XBLIGs
Bit Kid (formerly Discord Games) started out in the late 2000s making games for Microsoft’s Xbox Live Indie Games service on the Xbox 360. Unfortunately, XBLIG is no longer operational, but some quick PC ports were done to celebrate our ten-year anniversary that you can download below for free.
TAKE ARMS (2011)
Take Arms was our vision of how 2D gameplay could be modernized for the 21st century. Inspired by childhood classics like Contra and modern shooters like the Battlefield series, it was designed as an online multiplayer shooter for fans of classic 2D games. Unfortunately, this PC port suffers in one major way: online multiplayer isn’t supported since the matchmaking system used by Xbox wasn’t licensed for use on PC. Also check out the commemorative Art Book with more info and behind the scenes look at the development of the game, as well as the time-lapse video showing how the game evolved over the period of two years.
48 CHAMBERS (2012)
48 Chambers began its life before Take Arms with the much less subtle name of 36 Chambers. The game was originally developed over the span of a few months in 2009 as an entry for the DREAM.BUILD.PLAY contest held yearly back then by Microsoft. After submitting it to the contest, I skipped releasing it and went straight to work on Take Arms. It was only after finishing Take Arms and looking back through my old work that I decided to add some more levels, new graphics and music and get it out on XBLIG. This port features the much needed addition of Leaderboards, but is otherwise identical to the original release.
