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After a period of silence, it’s time to provide the explanation you deserve. Bulbware has faced significant challenges over the past few years, including personal health and family issues that led to delays in our development and financial setbacks. As a result, we’ve made the decision to pursue separate paths. Simon is currently working on his project, Bad Cheese, while Bulbware transitions into a sole proprietorship.

Unfortunately, our games have been removed from Google and Apple platforms due to a lack of updates for the latest operating systems. To compound matters, Google has blocked our developer account, and our attempts to resolve this through client support have been unproductive. Consequently, we have lost faith in mobile gaming and are shifting our focus towards developing truly independent games for PC, Mac, and consoles.

We sincerely appreciate all the love and kind messages we’ve received. Many of you may not have received a response, and for that, We apologize. It has been challenging to confront these setbacks, as we really wanted to share some good news with you.

Over the past five months, I have been revitalizing the company and diligently working to complete all delayed projects. We are eager to bring joy back to our community in 2025 with an exciting lineup of games:

1. Bulb Boy – Jar Of Despair (PC first) – Development is nearly complete. Prepare for an adventure filled with jammy monsters as we delve into a sticky and unsettling world.

2. Poopdie (PC, Nintendo Switch) – This full edition will include all three episodes. We are currently working on porting it to PC.

3. Kosmosis (Playdate, PC) – A dark space explorer, shooter and adventurer featuring two xenobiologists, paralleling Bulbware’s journey. This project originated from a short internal demo for Playdate console.

All the best,
Artur

We are delighted to say we are deep into production of our next game – Bulb Boy: Jar of Despair. Many people asked for it and we knew it for long time we want to get back to this world at some point. The day finally arrived. In the second installment of Bulbie universe our light-boy is going to face possessed jam in many forms. Or aim is to release game in 2022, arriving on Steam first. You can wishlist it here. At some point we plan to launch the Kickstarter to help us in development and spreading the word.

If you played our previous games, you probably know what to expect… Some very weird stuff happening and strange monstrosities appear. Let’s have a look at jellysnail which is going to be a part of a puzzle at some point of a game:

Summing up 2021
It was a really interesting year for us. Not only because of disease spreading, but beacuse we finally managed to create our own private studio from the ground up – a place where pictures are hanging everywhere on the walls, 80s figures are scaring and everything is yellow. Please have a look at these pictures below to understand where we are getting with this:

Another interesting fact is we got official Bulbware wagon. This Pontiac is not only yellow, but covered with Simon’s drawing made out of carbon. With such a car we can be even earlier at our studio and spend more time creating terrifying jelly world.

We wish you very best in this strange times as we’re getting back to Bulb Boy, hoping to create something scary, funny and inspiring,

Long time no see, but we have many news to share.
First of all Poopdie on Nintendo Switch is a reality, currently available for preorder with 20% discount, will be released on June 25th. We have reworked it, to be a premium game, so no in-app purchases except for future Chapters. So far testers report it plays great with analogue sticks, so  we are curious what you will tell. Feel free to reach us out and tell what you thoughts are.

Also, we teamed up with great guys from Sweden – The Working Parts to bring their underwater indie classic, They Breathe to Nintendo Switch. It has not only been completely remastered, but features a new co-op mode as well. Personally we love this game and hopefully you going to share this feeling.

We want to confirm that Poodpie Chapter 2: Blind Man from the Swamp is still under development. We won’t be able to hold up with original Q2 release date, but hopefully delay won’t be too long. We are working on things like Buttgoblins, Mashpoops, Poopgrades on a daily basis in hope of sharing this wonderful part of the Kingdom fo Grounds asap.

Stay safe in these weird times,
Szymon & Artur, Bulbware