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House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 3w ago

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is still on sale, so you can try our comedy office sim for only $3.19! Also consider rating us on steam, as reaching ten reviews will allow us to have a score tag, which makes a big difference. store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiedev #indiegame #pixelart #godot

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 4w ago

We're also on sale on @itch.io, if you would prefer to own the game there! You can check out our new itch page while you're at it (which has some teasers for what we're currently working on 👀). houseonthebailey.itch.io/behind-the-h... #indiedev #indiegame #godot #pixelart #officesim #itch

Behind the Hydra's Eyes by HouseOnTheBailey

Comedy office sim about greenwashing.

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House on the Bailey@houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 4w ago

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is 20% off 🥳 So if you want to play the premier* comedy office sim about corporate greenwashing and email mashing, then you're in luck! Go check it out on Steam *probably, who knows store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiegame #pixelart #godot #officesim #indiedev

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 4w ago

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is 20% off 🥳 So if you want to play the premier* comedy office sim about corporate greenwashing and email mashing, then you're in luck! Go check it out on Steam *probably, who knows store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiegame #pixelart #godot #officesim #indiedev

Save 20% on Behind the Hydra's Eyes on Steam

Welcome to Forward Green, Dave, we hope you're excited. Project Lagoon Breeze is a great opportunity to make connections, oversee construction, and manage community relations on an international scale...

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House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 4mo ago

🥳😎 store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiedev

A screenshot showing that our game, Behind the Hydra's Eyes, has achieved 69 lifetime Steam units sold.

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A letter. A Masquerade. A body. To Celebrate the End of History is a point n' click death game—solve puzzles, sniff out a murderer, try to escape alive. A short ode to Clue and Zero Escape. Free to play in browser! houseonthebailey.itch.io/end-of-histo... #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart

Adam @onperambulation.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For less than half the price of the last coffee I bought (£2.49!) you can get your hands on our labour of love that grapples with themes of alienation, dehumanisation, and environmental justice! #indiegame #indiedev

House on the Bailey@houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is 50% off! 🥳 A horrible office sim that we've been told is both cathartic and horrifyingly accurate, you can: ✅ Keyboard smash your way through insensitive emails ✅ Engage in awkward small talk ✅ Make a brew ➡️ tinyurl.com/HotBBtHE #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #godot

Behind the Hydra's Eyes - Steam Spring Sale: 50% off

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is 50% off! 🥳 A horrible office sim that we've been told is both cathartic and horrifyingly accurate, you can: ✅ Keyboard smash your way through insensitive emails ✅ Engage in awkward small talk ✅ Make a brew ➡️ tinyurl.com/HotBBtHE #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart #godot

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It's time! 🥁🥁🥁 House on the Bailey's Year in Review! Our top moments, films, music, and games, one year on from when we were whispered into existence by strange and inscrutable rituals. Here's to a bigger and better 2026! #gamedev #indiedev #indiegames

A corkboard with post-it notes and polaroids showing out top moments of 2025: launching our first game, launching our second on steam, going to our first exhibition, and then also getting to exhibit at AdventureX

A work monitor showing three visual media we both loved: Conclave, Wake up Dead Man, and Severance.

A man leans against a balcony which overlooks the London skyline, listening to music. Text at the top floats upwards, reading: "Our most listened albums". At the bottom are three album covers: Arcane season 2 soundtrack, Do you like Rock music by Sea Power, and Matsubara Miki Best Collection.

A presentation being given. The presenter is saying: Our top games. One the left of the powerpoint is our most played co-op game, Helldivers. In the middle are Dragos's top picks: Anomaly Agent, Golf Club Nostalgia, and He is Coming. One the right are Adam's top picks: Silent Hill f, Omori, and House of Fata Morgana.

Alasdair Stuart @alasdairstuart.com · 8mo ago

One of those games that stays with you in the best of ways. Tonally one of the most carefully balanced games I've ever played. Amazing work.

