You can get Smith and Winston on itch.io NOW and you'll get a steam key when we release on Steam. We are amazingly happy to release Update #1 to everyone! It's been two weeks of hard work, over 50 bug fixes, three new levels and a metric tonne of tweaking and balancing. Thanks for all the feedback from the initial release. Smith and Winston is now EVEN better. So what is in the update?

BUNKER BOSS

You meet this guy right at the end of this update. He's a recurring enemy, he lives in a bunker that belches out fumes and he protects himself with enemy spawners and massive cannons. Do you think you've got what it takes to beat him?

SWAMP OF THE REANIMATED

So who would have though that near a damp, dinghy womble infested swamp there would a maze of lava caverns hiding a few secrets? Games designers, that's who. Everyone loves a lava section and if you don't... well you might not even find it.

CANDY

It's not all dark and dingy in the shattered ring world future of dooooom. Candy is so colourful it might make you sick... after Halloween I think we can all relate to that... even us brits who have inexplicably started to dress as ghouls for one day of the year! Why oh why is Smithy sitting in that strange hole though...

MAZE

Leave the dark and enter the light after the maze. This place must have been lovely before... well before it all went wrong.

COLLECTABLE HELMETS

THAT'S IT UNTIL THE NEXT UPDATE

We're, of course, very proud of what we're releasing to all you lucky people today. To be honest though it's so much better for all the feedback you've given us. From tweaking the controls to huge holes in the level design you've been fantastic partners in the making of Smith and Winston. The next update is scheduled for the 6th of December, more levels, more destruction and more fun. Thanks... now go forth... EXPLORE AND DESTROY

[ 2018-11-02 15:35:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

Smith and Winston is a Metroidvania style exploration twin stick shooter.

Taking on the role of Smith or Winston, two hapless mercenaries, you explore a newly discovered shattered ring world and uncover the secrets of the natives and the impending doom of the star system. Only you can save the system from the evil that awaits... or not.

Hand built

The world needs more hand crafted games. We love procedurally generated games but there is nothing like a level designed by a human for a human.

Exploration

There are many strange places to explore in Smith and Winston along with secrets and puzzles to discover and items to collect. You'll need a sharp eye to spot some of them and a bit of dexterity to reach others. But there's plenty to discover.

Challenging twin stick combat

There's no health bars and with limited lives dodging is as important as shooting. Don't worry we've given you the tools to survive. From guns and power ups, grenades and missile launchers, to being able to sculpt the terrain to your advantage. How you defeat enemies is up to you.

Free Flowing Movement

Smith and Winston come with some cool toys, a jump pack boost for going up and a dash for going fast. Great for dodging bullets but even better for reaching new areas. Combine these for bigger and further jumps. Dash, boost, dash can get you a long way but a clever use of the terrain and our in game physics can get you higher and further.

Voxels

We love 'em. In a voxel world the player can destroy nearly everything and you have the equipment to do just that. From mining lasers to dig out secrets to grenades that blast holes in everything. Use these tactically or just to make a hole and laugh as you adversary falls helplessly to their doom.

Camera

Smith and Winston is a full 3D game and to take advantage of that we added in a few things. A rotatable 360° camera lets you see what you want and 3 angles of tilt, fancy a more cinematic perspective, just drop the camera angle.

Collectibles

Collect and swap your heads there a lot to find and finding them all won’t be easy and with our Steam release we'll be adding Steam achievements and cards too.