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Bipedal Dog (“BDog”) is a remote game development studio. The kinds of games we make (and want to make!) poke at the edges of gameplay and introduce new ideas to familiar types of games. Yeah, that sounds kind of vague, but our first project Blast Rush, for instance, reconsiders the basic rules of a bullet-hell shooter.

Like so many others in our boat, BDog is a tiny studio right now, and help is brought in to a project when necessary. Nevertheless, we value the voice and expertise of diverse talents. We hope you’ll stick around to see what we have in store!

Ray Barnholt is the founding director of Bipedal Dog and its sole employee, for better or worse. His professional involvement with video games began in the mid-2000s after catching the slowly ebbing wave of web journalism, and never wasted a chance to shine a light on off-center or seldom remembered games — an interest later channeled into self-produced game history zine SCROLL.

🙋Hey... is it "bi-PEA-dal" or "bi-PED-al?"

You know, we never really thought about it.

Gameography

TitlePublisherReleasePlatformResponsibilities
Blast Rush
バクラッシュ		Self2017.11.14
2018.1.30		iOS
Android		Game Design
Programming
Production
Audiovisual
Marketing
Blast Rush Classic
バクラッシュクラシック		Self2020.5.4PCPorting
Marketing
Mash Gadget
れんだウォッチ		Self2022.4.21PlaydateGame Design
Programming
Audiovisual
Marketing
Surmountpopagenda2024.5.2Nintendo Switch
PC		Dialogue Editing
Blast Rush LS
ブラストラッシュLS		indie.io2025.6.19
2025.8.21		Nintendo Switch
PC		Game Design
Programming
Production
Audiovisual