Mommy’s Best Games, the peeps behindWeapon of ChoiceandShoot 1UPon Xbox Live Indie Games, have been hard at work on their gameGrapple Buggyfor some time now. Their goal is to have this latest title appear on the proper Xbox Live Arcade but have had difficulty securing a publisher and the development cash which comes with one.

Rather than beg for donations as is often the case with indie developers, they’ve decided to produce a new Xbox Live Indie Games title instead. Announced today isExplosionade, a side-scrolling shooter where you pilot a mech into enemy bases and lay waste to everything you see. Mommy’s Best is promising that their hand-drawn environments will be destructible and that the game will feature two-player cooperative play and leaderboards.

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No firm release date, but the title is finished and undergoing the peer review process right now. Mommy’s Best Games expects thatExplosionadewill be released on Xbox Live Indie Games by September 25th. You can check out some screenshots of the game below.

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Indie game collage of Blue Prince, KARMA, and The Midnight Walk

Close up shot of Jackie in the Box

Silhouette of a man getting shot as Mick Carter stands behind cover