Aey and Mel Gaming · Press Kit
Pumpkin Reaper
Pumpkin Reaper is an action roguelike where skill placement shapes your build. Arrange spells, summons, and upgrades in a five-slot Ritual Circle to trigger synergies and awaken powerful Arcana. Fight endless waves, test wild combinations, and push each run further. No permanent power upgrades.
- Genre
- Action Roguelike / Bullet Heaven
- Platform
- PC
- Release
- 2026 (planned)
- Developer
- Aey and Mel Gaming
About the Game
Pumpkin Reaper is an action roguelike about surviving endless Halloween waves and discovering powerful skill combinations. Arrange spells, weapons, summons, and upgrades in a five-slot Ritual Circle, where compatible neighbors change how your attacks behave.
Explore 1,069 skill synergies and 43 Advanced Arcana. Pause to rearrange the circle during a run, experiment with homing attacks, lifesteal, poison, burns, and explosions, and adapt your strategy as new skills appear.
Endless survival is the default. Use the Ritual Atlas to investigate connections, then review damage and DPS breakdowns to understand what carried your build. Every attempt starts fresh: there is no metaprogression and no permanent power upgrades between runs.
Key features
- Five-slot Ritual Circle with bonuses between compatible neighbors.
- 1,069 skill synergies and 43 Advanced Arcana.
- Spells, weapons, summons, and upgrades to mix and rearrange mid-run.
- Endless waves, a Ritual Atlas, and detailed damage and DPS results.
- No permanent power upgrades: progress through experimentation and knowledge.
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Who We Are
Aey and Mel are a husband-and-wife duo building the game of their dreams while traveling the world full-time.
April, also known as Aey, leads the creative direction of the project. Before entering game development, she loves playing games every since she was a kid. She began streaming during the pre-pandemic era on Twitch and developed a strong background in music, sports, and gaming culture. She oversees the game’s overall feel, sound design, and music direction, while also providing voice-over work and creating many of the game’s sound effects herself.
Mel previously worked as a software engineer at major tech companies and now leads the technical development of the game. He is responsible for gameplay systems, core mechanics, and the game’s visual direction.
Together, they handle the entire indie game development pipeline end-to-end — from design and programming to audio and art direction.
But their story extends beyond game development.
While building their games, Aey and Mel are also documenting their travels across the world on their YouTube channel, Aey & Mel YouTube. From Asia to Europe to South America, they continue developing their projects while living on the road full-time. Their travels directly influence the worlds they create, with different cultures, cities, and experiences inspiring elements of their games.
What makes them stand out is the combination of their backgrounds: a creator rooted in music, streaming, and performance paired with an engineer focused on systems, gameplay, and design — all while building games from cafes, airports, hotels, and cities across the globe.
Whether through their games or their travels, Aey and Mel are building a story that blends creativity, ambition, and exploration.
From Us
We grew up in the Philippines with very little, but with hopes for a better life.
Through hard work, we were able to move to Australia, and now we have the opportunity to see the world. We want to make the most of every single day.
That is why we are doing what we are doing — building games while traveling the world — and hopefully inspiring the next generation to chase bigger dreams, despite everything happening around them.
We want people to know that there is more to life out there, and that where you are born does not define who you can become.
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Contact
For press inquiries, review copies, or interviews, reach out at founder@segundoapps.com