Bare Knuckle Development

We make video games!! Currently developing an action-RPG with metroidvania elements called The Flawless: Art's Tale, & a pre-apocalyptic cyberpunk shmup/top-down-shooter hybrid called The Last Pilot.

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Maze of Misfortune - An Educational Marine Maze Game

Maze of Misfortune – An Educational Marine Maze Game

We are developing a fun free educational marine maze game, Maze of Misfortune, for the University of Essex, & Instituto Superior Tecnico. Soon to be released on itch.io for PC and Google Play Store for Android. Although the game is a lot of fun it carries a serious message about the damage humans are causing to aquatic life and their habitats. Maze of Misfortune – Play as a salmon, sea turtle,…

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Sensing Danger - Play as a Mine Detector

Sensing Danger – Play as a Mine Detector

Can you tell the difference between a bottle top and a landmine? We developed a fun free browser-based game, Sensing Danger, for the University of Manchester, MAG, and the Sir Bobby Charlton Foundation where you play as a mine detector. Play as real-life mag heroes in Sensing Danger In Sensing Danger you play as one of four real-life MAG mine-detectors and travel to six real-world unlockable…

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TimeSplitters Retro Roots

Like many of you I’ve been trapped trapped inside due to the coronavirus lockdown for over a month now. I feel it’s time to take a long needed break from development of The Flawless: Art’s Tale and get all nostalgic about a PlayStation 2 classic… The original TimeSplitters by Free Radical and Eidos.

Check out ‘ Timesplitters…

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We're Supporting the NHS with Games for Carers

We’re Supporting the NHS with Games for Carers

We are proud to support Ukie’s Games for Carers initiative (in association with Keymailer). The initiative aims to give free video games to NHS workers throughout the UK. So far over 85,000 digital game codes have been donated by more than 85 video game developers and publishers. We have donated over 250 copies of Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turboon Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One, and Steam.…

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Space Blaster Lock-Down High-Score Challenge!

Space Blaster Lock-Down High-Score Challenge starts on 4th May 2020 and ends on 1st June 2020. We will start to populate the leaderboard below on 4th May. Scores achieved before this date can still be registered from 4th May by posting a screenshot on Twitter read on to find out the rules and how to enter. The game mode for the challenge will be decided soon by votes on social media.  

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ITTA - Best Indie Games

ITTA – Best Indie Games

I’ve been meaning to write about ITTA for quite some time. Since seeing the isometric pastel pixel art of the blue caped girl and her ghost cat in early development I’ve been captivated. Also being fond of shooters and exploration based games, ITTA is right up my street. The game exudes style and desolate mystery in a way similar to games like Shadow of the Colossus and Titan Souls. The game is…

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The Flawless: Art's Tale Coming to Xbox Series X

The Flawless: Art’s Tale Coming to Xbox Series X

Some awesome new, The Flawless: Art’s Talewill be on the next generation of consoles. That’s right we can proudly confirm that our action adventure game, set in a brutal world of cats, will be coming to Xbox Series X. The game will also launch on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Steam(Win/Lin/macOS). This is great news but means a bit more work will be required to bring the game up…

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Final Fantasy VII Retro Roots

Final Fantasy VII is probably my favourite game of all time. With the Final Fantasy VII Remake just around the corner I though it a great time to get all nostalgic about the RPG that blew me away back in 1997 on the original PlayStation. It was a game brimming with emotion, where plot twists lay around every corner and the fighting system instantly addicted you. The whole Final Fantasy series is…

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Super Mega Space Blaster Special

The first game in the Space Blaster series. Created in only 4 weeks by solo developer Ste Wilson. The game is a homage to retro space shooters merging their mechanics with modern shmup gameplay to create a bucket load of space blasting action for less than the price of a coffee.

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The Flawless: Art's Tale

The Flawless: Art's Tale - an action adventure game coming to Switch, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS4 and Steam.

Get ready for a truly epic adventure through a strange and brutal world of cats. The Flawless: Art’s Tale is hacking and shooting its way on to Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, PS4 and PC. Take control of young hero Art and his flying droid sidekick as you try to rescue your best friend and bring colour back to the feline world.

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There is No Light - Best Indie Games

There is No Light – Best Indie Games

We’ve had a busy few months launching our retro space shooter Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo on Switch, Xbox One, PS4 and PC. I’ve finally had time to have a gander at some indie games by other developers for our March award. ‘There is No Light’ looks like a really cool isometric hack ‘n’ slash dungeon crawler. Its developed by Zelart and published by HypeTrain Digital, the publisher…

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Super Fantasy Zone - Retro Roots

Super Fantasy Zone – Retro Roots

Super Fantasy Zone by Sunsoft is one of my favourite childhood games. It’s still one of the games I come back to as a retro gamer and game developer. Released in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis in the US) the game was massively original with loads of cool mechanics that made it stand out. I spent hows taking turns with my brothers sat in-front of our clunky wooden housed TV taking turns,…

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Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo Update is Live

Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo Update is Live

We’ve just released update 1.02 for the PlayStation®4 version of Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo. The update will be released on Xbox One before its Xbox launch on 12th February 2020. All the content will come to Nintendo Switch™ and Steam as well. It adds some content asked for by the community, and fixes a bug that prevented a trophy from unlocking which prevented the platinum trophy…

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Update Coming to Fix Trophy Issue in Space Blaster on PS4™

Update Coming to Fix Trophy Issue in Space Blaster on PS4™

“Huston we have a problem!“

Fear not your trophies are safe and all will be fixed with an update in the very near future. Read on to find out more…

Space Mission 11 is complete but does not register – Will be fixed soon in an update

After the months of hard work that went into making the game we have found a bug that will prevent a gold trophy unlocking on PS4™ which will prevent the…

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Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo Blasts on to Switch, PS4 & Steam

Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo Blasts on to Switch, PS4 & Steam

Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbo blasts its way on to Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Steam to a stream of very positive reviews. It seems that the game is as addictive as we feared as players are reporting that hours pass when they only intend to play for a few minutes. This means that all our hard work, sleepless nights, and coffee bills over the past few months have been worth it. We have…

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Cirrata - Best Indie games

Cirrata – Best Indie games

Well I’ve been really busy over the last few weeks adding the finishing touches to the PS4 and Nintendo Switch versions of Super Mega Space Blaster Special Turbowhich launches in a few days. Even with the game development and media chaos around me I have still managed to find the time to seek out an amazing indie game to award with our ‘Best Indie Game in Development Award’ for January 2020. This…

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