MoteMancer was made by Adam Kugler, a solo game dev.
MoteMancer was made by Adam Kugler, a solo game dev.
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Solo dev Adam Kugler reveals fantasy automation game MoteMancer

Adam Kugler had a good career making triple-A games for Blizzard Entertainment, working in a 12-year stint of art and design jobs that culminated in a job as associate game director.

But then he left the company to pursue his own dream: a deeply personal journey of making a game by himself as founder of Cyan Avatar Studios. And now he is unveiling MoteMancer, a fantasy puzzle game where alchemy meets logistics. The PC game is in alpha testing and is available for wishlisting on Steam. The demo is live now.

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Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.