Hello! I’m happy to share I’ve released a new Pico-8 game called Some People Call Him the Space Cowboy. You can check it out and play for free at Bandageman Studios, or on the Lexalaffle BBS.

I started working on this game last summer. It began with a pixel sketching session, wherein I noodled a little cowboy character. A few minutes later he had a body, and a few minutes after that I decided he should be the Space Cowboy (with a reverent nod in homage to Steve Miller). The rest evolved from there.

My first draft was pretty buggy. I kept the sprites but otherwise started fresh after watching the fantastic Lazy Devs Shmup Tutorial. What I’m sharing now is so, so much better than what I had just a few months ago! It’s still not perfect, and there are things I still want to add at some point.

But perfect is the enemy of good, as they say, and I felt a strong need to just get this out in the world and let perfect simmer in the back of my brain while I work on other things.

Anyway, it’s a free-as-in-no-really-it’s-free thing that’s out in the world and I hope it gives you a few minutes of amusement. Bonus points if it inspires you to put something fun out there, yourself. Go forth and speak of the pompatus of love.

Some People Call Him the Space Cowboy is available at Bandageman Studios, or on the Lexalaffle BBS. And have I mentioned it is free.