porting our game #ArkDefender from #Unity to #Godot. And once we reach parity, we’ll be adding stuff for a Waiting for Laouylik Update!
#indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday
January 10, 2026 at 6:28 AM
mandmstudios.bsky.social
One of our initial inspirations was the game I Was an Atomic mutant. Obviously pretty different in gameplay (although early Doomed Stars builds were closer to a 2D version).
#roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame
January 8, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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Unlike our previous games, Doomed Stars was made in the Godot engine which had its own added learning curves. I do like being able to edit multiple scenes at once though!
#roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Before the #SteamWinterSale ends, we have 4 #indiegames on sale! In Ark Defender defend from aliens, evil cults, & more; in They Dug Too Deep delve into hostile mines; defend a city by mixing towers in Tower Alchemy; or end a star empire as a space monster in Doomd Stars.
January 4, 2026 at 5:12 PM
mandmstudios.bsky.social
Fun detail for They Dug Too Deep. Runes were made with a simple constructed language. A rune’s pieces loosely describe its effect (e.g. an element absorption rune has air, earth, & water bits).
#roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday
January 3, 2026 at 6:06 AM
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This weekend’s retrospective, the final boss encounter in They Dug Too Deep against an eldritch being has my favorite mechanic we came up with. But not spoiling it here.
#roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturda
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 AM
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All our games are part of the #SteamWinterSale! In Doomed Stars you are The Great One. An eldritch being awoken and now crushing the stellar empire who freed it.
January 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
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All our games are part of the #SteamWinterSale! In the turn-based Dwarven #Roguelike They Dug Too Deep, descend into infested mines to route the source of corruption!
January 1, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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Happy new year!
January 1, 2026 at 5:02 AM
mandmstudios.bsky.social
While They Dug Too Deep has lots of dwarven weapons, it is possible to do a run focusing on spells. Spells were originally just added on a whim as something to use mana for.
#roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame
December 31, 2025 at 5:11 PM
mandmstudios.bsky.social
All our games are part of the #SteamWinterSale! In our #Roguelike #MissileCommand Ark Defender, see how long you can survive aboard the titular Ark as you defend against hostile aliens, eldritch cults, zombie outbreaks & more!
December 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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All our games are part of the #SteamWinterSale! In Tower Alchemy, mix & match basic towers to create new powerful combinations from repulsion fields & holy water to hurricane summoning & tar pits!
December 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
mandmstudios.bsky.social
Revisting past projects, The Demo of Ark Defender has a unique track for the end encounter that ended up not being used in the final game.
#roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday
December 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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One of our most iconic bosses (at least internally) from our previous game, Ark Defender, is the encounter with Laouylik, an eldritch being with giant eyes & tentacles.
#roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday
December 27, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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We have all our games on #SteamSale as part of the #SteamWinterSale! In Doomed Stars you are the Empire Ender! A great being devouring the foolish stellar empire who freed you.
December 26, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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The asset pack used to kitbash ships for Ark Defender got reused for Doomed Stars & is part of the reason we decided both games exist in the same universe.
#roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegames #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame
December 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
mandmstudios.bsky.social
We have all our games on #SteamSale as part of the #SteamWinterSale! In this turn-based Dwarven #Roguelike, can you deal with the swarms the dwarves unleashed since They Dug Too Deep?
December 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
mandmstudios.bsky.social
All our games are part of the #SteamWinterSale! In our #MissileCommand #Roguelike, Ark Defender, see how long you can survive aboard the Ark, humanity's last hope, as you defend against danger without & within! Eldritch Cults, hostile aliens, cranky reporters & more!
December 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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A secret tower in Tower Alchemy is the holy cow tower. It summons meteoric cows that explode in holy power.
#roguelike #indiedev #gamedesign #indiegame #IndieGameDev #2dgame #screenshotsaturday
December 20, 2025 at 5:49 AM