- 'Art and science and procreation, that's about all life is good for:' Two former freeware developers are still trying to keep it weird in an era when companies 'sell games to people in 5-second clips' - 20 February 2026
Talha & Jack Co—the indie dev duo Jack King-Spooner and Talha Kaya—are on to something special. The pair is currently working on Abide , their third game in as many years , yet nothing they make has any of that insubstantial, game jam feel you might expect from a quick turnaround... Read more.
- ABIDE Kickstarter Needs Your Support! - 13 February 2026
We are right at the mid-point of our Kickstarter. We need your help to get it to the finish line and work on yet another passion project!https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/637042083/abide/There is great Kickstarter updates and videos you can check out while you're there.Please back, share with your friends, tell your friends to share with their friends, let's get this done!Thank you always for your support.
- ABIDE Kickstarter Live Now! - 29 January 2026
Our new stop-motion first person narrative horror game ABIDE is looking for your support RIGHT NOW. Please back and share with your friends! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/637042083/abide
- Performance improvements - 29 August 2025
We have just released a patch that includes some performance improvements. Should enable some of you to have a smoother experience. Thanks for playing! - Talha
- Our next game Mashina is out now, plus soundtrack on Bandcamp - 8 August 2025
Mashina is out now and the awesome soundtrack is available on Bandcamp! Links: Game: Soundtrack: https://juderosoundtrack.bandcamp.com/album/mashina-soundtrack (hopefully soon on Steam too)
- Update: New Combat Items in Shop - 1 May 2025
I've been working on lots of fixes and improvements for Judero. New items in shop: Customize your combat with new items that enable critical damage, elemental damage, more knock back on hits, absorb hits, and more! This should address players who had the issue of having too much gold coins and not having anywhere to spend them through the end of the game. Performance optimizations: we received reports about the game crashing on Area 3, and we worked on optimizing this. With this new version I have played the game on Steam Deck from start to finish without a single crash now. Enable gamepad rumble/vibrations during combat for more feedback. Smaller fixes and improvements: taking some repetitive bits off from Area 4, fixing a capture spawn bug specific to Area 4, switch in-game videos to more widely recognized video formats. As always with these updates it's possible for things to slip th…
- Mashina on Kickstarter - 22 January 2025
Our new game Mashina is live on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/637042083/mashina It’s a digging and mining game with cute stop-motion robots. We would love your support spreading it and supporting the campaign.
- This unique medieval hack and slash game is secretly 2024's best RPG - 31 December 2024
There's no shortage of fantasy RPGs, but ones that were made using stop-motion animation, set amid Scottish mythology? That's a pretty specific cross-section not many have explored. Judero does just that with aplomb, setting you off to hack'n'slash your way through ancient Scotland, facing all manner of oddities. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Take on Scottish folklore in haunting Steam indie game, playable now
- Announcing Our Next Game: Mashina - 16 December 2024
We're making Mashina! Please follow our Kickstarter campaign that's launching soon!! Here's a short teaser:
- v1.007 - 15 October 2024
King of Beasts now has a stagger meter, and is now very slightly easier to stun. Option to turn off screenshakes for accessibility
- v1.006 - 26 September 2024
- Video format changed for better compatibility - Water sprays have instructions now to avoid confusion - Fixed issue regarding sounds getting clipped halfway through - Fixes for Area 2 collision problems
- v1.005 - 21 September 2024
- Bestiary book fix that didn't show one of the pages you collected - End-game: if you load your last save the game starts you from near the fast travel
- Judero review - 19 September 2024
Strangeness and eccentricity can often feel like an affectation, so I cherish it when a game is genuinely one-of-a-kind. Judero could have only been made by Talha Kaya and Jack King-Spooner, two independent developers who crafted a vision of the Scottish Borders entirely out of action figures and modeling clay, a game with the kind of rough edges and pleasant surprises that could only come from a genuine artistic vision... Read more.
- v1.004 - 19 September 2024
- Some optimizations for loading and performance (hopefully will fix some of the crashes people are experiencing) - Steam Deck improvements for picking the right texture quality and video codec - Remove some annoying fish near the Isle of Death - Some out of bounds fixes for area 2
- v1.002 - 18 September 2024
- Fix some collision problems in area2 - A fix for the coin challenge in area4 - Few text problems in credits and one of the interior scenes
- V1.001 - 17 September 2024
- Fix a save file corruption issue for some players who have played an older version of the demo before.
- There are weird games, and then there's Judero: a delectably Scottish adventure made out of action figures and Harryhausenesque claymation where you fight faeries, lizards, and Englishmen - 17 September 2024
I already dug the demo for Judero , a new action adventure game from developer duo Talah Kaya and Jack King-Spooner, but the full game is managing to surpass my expectations: Judero is weird , and it is well-worth your time... Read more.
- Take on Scottish folklore in haunting Steam indie game, playable now - 3 November 2023
Judero is one of the most immediately disarming games I've played. Take exploration and combat that's reminiscent of classic The Legend of Zelda, via modern games such as Tunic, Death's Door, and even Elden Ring. Then mix in the disconcerting horror stylings seen in the likes of Mundaun and Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, accentuated by its jerky, hand-crafted stop-motion animation. Read the rest of the story...
- I had my weekend turned on its head by this stop motion-animated pagan fever dream of a game - 2 April 2023
Judero left an immediate impression on me⁠—its stop motion animation is the first thing that hit me, beautifully recalling the work of Ray Harryhausen or Phil Tippett. As the developers themselves put it, "For us, this art style invokes something nostalgic; in part comical but perhaps a bit creepy too.".. Read more.
- Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out - 14 October 2022
You can check out the next game from Beeswing and Dujanah developer Jack King-Spooner with a swish demo launched alongside a crowdfunding campaign. Judero is its name, and a surprisingly action-heavy adventure through the Scottish Borders is its game. Expect folklore, witches, jokes, stop motion, and beasties to battle and mind control. Read more
