01 // DESCENT▼
Endless descent
Every layer is procedurally generated. Clear it, find the gate, drop one layer deeper. Repeat until the city wins.
BUGWURSTINTERACTIVE
We ship bugs. On purpose.
Indie games, software and video from Hagen, Germany. One developer, weird ideas, tight controls.
// My first game · Flagship
DEADNET
A Bugwurst game
A cyberpunk roguelite dungeon crawler. You're a runner on a ball, dropping through endless layers of a neon city that really doesn't want you there.
Play now in your browser
Steam page soon Coming soon to Steam
Playable now at deadnet.eu. Native PC/Steam version in development (Godot 4).
- ∞procedural layers
- 18guardians
- 23telegraphed attacks
- 2–4runners in co-op
In-game PC version (Godot 4) · work in progress
02 // RUNNER●
Runner on a ball
Roll with momentum, blink-dash through bullets, twin-stick shoot everything that glows the wrong colour.
03 // GUARDIAN
Gate sealed
Every 5th layer a Guardian seals the exit. 18 of them, 23 telegraphed attacks. Read the tell, then move.
04 // LOOT◆
Loot with opinions
Affixes, sets and specials. Gear that changes how you play, not just your numbers.
- Common
- Magic
- Rare
- Legendary
- Set
05 // MARKET⚠
Black Market & Instability
Spend your loot at the Black Market. Meanwhile Instability keeps rising and warps the run. (Yes, like the meter in the corner.)
06 // CO-OP×4
Co-op for 2–4
Bring friends over LAN or Steam. Revive each other. Blame each other.
The bug got fixed. Mostly.
Services
We find the wurst case.
Besides making my own games, you can hire me. I test, I build, I film. Same obsession with detail, now pointed at your project.
Wurst Case Testing
QA & game testing
I break your game before your players do, and tell you exactly how I did it.
15+ years · ISTQB certified · Lead QA on Chorus and Satisfactory (console)
- Test plans, strategy & risk analysis
- Functional, regression & performance tests
- PC, console, mobile, browser & Steam Deck
- Clear, reproducible reports in Jira, Hansoft or TestRail
- Test automation with Selenium and Unreal
Software development
Built tight, tested by testers
Tools, web apps and game tech, written by people who break things for a living.
- Web apps & internal tools
- Game systems & Godot development
- Prototypes that actually run
- Test levels & mechanics in Unity, Unreal and in-house editors
Video production
Trailers, capture, editing
Your game, shown the way it feels to play it.
- Game trailers & teasers
- Clean gameplay capture
- Editing, cuts & motion text
- Gameplay videos for publisher pitches
Hire the bug
Mit Senf, ohne Bugs. (With mustard, without bugs.)
Studio
Small studio. Big bugs.
Bugwurst Interactive is a one-person indie studio from Hagen, Westfalen. I'm Marco Caniglia, and I make games, software and video. DEADNET is my flagship: the thing I can't stop polishing.
I like games that feel great in your hands and look a little strange in screenshots.
- Founded by Marco Caniglia
- Hagen, Westfalen
- Since 2026
- Games · Software · Video
Track record
- 15+years of QA in games & software
- 14platforms, one launch day
- ~85browser games under test at once
- ISTQBCertified Tester
- 2018–2025
Fishlabs (Plaion), Hamburg
QA Tester → Senior QA Tester → Lead QA Tester
- Shipped Chorus on 14 platforms at the same time: on schedule, on budget, no critical bugs.
- QA Lead for the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S port of Coffee Stain's Satisfactory (released 2025).
- QA Lead on Project Black (cancelled before its announcement).
- Led and trained the QA team, built test levels in the game editor, cut gameplay videos for pitches and trailers.
- 2015–2016
DreamIT & Jur-Solutions, Hamburg
QA Manager / QA Tester, browser & mobile
- 2012–2014
Kuuluu, Hamburg
QA Manager: Facebook, Android & iOS games; coached junior testers
- 2009–2012
Tipp24 Entertainment, Hamburg
QA Manager: about 85 browser games on gaming and lottery platforms
ISTQB Certified Tester · Leadership & QA Team Management · trained electronics technician (DB AG, 2001) · LinkedIn ↗
- 01
Weird ideas
If it sounds slightly wrong at first, I'm listening.
- 02
Tight gameplay
Controls first. Every dash, every hit, every frame counts.
- 03
Polished feel
I sand the edges until it clicks. Then I sand a bit more.
Contact & press
Say hi. Report bugs. The good kind.
Press kit
- Logo (SVG + PNG)
- Mascot artwork
- DEADNET screenshots
- Fact sheet
Press kit on request. Just write me.