- All Our Games Are on Sale and Playtest our Next one for Free 🎉 - 23 July 2026
If you’ve been meaning to check out any of our games, they’re all on sale right now, and you can playtest our next game for free! Thanks so much for the support — it really helps us keep making weird little games.
- All Our Games Are on Sale 🎉 - 27 January 2026
If you’ve been meaning to check out any of our games, they’re all on sale right now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166920/Captain_Contraptions_Chocolate_Factory/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098220/Making_it_Home/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/749560/Cycle_28/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/627620/Intelligent_Design_An_Evolutionary_Sandbox/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/4186590/Captain_Contraptions_Safari_Park/ Thanks so much for the support — it really helps us keep making weird little games.
- All Our Games Are on Sale 🎉 - 27 January 2026
If you’ve been meaning to check out any of our games, they’re all on sale right now. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166920/Captain_Contraptions_Chocolate_Factory/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098220/Making_it_Home/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/749560/Cycle_28/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/627620/Intelligent_Design_An_Evolutionary_Sandbox/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/4186590/Captain_Contraptions_Safari_Park/ Thanks so much for the support — it really helps us keep making weird little games.
- Wishlist our new safari park management game on Steam! - 7 January 2026
Hey everyone!Just wanted to quickly let you know about our next game, Captain Contraption’s Safari Park, which we’ve just put up on Steam.It’s a safari park management game built around a fully simulated ecosystem. You run a park where animals (and some less sensible things) live together in open spaces. Expect farm animals, lions, dragons, and the occasional questionable decision.If that sounds like your kind of thing, you can check out the Steam page and trailer below. Wishlisting the game helps a lot and means you’ll get notified as we share updates and open the beta.Thanks for all the support — genuinely means a lot.
- Want to playtest our next game?! - 18 December 2025
Hello fellow indie game lovers!Dave and I have been quietly working on our next game and are looking for volunteers for playtesting.You can sign up here https://subscribepage.io/hZKgliIt's a safari park with a fully simulated ecosystem in a nostalgic tycoon sandbox with rewarding roguelite elements. Clone bizarre species, unlock new toys and design clever paths to guide guests through the attractions. Don't worry, there's only a small chance they’ll become dinner.
- Hotfix for Unity Security Vulnerability - 19 October 2025
A patch has been released to fix the vulnerability described here https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01/remediation
- Our new game Captain Contraption’s Chocolate Factory is Out Now - 20 July 2024
It’s a big day for robot chocolatiers around the world. The whole of Captain Contraption’s factory is now available to explore, as you experiment with fresh ingredients and automate ever more complex machines. With 40+ levels to unlock, as well as brand new achievements and fiendish modifiers, we can’t wait for players to show off their creative solutions to all these puzzles. PCGamesN describe it as "bizarrely cheap" Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory is our latest game. It is a contraption building game. Design and build your own machines to combine ingredients to make chocolates. Automate production using simple components to create ingenious contraptions, which are as satisfying to watch as they are to optimise. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166920/Captain_Contraptions_Chocolate_Factory/
- 85% off in the Steam SHMUP Fest - 25 September 2023
Cycle 28 is 85% off as part of the Steam SHMUP Fest! The second game we released, and if I'm honest the one I'm most proud of. It's the only game I've ever worked on that almost made a streamer cry because it took them back to their childhood. It was the first game by a Welsh studio to be released on Nintendo Switch which led to be being nominated for a BAFTA. You have just six minutes to beat your high score and the fantastic track our composer wrote for us lets you know exactly how long you have left without needing to look at the clock. Here is a video review which will give you an idea if the game is for you or not...
- Play Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory in the Steam Puzzle Fest - 27 April 2023
You can now play the demo for our next game Captain Contraption's Chocolate Factory by visiting the store page using the link below. It’s an open ended factory, automation style puzzle game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2166920/Captain_Contraptions_Chocolate_Factory/ Using a simple set of tools you’ll need to automate production of a variety of sweet treats like chocolate covered toasted almonds. The game plays sort of like a mix between a programming game like Opus Magnum, a factory game like factorio and a contraption maker game like The Incredible Machine. Check it out and let us know what you think!
