Welcome to our page and thanks for stopping by

We're, Mcmuffinator212 and T.R.J. Shelley, two former Booksellers turned Indie Game Devs, based in the United Kingdom. 

Our Design Philosophy 

(The Squeeze)

We make games we want to play. 

Games driven by story and character, with living breathing worlds and morally ambiguous decisions that place players into emotional dilemmas. 

We believe games are special, merging seemingly disparate skillsets, artistic, creative and technical, all working collaboratively to hand power back to the player to shape their own experience and forge their own stories. 

And that's what we strive to do. Tug at your heartstrings. Make you laugh. Cry. Rage. Feel. 

The full spectrum of what it means to be human, occasionally wrapped up in silly little nonsense. 

Sometimes sweet. Sometimes sour.

But always full of flavour.

That's LemonHat. 

If any of that resonates, then do check out our released titles or give us a follow to stay updated with our work.

The Lemons Behind The Hats

McMuffinator212, is an enigmatic entity, quite possibly an all powerful eldritch godlike programmer trapped in human form with a penchant for wearing colourful, vintage jumpers. Also a game design maestro,  and his description will go here when he decides what he wants to reveal or retain as a mystery. He is a big lover of all things horror, mythology, and Peep Show. He also has the fluffiest cat to ever floof. 

T.R.J. Shelley, (there are some who call him... Tim) is a Game Writer, Narrative & Quest Designer who dabbles in art, music, and voice acting. He also wears many different creative hats during production, prefers the totally professional title, 'Word Wizard', and is fond of silly nonsense and grimdark stories alike.  

He primarily writes speculative, character driven work with layers that are designed to make readers and players feel deeply, and explore themes that naturally traverse and transcend the barriers we subconsciously build to divide ourselves as humans. He believes good stories fundamentally are connective, vulnerable, and explore truth as we understand it.

He has written across genres and mediums, but sees all things speculative as his specialty. Fantasy, Sci Fi and horror are a cornerstone, building enigmatic, and imaginative new worlds, but he also loves writing for animation, historical epics, interpersonal drama, and crime/thrillers. All of which tend to get mashed together and experimented with. 

If that sounds of interest, you can find him on Bluesky @trjshelley.bsky.social. 

If you are interested in working together drop us a message here or on our Bluesky @lemonhatgames.bsky.social