Hi everyone!
Since Zaxoid is our very first Steam release, we wanted to introduce ourselves.
We’re a tight-knit team of 4 developers. While this is our debut as M80, most of us spent years in AAA working on large-scale games. We want to make something different: games not dictated by market trends or spreadsheets, but inspired by the games we grew up loving.
That decision completely changed how development feels for us. Whether we’re designing new features, sketching art, composing music, or writing code, we’re doing it with genuine excitement. And we believe players can feel that difference, it results in a game with more personality, more charm, and more love poured into every detail.
So, what is Zaxoid?
Zaxoid is our love letter to the Golden Age of Gaming, a retro-futuristic twin-stick shooter that captures the same sense of fun and charm that made us fall in love with games.
You’ll see familiar touches throughout, a wide variety of enemies, boss battles, and design choices inspired by the classics we grew up with. Our goal is to bring back that feeling of simple, exciting gameplay that was easy to pick up, hard to put down, and filled with the kind of character and personality we’ve always cherished.
We’re thrilled to finally share Zaxoid with you, and we’d love to hear your feedback. Thanks for checking us out and welcome to our very first steam adventure as M80 Games.
~M80 Dev team