Cygnus Works

About

Cygnus Works

A small independent studio, going since 2020, building a bit of everything and learning in public.

For the first few years that meant a lot of half-finished things. Tools, prototypes, two or three games that got as far as being fun for us and never got further. Meridian Void is where most of that practice ended up pointed: a top-down space MMO where the galaxy carries the names players give it and the story remembers which side they took. The Android catalog got built alongside it, because an MMO is a bad thing to have as the only project in flight.

The through-line, as far as there is one, is that a game should be finished when it ships. The Android games have no energy meters and nothing to buy to keep playing. Meridian Void is free to play and will not sell power. Less a moral position than a preference about what is interesting to build, and it has held up so far.

What we care about

The catalog

Thanatide is a top-down wave shooter, and its demo is the only thing here that is playable today. Meridian Void is in closed alpha with development paused after a fire at the studio; there is a full notice on the game site. Ten puzzle and card games and Elephant Pop are built and waiting on store listings. The front page has all of it in one place.

Build it with us

We are a small team and we are looking for a few good people, community managers and artists especially. If you want to help shape a game before it launches, that is what join the crew is for.

Get in touch

Press and partnerships: [email protected]. Player support: [email protected]. For everything else the Discord is fastest. There is a press kit for Meridian Void specifically, with a fact sheet and the boilerplate.