House on the Bailey@houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's official, Behind the Hydra's Eyes is out now on Steam 🤯 For £4.99, you too can experience the joys of British office work. Answer emails, make tea, and avoid thinking about the building sense of dread! store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiegames #godot #narrative #pixelart #steam

Villainy VS Hot Game Summer ☀️@villainyvs.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Today at 2pm GMT! 🔜 #AdventureX Showcase Sunday! I've got 8 more demos from @adventurex.bsky.social to share with you on stream (and extras if we get time..) Twitch.tv/villainyvs ✨💜✨💜✨ @ratqueen.bsky.social @darktidesgame.bsky.social @dolos-inc.bsky.social @yawningdogstudios.bsky.social

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 8mo ago

It's official, Behind the Hydra's Eyes is out now on Steam 🤯 For £4.99, you too can experience the joys of British office work. Answer emails, make tea, and avoid thinking about the building sense of dread! store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiegames #godot #narrative #pixelart #steam

Behind the Hydra's Eyes on Steam

Welcome to Forward Green, Dave, we hope you're excited. Project Lagoon Breeze is a great opportunity to make connections, oversee construction, and manage community relations on an international scale...

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House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Fishing is so passé, now it's all about making a nice brew in a bleak British office against the backdrop of corporate greed and greenwashing. Or something. Wishlist now, and play the demo! store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiegame #indiedev #godot #pixelart

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Want an indie game about the bleak comedy of UK office jobs? No? Well we made one anyway. You're welcome! 🖥️ Play the demo today -> tinyurl.com/BtHEdemo #indiegame #godot #nextfest

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🚨 Our demo is now live! If you've been yearning for a satirical pixel game about being an office project manager with the unfortunate debuff of being British, then...that's odd. But boy have we got the game for you! Play and let us know what you think -> tinyurl.com/BtHEdemo #nextfest #indiegame

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A week or so ago, Behind the Hydra's Eyes was featured in the Games and Playful Design - Final Degree show from Goldsmiths! I (Dragos-half of HotB) submitted BtHE, and have been working on the game as my final project. Was lovely seeing friends and colleagues play, an outstanding experience!

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Aaaand it's over! We've had a very busy, very fun three days exhibiting Behind the Hydra's eyes and mingling with other cool developers. Thanks to everyone that played it! To everyone else: psst, we're launching the demo on Steam soon 😉 store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #IndieGame #IndieDevs

The two developers, Adam and Dragos, in front of the church the exhibition was held in. They're holding a small flower, which they're both gesturing towards.

The stall that Behind the Hydra's Eyes had at the exhibition. It's set up like an office desk: monitor, keyboard, pens, stapler, a decorative flower, a printer, a calendar on the wall behind. Very drab, very cool!

One of the event's brochures being held in front of a screen showing the game's menu. On the brochure, the following is highlighted: Stall 9, Dragos Farcas & Adam James, Behind the Hydra's Eyes.

A wide photo with our game's stall circled in the middle. Above the stall is a huge stained glass winder. There is another stall to the left and right of ours, each draped in keffiyehs - we were grouped with other left-wing games. Free Palestine!

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Looking at the headlines in Britain is bleak when you're not a lover of transphobia, racism, and performative cruelty. It's lucky that our game provides escape from th—no Dave, stop, don't think about it! ...We'll have words with him. #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart

The protagonist is looking out of his balcony at night, talking to himself.

"Thinking of the future brings to mind snippets of news, headlines which have pierced your studious ignorance, and questions about England's slide into gleeful cruelty and poverty."

He continues: "Spiking suicides for trans youth. A refugee boat sank by vigilantes. The government covering up the deaths of disabled people. Keep your head down, see no evil, this is the way it has to be, no alternative allowed."

"A snake eating itself. Every year there's less and less body left, but the head is hungrier. Meaner. Wallowing in it's unchallenged superiority."

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It wouldn't be a British office job simulator without a tea mini-game, so...we made one! ☕ Wishlist Behind the Hydra's Eyes to make tea, manage your team, clear your inbox, and, if you dare, discover the secrets behind your project... store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #godot #indiegame

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is a satirical office sim with something lurking underneath. If you like your games wordy, experimental, and deeply political, it might just be for you. Our steam demo is coming soon, so wishlist now! ➡️ tinyurl.com/2bxz9mr2 #indiegame #godot #pixelart #indiedev

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · last yr.

