GLITCH & GLOOM
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The studio

About Glitch & Gloom Studios

An independent game studio in Surulere, Lagos, making games of every kind, starting with a horror game about a legend we grew up with.

The name

Two halves of one mark

Look at our emblem: one G is solid brushed metal, the other is coming apart in streaks of static. That's the studio. Glitch is the playful side: experiments, broken rules, the lo-fi look and the surprise when something doesn't behave the way you expect. Gloom is the depth: atmosphere, mood, and stories that stay with you.

Some of our games will lean one way, some the other. Madam Koi Koi is about as gloomy as we get.

The GG emblem: a silver G and a glitching G back to back.

What we believe

Our stories deserve to be played

  • RANGE

    Any genre

    Horror is where we started, not where we stop. Each game gets the genre, tone and length its idea needs.

  • ROOTS

    Stories from home

    Nigeria and West Africa are full of stories, places and humour the wider world hasn't played yet. We tell them from the inside.

  • RESPECT

    Shared heritage

    Legends like Madam Koi Koi belong to everyone who grew up with them. We only claim our own telling: the story, characters, art and sound we create.

  • REACH

    Made to run anywhere

    Our games run on modest hardware. A good game shouldn't need an expensive graphics card.

  • PRIVACY

    Counts, not tracking

    No accounts, no ads, no cookies. We count downloads and visits anonymously, our games collect nothing, and the waitlist is opt-in.

  • CRAFT

    Small and finished

    We would rather ship one short game that works well than promise a big one.

So far

How Madam Koi Koi was made

From the first corridor to launch day. The devlog has the details.

  1. First steps into the school

    Work on Madam Koi Koi begins: a corridor, a door, and a pair of heels.

  2. She learns to listen

    Hiding places, breath holding, recorded heel footsteps, an adaptive score, and chases instead of instant deaths.

  3. The story takes shape

    The opening, the evidence, the dead students, the yard, and the settings and saves screens.

  4. A real Windows game

    Fullscreen desktop build, installer, and settings for low-end PCs.

  5. Madam Koi Koi launches

    Our first game is out, free on Windows.

Where we are

Made in Surulere, Lagos

We're a small team working out of Ajoke Street in Surulere. Lagos is loud, bright and never sleeps, and a lot of that energy ends up in what we make.

Glitch and Gloom Studios

Ajoke Street, Surulere
Lagos, Nigeria

glitchandgloomstudios@gmail.com

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Press, collaborations, or just a story you think we should tell.

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