Hugbug
Boulder, Colorado
Small games. Big grins.
Now building tools for indies.
Hugbug is a tiny independent studio. Since 2022 we've shipped a couple dozen browser games on itch.io, from 8‑bit throwbacks to VHS horror to 3D mech sims. Next up: the tools we wish we'd had while making them.
A few things we've made
All playable in your browser. Free.
Animechs!
Ride the tough but adorable Novabear in this 80s-comic-book 3D mech pilot sim.
Audition Tapes
A chilling VHS analog horror game in your browser.
Needle & Frost
A Zelda-style adventure stitched in 64×64 cross-stitch pixels.
BattleMage
Action adventure platformer within the pages of a comic book.
Spore Storm
An 8-bit NES-style game in the Ascendant universe.
Cat Burglar!
An audio clue puzzle game. Solve mysteries by listening to cats.
Tools for indie game developers
Years of shipping small games taught us where the friction is. We're turning what we built for ourselves into things you can use.
Game engines
Lightweight, browser-first engines for small games that ship fast.
itch.io page templates
Landing page themes that make your itch page look as good as your game.
Game bundling
Package a web game into desktop builds without the boilerplate.
Voxel tools
Slice, convert, and sprite-ify voxel models for 2D and 3D games.