A solo developer not only drew this video game by hand, he also made all the music and sound effects with his own voice

(Image credit: Kuro Naeda) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter As part of our Indie Game Dev Insider series, we've interviewed many developers who…

(Image credit: Kuro Naeda) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter As part of our Indie Game Dev Insider series, we've interviewed many developers who are taking a hand-crafted approach to their art. The counter movement against AI could be a boon for such games, whether the approach is hand-drawn or sculpted.Now one solo dev is taking things further with a delightfully full-on DIY approach to making a game. As well as making all the art for his game with his own hands, he's also making all the music and sound effects with his own voice. The stick-figure visuals might not be GTA VI-level fidelity, but Punch to Defend looks like a whole lot of fun.If your inspired to finally get to work on your own masterpiece, see our guides to the best game development software and the best laptops for game development.no AI used in the making of... this thing from r/IndieDevMilan-based dev Kuro Naeda describes Punch to Defend as an "incremental tower defense game made with love and bad decisions"."Haters will say I didn't make it all alone but, believe it or not... those are drawings of a man in his 20s," the developer says of the somewhat rough-and-ready game art. "And so are the sound effects and music."Said sound design consists of Kuro singing, beat boxing and otherwise mouthing sound effects with as much gusto as Michael Leslie Winslow in the Police Academy movies.... Perhaps without quite the same range, but it's amazing all the same.As for the gameplay, "you upgrade little guys, fight increasingly stronger enemies and make numbers go up. You earn tears, buy upgrades and keep pushing until the game becomes unreasonable".Get the Creative Bloq NewsletterSign up to Creative Bloq's daily newsletter, which brings you the latest news and inspiration from the worlds of art, design and technology.Challenges unlock fusions, letting you combine units into new ones, and every fusion gets its own artwork, abilities and stats."You can even fuse a unit with itself. Yes, that's a lot of work for something this stupid, but here I am," the developer writes on his Kickstarter page, where he's already achieved triple his ambitious funding target of $113."Not being able to draw or make music shouldn't stop anyone from making games. Except me probably," he writes on Reddit.Asked about why he set his funding target so low, the developer explains: "It's a one man project, I just need the money to upload it to steam and some extra for pizza and coffee"."The kickstarter funds will be used for beatbox equipment maintenance," he clarifies in another comment. "Food (maintenance) that arrives in my mouth (beat box equipment)". TOPICS Joe Foley Freelance journalist and editor Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango. View More You must confirm your public display name before commenting Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name. Logout LATEST ARTICLES 1 The Bentley Torcal is finally a luxury EV design that people like 2 Nintendo Switch 2 has £65 off in a limited-time UK deal 3 This $30 phone charger gives speeds to rival wall plugs, and it's down to $23 4 Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve review – bigger skies, more drama, same old rhythm, and I'm mostly fine with that 5 GTA 6's $400 collector's box comes with a plastic crocodile, and it's genius branding

Source: Creative Bloq AI Art — Published September 26, 2026 at 07:00 UTC — Category: Image AI