Flight Bulb Games

Bright ideas, cleared for takeoff.

An independent game studio turning light-bulb moments into games worth playing.

Gate 01 · Games

In the hangar

Which one should launch on Kickstarter first? Play them before you vote: Nines, CombinACTION!, Hantag and Clumpity are free to play in your browser. Then vote for the game you'd back, and the most-wanted one flies at the front of the line. You can move your vote any time.

Prices are estimates from comparable games; final prices are set at launch.

The Nines box: nine colored tokens numbered 1 to 9 under the title

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Nines

Nine numbers. Nine showdowns. A simple card game for 1 to 6 players, now being readied for its first small print run.

  • Game designer and artist: Brennan Pope
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Play it first: NinesFree in your browser, so you know what you're voting for.

above average
Status
Up next
Departs
TBA
Platforms
Tabletop
Est. price
$15–25
The Hantag box cover: under the arched word hantag, a red-cloaked hero steps across red flame stones toward the Hantag, a ring of six glowing colored domes around a white one, while heroes in orange, yellow, green, blue, purple and white stand on stones of their own colors, and two dice lie in the corner

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Hantag

Collect a gem from every castle, then claim the one at the center of the world. A strategy board game for 2 to 6 players, completed in 1999 and now being restored.

  • Game designer and artist: Brennan Pope
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Play it first: HantagFree in your browser, so you know what you're voting for.

above average
Status
Being restored
Departs
TBA
Platforms
Tabletop
Est. price
$25–40
The Thicket box cover, in a mid-century print style: under the word THICKET, a wolf, a hawk, an owl and a fox look out from the four corners, while a mouse, a bunny, a bat, a hedgehog, a raccoon, a jay and a chipmunk, several in scarves, hats and sweaters, gather along a winding path through the branches

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Thicket

The spiritual successor of Quadclusters. The woodland creatures of four forests gather, forage and hunt across a thicket of 64 tiles. For 2 to 4 players, and the newest game in the hangar: still being designed.

  • Game designer: Brennan Pope
  • Artist: Art in the works
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above average
Status
In the works
Departs
TBA
Platforms
Tabletop
Est. price
TBA
The CombinACTION! card back, its name repeated in green, orange, purple and black over red, yellow and blue stripes, with a 25-point card fanned behind it

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CombinACTION!

The free-for-all game where colors make suits, suits make points, and points make wins! A real-time card game for 1 to 6 players, now being readied for its first print run.

  • Game designer and artist: Brennan Pope
Read the full pitch →

Play it first: CombinACTION!Free in your browser, so you know what you're voting for.

about average
Status
Up next
Departs
TBA
Platforms
Tabletop
Est. price
$10–15
The original Quadclusters box: the Q is a board of numbered squares in yellow, green, blue and red, beside dice marked with letters, colored dots and numbers

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Quadclusters

The single-, double-, and triple-play strategy game for 2 to 4 players. Made long ago and now being readied for release; details and a launch date are on the way.

  • Game designer and artist: Brennan Pope
about average
Status
In the works
Departs
TBA
Platforms
Tabletop
Est. price
TBA
Song of Avenir character art: a scarred brawler in leather armor and a torn cloak, fists raised

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Song of Avenir

A board game in active development. Players are reincarnated noble heirs steering a doomed frontier town through four desperate days before the Demon King arrives.

  • Game designer: Brennan Pope
  • Artist: Art in the works
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about average
Status
In the works
Departs
TBA
Platforms
Tabletop
Est. price
$60–90
The Clumpity box cover: under the word CLUMPITY in its hand-drawn block letters, eight pawns, two each of yellow, red, green and blue, huddle in a clump on the orange wedge of the octagon board, beside four dice and stacks of translucent chips

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Clumpity

The lucky little strategy game where order matters! Roll four dice, move four pawns, and land them together to collect chips. For 2 or more players, designed in 2005 and now playable online.

  • Game designer and artist: Brennan Pope
Read the full pitch →

Play it first: ClumpityFree in your browser, so you know what you're voting for.

about average
Status
Being restored
Departs
TBA
Platforms
Tabletop
Est. price
TBA

From the vault

More games made long before Flight Bulb Games had a name, waiting their turn. Vote one out of the vault and it moves to the front. One of them is still waiting for someone to remember the rules.

  • Word FrenzyIn the vault
    about average
  • Rapid RemindersIn the vault
    about average
  • The Triangle GameIn the vault
    about average
  • ArrayRules lost to time
    about average

Gate 02 · About

Every game starts as a spark.

Flight Bulb Games is named for the moment an idea lights up, and for everything it takes to get that idea off the ground. Some of ours lit up last millennium and have waited on the runway ever since. Now they're cleared for takeoff, alongside new games like Song of Avenir.

No ads. Ever.

  1. 01

    Spark

    A strange little idea we can't stop thinking about.

  2. 02

    Build

    Prototypes, playtests, and plenty of tinkering until it feels just right.

  3. 03

    Takeoff

    Polished up, shipped out, and into your hands.

Gate 03 · Contact

Let's get something off the ground.

Press, playtesting, collaborations, or just saying hi. We'd love to hear from you.

hello@flightbulb.games