We are a group of friends who are making games together and this is our informal organization. The word dithyrambic describes the quality the Greek poets whose performances were in honor of Dionysus. We strive to make dithyrambic games: those that are inspired, enthusiastic, and wild.

Current Projects

Zombulacrum

A zombie game about zombies and stuff. Prepare during the day and survive at night. Build a base in a procedurally handcrafted voxel world. Fend off the ghouls until the helo can pick you up. Co-op hack your way through the zombie apocalypse with your friends.

Gameplay screenshot in first person view. Screenshot of the main menu with buttons for Solo, Host, Join, and Quit.

The game is in-development and expecting to ship by Oct 2027. Wishlist[insert link to storepage] on Steam!

Follow along with development by watching our devlogs on youtube.

helo

A 2D sidescrolling autoshooter resource managing tower defense base builder. Inspired by the Kingdom games and Thronefall. Pilot a helo and expand your military base. Earn cash from mining operations and buy new buildings and upgrades. See how long you can survive in this cold hard world. Play with a friend as your wingman in online co-op.

A screenshot of an early build of the helo game. There's a helicopter flying above some soldiers with mountains in the background. The soldiers are fighting.

Mecha Smash

A 2D couch-competetive platform fighting game where players customize their mech and head into battle to be the last mech pilot standing! Although it was originally created as a student game project for the game design club at UC Berkeley the Mecha Smash team is committed to developing the game further.

Some screenshots.

Check out Mecha Smash for free on itch.io.

If you're curious about us, read about our philosophy and humans on our about page.