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About Me
Hello everybody!
I'm Aidan Rickert, currently a student at Bradley University pursuing a BS in Video Game Design. I grew up in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, spending time outdoors, going camping with my family and friends, and, of course, playing video games (especially Smash Ultimate).
I discovered my love for making games during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic when I started work on my largest project to date, Arkmaster, and began De-Coded Studios. I enjoy not only the creative aspects of video game design, but the problem-solving elements as well. There is nothing I love more than solving an impossible game mechanic!
Featured Projects
Play as The Archivist, a time-traveling historian set on recovering lost scrolls from the Library of Alexandria! In this dungeon-like library, solve puzzles, jump, dodge, and defeat enemies with your trusty pocket watch while the rooms slowly burn away as you attempt to collect all of the scrolls. Do you dare to save all 46 scrolls?
Scale a corporate office run entirely by monkeys as a gorilla in this vertical puzzle platformer to take down the corrupt C.E.O. (Chimp Executive Officer) and claim the coveted banana vault waiting at the top of the building!
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
this is gronk.
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
Join Tobias on a journey through his laboratory, exploring the strange properties of expandium, a local element found in the nearby caves.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
(Work in progress)
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
(Work in progress)
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
Play as The Archivist, a time-traveling historian set on recovering lost scrolls from the Library of Alexandria! In this dungeon-like library, solve puzzles, jump, dodge, and defeat enemies with your trusty pocket watch while the rooms slowly burn away as you attempt to collect all of the scrolls. Do you dare to save all 46 scrolls?
Scale a corporate office run entirely by monkeys as a gorilla in this vertical puzzle platformer to take down the corrupt C.E.O. (Chimp Executive Officer) and claim the coveted banana vault waiting at the top of the building!
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
this is gronk.
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
Join Tobias on a journey through his laboratory, exploring the strange properties of expandium, a local element found in the nearby caves.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
(Work in progress)
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
(Work in progress)
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
Play as The Archivist, a time-traveling historian set on recovering lost scrolls from the Library of Alexandria! In this dungeon-like library, solve puzzles, jump, dodge, and defeat enemies with your trusty pocket watch while the rooms slowly burn away as you attempt to collect all of the scrolls. Do you dare to save all 46 scrolls?
Scale a corporate office run entirely by monkeys as a gorilla in this vertical puzzle platformer to take down the corrupt C.E.O. (Chimp Executive Officer) and claim the coveted banana vault waiting at the top of the building!
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
this is gronk.
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
Join Tobias on a journey through his laboratory, exploring the strange properties of expandium, a local element found in the nearby caves.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
(Work in progress)
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
(Work in progress)
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
Play as The Archivist, a time-traveling historian set on recovering lost scrolls from the Library of Alexandria! In this dungeon-like library, solve puzzles, jump, dodge, and defeat enemies with your trusty pocket watch while the rooms slowly burn away as you attempt to collect all of the scrolls. Do you dare to save all 46 scrolls?
Scale a corporate office run entirely by monkeys as a gorilla in this vertical puzzle platformer to take down the corrupt C.E.O. (Chimp Executive Officer) and claim the coveted banana vault waiting at the top of the building!
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
this is gronk.
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
Join Tobias on a journey through his laboratory, exploring the strange properties of expandium, a local element found in the nearby caves.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
(Work in progress)
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
(Work in progress)
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
Play as The Archivist, a time-traveling historian set on recovering lost scrolls from the Library of Alexandria! In this dungeon-like library, solve puzzles, jump, dodge, and defeat enemies with your trusty pocket watch while the rooms slowly burn away as you attempt to collect all of the scrolls. Do you dare to save all 46 scrolls?
Scale a corporate office run entirely by monkeys as a gorilla in this vertical puzzle platformer to take down the corrupt C.E.O. (Chimp Executive Officer) and claim the coveted banana vault waiting at the top of the building!
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
Pick up and throw various objects around you to solve puzzles and launch yourself across the room! Race to the top as fast as possible and make sure not to break anything...
this is gronk.
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
gronk hate bird and want to leave cave.
gronk find weird box and get stronger.
gronk thinks...
A simple 2D vertical rougelite with a whole bunch of different modifiers and power-ups to gain. How fast can you get to the top?
Join Tobias on a journey through his laboratory, exploring the strange properties of expandium, a local element found in the nearby caves.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
Make your way through 10 different levels, learning the basic principles of size and scale, all while trying to get to the end as quickly as possible.
(Work in progress)
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
Many years ago, a man by the name of Alastor stole a sacred relic found deep in the jungle. With this relic, The Arkmaster's Eye, he seized the world's resources and eventually took control of everything. Contacted by an unknown being, you are now tasked with taking him down once and for all...
Utilize over 20 different weapons and harness the Ark Powers to traverse 8 different worlds while taking down a multitude of bosses in this classic 2D platformer.
(Work in progress)
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
Have you ever wished that instead of elections, presidents just had to fight each other for the title, no holds barred? If George Washington used his wooden teeth to take down Teddy Roosevelt on his horse? If Abraham Lincoln suplexed Obama off of the White House? If Donald Trump built a wall on William Howard Taft?
All of this and more is possible in The Great Debate, the 2D platform fighter, where actions speak louder than words!
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