BEHIND THE HYDRA'S EYES Congratulations Dave, you've got the job. Expectations involve: 🤝 Manage your team! 🖥️ Send fun emails! 🙈 Don't read the fine print! We can't wait to see you... ⬇️ Wishlist now! ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiegame #gaming #pixelart #indiedev #godot

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · last yr.

BEHIND THE HYDRA'S EYES Congratulations Dave, you've got the job. Expectations involve: 🤝 Manage your team! 🖥️ Send fun emails! 🙈 Don't read the fine print! We can't wait to see you... ⬇️ Wishlist now! ⬇️ store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiegame #gaming #pixelart #indiedev #godot

Jonathan @jqhy.bsky.social · last yr.

1952, Empire Grand. In SWITCHBOARD you'll take the frantic role of a telephone operator striving to unite her family. Tactile controls, rich visuals and voice-acting will weave a dramatic tale of military intrigue. Follow for updates, and listen in on jqhy.itch.io #indiedev #indiegame #PitchYaGame

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · last yr.

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is a narrative game and office management sim. Manage your team, oversee construction, placate your boss. But something eerie is going on... Dare you find out what? Wishlist now. store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #PitchYaGame #indiegame #pixelart #videogame #indiedev

The protagonist, Dave, stands by his desk in an office. The carpet is ugly, the walls grey, and the sky clear and blue outside this prison. Oh well. The office has a small kitchen area complete with kettle and coffee machine, a handful of other desks, two colleagues, and some posters on the wall near to a giant clock.

A grumpy looking boss stares at you, unsmilingly, from behind a desk. Behind him is a large company poster, a calendar, and a framed picture of his dog with brass nameplate. There's some paper, a pen, and a company-branded mug on the desk. The back of the protagonist's head is visible, facing him. There's a large window behind the boss, the tops of some buildings visible. One one is a strange looking billboard, containing a demonic head and the words "consume, consume, consume".

A computer terminal, showing a simple layout of emails. The one on screen seems to be a PR-sounding response brushing off a legal complaint. A drab office with an ugly carpet is visible behind the monitor.

The protagonist stands in the middle of a small studio apartment. It's dark outside, and a small digital wristwatch face at the bottom left hand side of the screen announces that it's 10:08pm. The apartment contains a tiny kitchen area, a desk with a computer and some old mugs on, a slightly messy bed with pink duvet, and some shelves with various objects on.

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · last yr.

Small victories—our game has an entirely 2D environment, so thinking up a way to have you walk behind, above, and between parts of the same object or as a fun challenge. Now you can mill around the kitchen properly, avoiding work to your heart's content! #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #godot #2D

Dave, our pixelated protagonist, stands in the corner of the waist-high wall separating the kitchen from the rest of the office. The view is isometric. His legs are concealed by the part of the wall in front of him, but his torso is in front of the part of the wall behind him.

Dave is now standing behind the part of the wall he was in front of before, his legs hidden. The water cooler on this side of the wall is now highlighted because he is next to it.

Now Dave is in front of both parts of the wall, beneath the water cooler. It's still highlighted, and everything is layered correctly.

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · last yr.

House on the Bailey is at A.MAZE Berlin! Only one half of us could make it, but I'll update the thread below with cool things I've seen. #amaze #indiedev #gamedev #ukdev #indiegame

House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · last yr.

Behind the Hydra's Eyes is now available to wishlist! Manage the construction of a wind farm, battling protests, bureaucracy, and a creeping sense of dread as you see hints of something far more sinister happening. Dare you confront the hydra? store.steampowered.com/app/3554030/... #indiedev

Large golden font reads: Behind the Hydra's Eyes. This is superimposed over the silhouette of a man on a green background. Around the text, surreal heads of an off-screen hydra emerge, taunting. One has the face of a sharp eared vampire, face half red, mouth grinning. Another is just a large gaping mouth on the end of a neck, a circle of white teeth framing a large tongue. Two are the bottom are simply eyeless tubes, snakelike tongues probing forward.