tetronimedia

gAme design ethos

There's a meme going around, you may have seen it:

"I want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and I'm not kidding"

...and I agree!! This is what I'm working towards. This is how I want to run my studio. I want TetroniMedia to be a punk rock, self-published, self-funded, sustainable, games studio. Yes, this is a lofty goal and will take a lot of time to achieve.

If you'd like to read my little rant about this on Blusky here ya go: @tetronimike.bsky.social

Anti-Ai stAtement

TetroniMedia will never use AI in its projects. Period. This person expressed my feelings about AI better than I could:

"There exists more media than one could ever consume in one's lifetime, why would one choose to spend time with those that the creators didn't care enough about to make themselves?"

- paraphrased quote from @sammgreer.bsky.social

About

TetroniMedia is a video game studio run by Michael Lasch in Olympia, WA. We're currently collaborating with friends on a handful of rad projects.

2025+

Boot the Dispute

Ever have a disagreement or argument that doesn't seem to have a resolution? Skip the discussion, set aside your feelings, and Boot that Dispute!

Boot the Dispute is an elegant, minimal, mobile app designed to solve all your problems. Simply have all parties put a finger on the screen and let the app decide who wins, who's right, and who's the best! There's also a single-player (one finger) mode that gives you positive affirmations you can take with you through your day <3

Suggested ~~arguments~~ topics:

What's for dinner?
What boardgame are we playing tonight?
Who's paying for drinks?
The nature of morality
Shampoo vs conditioner?
Are we living in a simulation?
Is a hotdog a sandwich?

Boot the Dispute features audio by super creative artist Floor Baba 🎶

COMING SOON, FREE ON GOOGLE PLAY AND THE IOS APP STORE

Floor Baba on Bandcamp

Cosmic Collision Course

Navigate through a dangerous asteroid field, collecting stars along the way!

Use your jet pack and quick reflexes to boost up through space. But watch out! You're in the direct path of an endless supply of asteroids, how long can you survive?

Tap to boost left and right, and swiftly navigate around asteroids!
Careful, one wrong move and you're space junk!
Tap+Hold to activate special abilities!
Use stars to unlock new characters, each with unique super powers!
Share high scores with friends and challenge them to beat your best!

Featuring beautiful pixel art by Bynine, and music and sound effects by the incredible Matthew Lyon 🎶

COMING SOON, FREE ON GOOGLE PLAY AND THE IOS APP STORE

Bynine on itch.io

Matthew Lyon on Bandcamp

Hypnospace Outlaw

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A '90s internet simulator in which players act as Enforcers, volunteer moderators who scour Hypnospace's surreal network of weird and wonderful websites to hunt down wrongdoers while also keeping an eye on their inbox, avoiding viruses and adware, and downloading a plethora of apps that may or may not be useful.

I had the pleasure of working as lead programmer and second-in-command on this project, along with Jay Tholen, Xalavier Nelson, Corey Cochran, and the team at No More Robots. Hypnospace Outlaw was made in Construct 2, and released in March of 2019.

Currently I'm working on a secret Hypnospace related project, stay tuned...

Hypnospace.net

Hypnospace Discord

No More Robots

Older Projects

A few of my older video game projects and curiosities can be found on itch.io!

I've also made tools for developers which you can find on the Clickteam ClickStore, as well as itch.io. If you are a game developer using Clickteam Fusion products, you might find these useful! The tools may be listed under my (very) old studio name, Bipolar Design.

Depending on your phone/tablet you may also be able to find my older games on Google Play - and watch this space for new mobile games, coming soon!