- Cycle 28 is part of the Going Rogue Festival - 3 May 2022
We are super excited that our intense space dogfight simulator is on sale as part of the Going Rogue Festival. Cycle 28 is a small game we are both super proud of. If you enjoy score attack retro arcade games this one could be for you. There are a bunch of upgrades to unlock and a mystery to solve. If you aren't sure check out this review on Nintendo Life. "Cycle 28 disguises itself as a solid arcade shooter with minimalist aesthetics but slowly reveals itself to be something far beyond that. It successfully manages to engulf the player in the mystery that led to the player character's current predicament and entices you to seek the truth, find answers to questions you didn’t know existed and attempt to break the cycle and… who knows, maybe freedom and a happy conclusion? We rarely get to play video games where each ‘Game Over’ offers the possibility to solve a mystery, so we kept comin…
- Cycle 28 Developer Score Battle Stream! - 2 May 2022
Old wounds never heal. Who is the better Cycle 28 player Dave or Sean? Join us Tuesday evening to find out! We will be streaming in two places - Sean right here on the steam store page and Dave over on our Twitch channel. You'll be able to see us battle on the leaderboards in real time - and even battle along with us! Set a reminder by hitting the blue button on the sidebar and follow us on twitch.
- Making it Home Released Today - 3 September 2021
Did you hear? Did you see? Pill Bug’s next game Making it Home launches today! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098220/Making_it_Home/ Whether you enjoyed the bare-knuckle lo-fi thrills of Cycle 28, or the chilled joy of watching something of yours grow in Intelligent Design, we think Making it Home has something for you. And it starts with testing your vehicle building skills against the full range of twisty routes, tricky obstacles, and fiendish boss encounters that Sean and I have come up with. In doing so, you’ll unlock brand new achievements and challenge modes. We’re finally letting everyone loose on the game’s full branching narrative too. Will you uncover the truth behind what’s happening to this ladybug and her animal family? And what relationships will you make or break along the way? Sean and I can’t quite believe we’ve made it this far. It’s been three amazing but challen…
- Monthly Leaderboard Results! - 8 July 2021
Some very respectable scores here for June's leaderboard - it's always good to see folks breaking the 10k mark!
- Monthly Leaderboard Results! - 10 June 2021
This month Sparks flew, we saw some significant Flex(o), and we finally answered the age old question of what to do with a/some drunken sailor (boi)... But nobody could top Lord Bern.
- Monthly Leaderboard Results! - 16 May 2021
April can be the cruelest month... but not for these leaderboard pilots! And, do we spy one of the Devs sneaking some game time in here and making 4th place? Shouldn't he be working?
- Monthly Leaderboard Results! - 4 April 2021
Two months in a row Gustav takes the top spot with a respectable 6,816 ... anyone going to challenge his position next month?
- Making it Home is part of the Remote Play Together Event - 28 March 2021
In our most recent update to our next game Making it Home we added local co-op. That gave us the chance to be part of the remote play together event Valve has been running the past few days. If you haven't checked it out yet, Making it Home is a vehicle building game where your vehicle is your base. Design it, drive it, automate it and defend it as you travel from one side of America to the other. As part of the remote play together event the game is on sale, plus we ran a developer stream which you can currently watch a replay of over on the store page. Check it out below! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098220/Making_it_Home/
- Monthly Leaderboard Results! - 5 March 2021
Lots of new faces in February's leader board... super close between 1 and 2 last month! Congratulations Gustav!
- Monthly Leaderboard Results! - 3 February 2021
It's long past due for another Cycle 28 leaderboard update! It's been a tough old time lately for many of us and seeing so many people enjoying our game really helps me stay positive - so thanks! October November (cough - I got second - cough) December January A great top score by Lee Boon in January - is that going to be a sign of things to come in 2021?
- All our games are on Sale! - 28 December 2020
Good News Everyone! All our games are on sale for Winter… Making it Home - A vehicle building game currently in early access. You're a lady bug building a rube goldberg style machine to take you across America! Think Banjo Kazooie - Nuts and Bolts but in 2D. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1098220/Making_it_Home/ Intelligent Design: An Evolutionary Sandbox - janky weird life simulation game. You have to design and manage an evolving ecosystem. It was our first commercial game and has mixed reviews on steam - it's not for everyone so check them out before you buy. https://store.steampowered.com/app/627620/Intelligent_Design_An_Evolutionary_Sandbox/ Take a look at the links above and add one to your collection today! Thanks for all the support you’ve given us and other indie game developers - it means a lot to all of us.
