Brick & Signal

Independent studio · Albuquerque, New Mexico

Built
after hours.

We make original games and do design work for brands. You brief us at dusk. You wake up to the work.

Start a project Play Block by Block

01 — Brick & Signal Games

Games with
real stakes.

Block by Block key art: a figure on a rainy brick street at night under graffiti, with the Block by Block wordmark

Act 1 free in your browser · Coming to iPhone

Block by Block

You are Joey, nineteen, a painter. Three years ago your brother Dre was killed. Take back his block one corner at a time, and find out who really took him.

  • —Your tag is your flag. It goes up on every block you take.
  • —Four sides of town, four crews, four ways of saying no.
  • —Five acts. Fourteen endings.
Play Act 1 free
Screenshot: pick a wall and paint your tag Screenshot: Dre's Block, your crew on the corner Screenshot: the city map, four sides of town Screenshot: the detective story scene

In development · iOS

Gatebound

A dark, consequence-driven hunter RPG. Clear the gates, climb the ranks from F to S, and build a guild that outlives your hunters. Permadeath, hard but fair, fully offline.

02 — Brick & Signal Studio

Design for brands
that move fast.

The same crew that builds our games builds yours. Small team, quick turnaround, no agency runaround.

/01

Brand identity

Logos, type, color and the rules that hold them together.

/02

Packaging & print

Labels, boxes, flyers and menus that hold up on a shelf.

/03

Web & app design

Landing pages, sites and app screens, designed and built.

/04

Motion & video

Short brand videos and social cuts with a point of view.

Dusk

You send the brief.

Overnight

We build.

Dawn

You review the work.

03 — Contact

Got something
to build?

manny@brickandsignal.com

Albuquerque, New Mexico