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Diabolical Casino

Playable

Plays well on: Phone · Tablet · PC

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

Best on: Tablet · PC

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

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Mech Stranded

Playable

Best on: Tablet · PC

Explore. Mine. Escape. It's early, but this is my favourite—and the midcore build I intend to finish.

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Claude's Revenge!

Playable

Plays well on: Phone · Tablet · PC

Brick-smashing fun. The paddle-and-ball formula, sharpened until it stops feeling like a relic and starts feeling fresh.

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Dragon Breakout!

Playable

Best on: Tablet · PC

Smash bricks to save mama. Yes, it's a Breakout-style game. No, you won't put it down as quickly as you expect.

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Beet 'em Up

In development

Co-op farm brawler. Grow beets by day, then beat back the bank's goons by night. The loan is due on 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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Build the launch system for a new kind of indie studio.

We have playable games. Now Naga Rubi needs experienced people who know how to launch them—and who want to help shape how a young studio operates from the beginning.

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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're still tearing the house apart looking for it. My parents later 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 gaming scenes later, I use an AI-accelerated pipeline to make games—50 of them in 50 weeks. The four-year-old who beat Zelda never stopped reading games.

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