- New Game Announce! Little Laps - 6 June 2025
Hi everyone!I'm so happy to announce a new small game from our studio, Little Laps, a one-button racing game inspired by slot cars!Race through minimalist tracks designed for precision and flow. Master the one-button controls, beat your best times, and experience racing distilled to its purest form.The game page also released with a demo, so check that out if you want to see what the core experience is like! The demo has:🏁 3 tracks✅ 18 achievements🏎️ 5 unlockable cars📊 Online leaderboards👻 Ghost replays to race againstThat's it for this update, and make sure to wishlist the game if you want to be notified of any other updates, or when the game releases (which will have a launch discount)!- Conrad, Lead Developer
- LAST 5 HOURS FOR KICKSTARTER! - 4 June 2025
Hi everyone! IT'S THE FINAL DAY FOR SYNTH BEASTS' KICKSTARTER!!! We've been having an absolutely amazing week, and yesterday was no different - we're now 360% funded!!! In the last Kickstarter post I announced how we added one final stretch goal to the game, and how that was the Battle Tower, a tough as nails post-game location inspired by Pokemon's Battle Frontier. We're so so close to reaching it, we need to get to 400% and we're currently at 360%. If we just do slightly better than yesterday, we'll get it! So, if you want to help us reach this final (and extremely cool) stretch goal, anything would be ultra appreciated, whether that's through backing, increasing your pledge, or sharing the project around with friends! I also wanted to announce that 2 days ago I uploaded a new YouTube devlog that covers Synth Beasts' recurring rival boss! It covers not only what it plays like, but als…
- New Devlog + Kickstarter LAST 48h! - 2 June 2025
Hi everyone! Synth Beasts' Kickstarter campaign has been running for almost a month now, and we're almost in the final 48h! I wanted to make this video to remind you all about it in case you wanted to back for some of the exclusive rewards, which include: Design a Boss ➜ Create its look, mechanics, and backstory. Build an Island ➜ Craft a whole explorable area with lore, puzzles, and combat. Create a Synth Beast ➜ Bring your own playable monster to life. Make a Gizmo ➜ Invent an equippable item that alters creature abilities, inspired by Hollow Knight’s Charm system. Build a Statue ➜ Immortalise yourself on the Hero’s Isle with custom visuals and an inscription. Form an NPC ➜ Bring yourself to life as one of the game's scientists! You get to decide what the NPC says! Message in a Bottle ➜ Leave riddles, secrets, or heartfelt notes for players to discover. Other than that, I just publish…
- Demo Update, Kickstarter, and Creature Collector Fest! - 12 May 2025
Hi everyone! I'm so happy to announce that Synth Beasts part of Steam's Creature Collector Fest! We have a free 1h-long demo featured on the store page, and we just pushed update 0.5.0 so it's better than ever! If this is your first time coming across Synth Beasts, I'd also like to let you know that its Kickstarter campaign is running right now! We're 149% funded, but would still love your help to reach the stretch goals! Keys are available for Steam, Switch 1, Switch 2, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S, so all major platforms are covered! Anyways, that's it for this update! I hope you enjoy the demo, and please consider backing Synth Beasts on Kickstarter if you enjoyed it! - Conrad, Lead Developer
- Demo OUT NOW + Crowdfunding RELEASE! - 7 May 2025
Hi everyone! 4 months ago I announced that Synth Beasts would be coming to Kickstarter, and... I'm excited to announce that it has JUST LAUNCHED! Check out the campaign here. It's a Monster Taming Action RPG, so think Pokemon with real-time combat and a Metroidvania-inspired open world. It's also got a free demo here on Steam, so go check it out on the store page! There are 2 main reasons I decided to bring Synth Beasts to Kickstarter: Firstly, while the game's core development is almost done, I want to bring it to as many platforms as possible. With Soul Stalker, we initially planned to only bring it to Steam and Switch, but because of our awesome porting partners at Origami Panda Studio, we were also able to bring it to Xbox and PlayStation! Now that we have experience doing all of this, I wanted to continue doing so with Synth Beasts, and the Kickstarter make this possible! Secondly,…
- Synth Beasts Campaign Date ANNOUNCE! - 16 April 2025
Hi everyone! A few months ago I announced that I'd be running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the final stretch of Synth Beasts development. I'm now super excited to announce that the campaign will launch on the 7th of May! If you want to follow the Kickstarter campaign to get notified when it comes out, make sure to click here! The campaign will have rewards such as allowing backers to make their own monsters, build their own small islands, and design their own boss! Some tiers also give access to a pre-launch beta that allows backers to influence the final balance of the game, and game keys will be available for Steam and console! Lastly, the Kickstarter will come with a free ~1h long demo on Steam, and you can watch a video going over its development in full below! Anyways, that's it for this update, and I hope you all enjoyed the video and news! If you want to support Synth Beasts, a…
