🎨 Artist wanted! I'm commissioning concept art for B-Mob. Students & emerging artists welcome. Apply by 31 July. Full details →
Dash Again Studios is a small, independent studio. I'm prototyping two demos — a medieval messenger guild you grow one route at a time, and a Bomberman roguelite set adrift on pirate islands. Built deliberately, shipped honestly.
// A Bomberman roguelite on the high seas
Classic bomb-laying tactics with rogue-lite bite, set across a chain of pirate islands. Chain explosions through enemies, unlock skills and upgrades, dig into branching skill trees, and tune your own run with custom modes. Easy to pick up, deep enough to chase one more run.
// Medieval messenger management
Run a guild of messengers across a medieval realm from a single screen. Hire runners, plot routes, and reinvest your earnings as the guild grows from a lone courier into a network that spans the kingdom. A calm management game with incremental teeth.
Hello! I'm Lionel, the developer behind Dash Again Studios. I founded it in 2025 because I care more about how a game behaves than how loudly it launches. I build deliberately — chasing what excites me rather than what's trending, and shipping when the work is honest.
I work with local talent wherever I can, and every asset I ship is made by a human — visual and audio alike. I use AI to reach a playable prototype faster, but as a productivity tool, never an artistic crutch. My two current demos are early, but they share a spine: readable mechanics, fair difficulty, and respect for a player's time.
There's no publisher pulling the strings and no roadmap I didn't write myself. Just a solo developer building the kind of games I want to exist.
I don't chase genres of the month or whatever the industry says is next. I build what excites me, and trust that if I love it, someone else will too.
I release when the work stands on its own — no manufactured hype, no promises I can't keep.
I'd rather collaborate with real people close to home than outsource into a void. Games are made by humans, and I like to know mine.
AI helps me reach a prototype faster, but it's a productivity tool, not an artistic crutch. Every asset I ship — visual and audio — is 100% human-made, in every game.
I'm commissioning 2–3 artists at £100 each to pitch an art direction for B-Mob. Students and emerging artists welcome. Apply by 31 July 2026.
Floor 15 is a real final boss now, relics finally cost you something, six of them get new pixel art, and the draft gets a full rebuild.
The interface is cleaned up, the password is gone, and there's a Discord server open for feedback. Come play and let me know what you think.
Press, collaboration, or just curious about the work — the door's open. I read everything and reply when I can.
lionel@dashagain.co.uk