GDC 2014: Madgarden Shows Off Intriguing Prototypes for Roguebot and Mars Brutalis

Posted by Carter Dotson on March 25th, 2014

Madgarden, the solo developer label of Paul Pridham, is hard at work on Death Road to Canada, his second collaboration with Rocketcat Games after Punch Quest. According to him, the game's not really ready to show off quite yet - much of the work being done is under-the-hood stuff that will form much of what will be the actual game. But Madgarden doesn't just stick to one thing: between quickie projects like Chillaxian and Flapthulhu, he also has a variety of prototypes he works with occasionally.


He showed off a couple of them at GDC: Roguebot, a dual-stick shooter with hacking elements and a chill-out pace. As well, there's Mars Brutalis, an arena-combat game where players must swing around their fists and sacrifice their weapons to advance. The final existence of the games isn't a known quantity at this point - he jumps around a variety of projects - but there's something quite compelling about just what could be.