Aegis Defenders

Aegis Defenders
Developer(s)Guts Department
Publisher(s)Humble Bundle
Director(s)Bryce Kho
Producer(s)Max Palazzo
Designer(s)
  • Bryce Kho
  • Mike Effenberger
  • Max Palazzo
Programmer(s)Kristen Kho
Artist(s)Bryce Kho
Writer(s)
  • Bryce Kho
  • Lai Xu
Composer(s)Riley Koenig
EngineUnity
Platform(s)
ReleaseFebruary 8, 2018
Genre(s)
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Aegis Defenders is a 2D platforming and tower defense game developed by Guts Department. The game originated as a project for USC’s Intermediate Games class and had a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014. It was later picked up by publisher Humble Bundle in 2017 with Japanese publishing support from Kakehashi Games. Aegis Defenders was released on February 8, 2018, on macOS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch.