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House on the Bailey
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UK-based, two-person indie studio making games full of satire, whimsy, and unapologetically leftist politics.

Makers of Behind The Hydra's Eyes, now available to wishlist on Steam!

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House on the Bailey @houseonthebailey.bsky.social · Aug 5
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
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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
November 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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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
October 13, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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🚨 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
October 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
houseonthebailey.bsky.social
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!
September 22, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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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!
September 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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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."
September 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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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
September 9, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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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
August 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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houseonthebailey.bsky.social
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
August 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
houseonthebailey.bsky.social
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
August 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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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
June 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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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.
June 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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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.
May 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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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
May 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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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.
May 15, 2025 at 1:13 PM