The result wasFishards, Magicka-inspired PVP arenaactionthat has you out-squirt, out-splash, and out-spellcast your mates.

Maddock was 22 at the time - 10% of my life on the project!

They made the game free-to-play, and spent all the money theyd earned from sales on marketing.

A fish peruses a selection of magical spells in Fishards

It brought a few new players into the game but not as many as we’d hoped.

Man, marketing is hard.

But Nic, this is clearly just a marketing stunt!