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Diabolical Casino

Playable

If you lose, the devil gets your soul. Slots, blackjack, a haunted diner, and guests you probably shouldn't trust.

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Technical Analysis Trainer

Playable

Learn real technical analysis by trading real historical charts. Every payout calibrated, every source revealed.

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Mech Stranded

Playable

Explore. Mine. Escape. Early days, but this one's my favourite, and the midcore build I actually intend to finish.

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Claude's Revenge!

Playable

Brick smashing fun. The paddle-and-ball formula, sharpened until it stops being a relic and starts being moreish.

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Dragon Breakout!

Playable

Smash bricks to save mama. Yes, it's a breakout game. No, you won't put it down as fast as you expect.

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Beet 'em Up

In development

Co-op farm brawler. Grow beets by day, beat back the bank's goons by night. The loan is due Day 10.

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Stellar Explorer

In development

Gunship gallery combat across a dying frontier. Built in Godot 4.

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About Bud

Bud Leiser

I beat The Legend of Zelda at four. There is a photo of it somewhere, and we are still tearing the house apart looking for it. Then my parents ran a pawn shop, and hundreds of games came through the door, so I grew up taking every genre apart to see what made it tick. Four decades and four competitive game scenes later, I make games with an AI-accelerated pipeline, 50 of them in 50 weeks. The four-year-old who beat Zelda never stopped reading games.

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