Bug off! is a tower defense meets survivors-like shooter game where you defend your base against hordes of alien insects using the power of your mech and turrets you build.

The game features a variety of turrets to choose from, each with 2 possible upgrades path, yielding a total of 16 unique upgrades! Player can build fortifications and support buildings as well. 

Vampire-survivors-like nature of the game allows the player to unlock powerful upgrades, including things like secondary weapons, active abilities and stat boosts.

The game was made using a custom-build engine, using DirectX 12 (hence, windows only). You can find out more about the engine at https://github.com/wojtek-kowalczyk/bug-off-game.

The game was a submission to ZTGK 2025 in Game Development category and won 1st place. It was additionally awarded for best audio and recieved special awards from Activision / Elsewhere Entertainment and Game Access Conference.

Dev team:

Wojciech Kowalczyk - project lead, programming
Maciej Poncyleusz - programming
Hubert Łabuda - programming, music, sound design
Maciej Adamczewski - programming, music, voice acting
Karolina Leszczyńska - 3D sculpting, texturing
Robert Kunka-Wagner - 3D hard-surface, UI design & art