- Closed Beta Announcement! - 12 March 2025
Hi everyone! I'm excited to announce that Synth Beasts will have a closed beta next week! If you want to join in and plya the game before anyone else, make sure to fill out this form as soon as possible: https://forms.gle/mAaighzG7q2EebLE8. That's all from me, and I hope those of you who decide to join in enjoy the game! - Conrad, Lead Developers
- Synth Beasts is Evolving! - 17 January 2025
Hi everyone! It's been a while since we've updated you all on the state of Synth Beasts, but I'm happy to announce that the game has seen many incredible improvements over the past few months, and have several announcements to make relating to them! I've made a video that you can find below going over them all, so make sure to watch it if you want to stay up to date, but the most important takeaway from it if you want to keep up with the development side of things as closely as possible is that we're going to be running a Kickstarter campaign for the game! This is for two main reasons: Firstly, we want to help fund a part of the console ports so that we can make sure to simultaneously launch on all platforms. Our second reason is that I personally love involving a game's community as much as possible, and allowing players to leave their mark. With Synth Beasts, we plan on having tons of…
- How I Design Levels for Synth Beasts (+ Winter Sale News)! - 21 December 2023
Hi everyone! I just posted a new video on YouTube that goes over the level design process I use in Synth Beasts, so check that out if it interests you! Also! Today marks the start of the Steam Winter Sale, and both of my previous games are discounted as part of a bundle! They share some cool similarities with Synth Beasts, and one of them (Wanted Shadows) is set in the same universe so check those out below if it interests you! https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/36217/Rad_Roguelikes/ That's it for this update, and I hope you all enjoy the video! - Conrad, Lead Developer
- New Halloween Game From Our Studio OUT NOW! - 31 October 2023
Hi everyone! A while ago we announced another game, Wanted Shadows, which is a more action-heavy take on the same genre that Soul Stalker is in. Well, the game is OUT NOW! If you own our other game Soul Stalker, you'll get a 10% discount, and there's a limited time launch discount as well so make sure to get it now! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2491670/Wanted_Shadows/ Here are some key stats of the game so that you know what to expect: Costs $1.49 USD (seriously!). ~10 hours of gameplay. 140 in-run upgrades. 5 characters. 6 weapons. 17 equippable powers. 36 achievements. 3 levels. 3 ascensions per level. Our aim with this new game was to make it the most action-based and engaging Bullet Heaven, as well as providing a crazy amount of bang for your buck (hence the low price)! We don't work with a publisher that takes a large percentage cut, so this is the reason we can pass on the s…
- New Game Announcement! - 28 September 2023
Hi everyone! We recently announced Wanted Shadows, a roguelike based on action gameplay. If you've played the Synth Beasts demo, you might even spot some similarities between the two games! We announced the game with a free demo that you can play right now, so try it out if the game seems interesting to you! Wishlist it as well, since it helps us out a ton! The game's coming out in about a month, on Halloween Eve (31st of October) so it's coming out soon too! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2491670/Wanted_Shadows Anyways, that's it for this update, see you next time! - Conrad, Lead Developer
- Our Other Game Is OUT NOW!!! (Launch Discount) - 4 August 2023
Hi everyone! While we're working on Synth Beasts, we also have another game under development, Soul Stalker... And I'm so excited to announce that Soul Stalker is OUT NOW!!! We've added a 10% launch discount for the first week so make sure to get it while it lasts! Also, make sure to review the game, it helps so much! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1714240/Soul_Stalker/ You'll also see that the Steam page has bundles with Spellbook Demonslayers and Star Survivor so you can get Soul Stalker together with one of those on a discount! What's even cooler is that if you already own one of them you get the discount on Soul Stalker anyways! While this is a big milestone for the game, it's only the beginning. We're going to be making radical additions to Soul Stalker throughout Early Access, and take the community's suggestions wherever we can! We want to wait until we get initial feedback i…
- Demo Livestream (FREE DEMO OUT NOW)! - 19 June 2023
Hi everyone! We just launched Synth Beasts' free demo and are running this livestream to coincide with the release and Steam's Next Fest! Make sure to give it a try and wishlist the game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2421080/Synth_Beasts/
- Demo Livestream (Let's Play With Devs)! - 19 June 2023
Hi everyone! We just launched Synth Beasts' free demo and are running this livestream to coincide with the release and Steam's Next Fest! Make sure to give it a try and wishlist the game! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2421080/Synth_Beasts/
