Observed arrival · 2026-10-12
Dropbear Studios turns pharma-industry meetings into a roguelite
A two-person indie studio presents its satirical games, led by SUBJECT 09: The Speed of Science, a pixel-art musical-combat roguelite described as free to play in a browser.
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- Players of satirical indie games
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- The founders connect the satire to pharmaceutical-industry work, including meetings, slide decks, and email threads.
Field notes
The studio says its two founders spent years in the pharmaceutical industry before leaving to make satire, and explicitly frames the games as fiction. The described setting is Zenith Labs, where the player climbs through a company whose values posters outnumber its values audits. The homepage links to the separate game site and provides a studio email for press and players.
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