# Dracula's Cave > The man with the cape Dracula's Cave is the personal site of DiscoDracula — indie games, software and music, plus a long-running blog. The game and software pages are the projects; the posts are the blog, newest first, with the full run in the archive. ## Site - [Home](https://draculascave.co/): Dracula's Cave — developers of the Lion Quest series of games, The Wizard of Gloss, CAPITALISM, M1 and more. - [Contact](https://draculascave.co/contact/): Contact Dracula's Cave — enquiries about our games, software and the blog. - [Games](https://draculascave.co/games/): Games by Dracula's Cave — The Wizard of Gloss, the Lion Quest series, CAPITALISM, M1: A Death in the Desert and Animal Maker. - [Newsletter](https://draculascave.co/newsletter-subscribe/): Sign up to the Dracula's Cave newsletter for news about our games and software. - [Privacy Policy](https://draculascave.co/privacy/): The Dracula's Cave privacy policy — how we handle data across the website, blog, games and software. - [Software](https://draculascave.co/software/): AudioTheory software by Dracula's Cave — Guitars, Piano Keys and Grids: interactive music theory reference tools. ## Games - [Animal Maker](https://draculascave.co/games/animal-maker/): Animal Maker — create your own character to use across multiple games made by Dracula's Cave, including Lion Quest, CAPITALISM and Sloth Tales. - [CAPITALISM](https://draculascave.co/games/capitalism/): CAPITALISM The action board game for one player (2022) — a real-time board game / card game hybrid where your goal is to become a millionaire. Out now on Steam. - [Lion Quest Infinity](https://draculascave.co/games/lion-quest-infinity/): Lion Quest Infinity (2021) — Jethro the Lion and friends steal a magic grandfather clock. The sequel to Lion Quest with 2D, 2.5D, 3D and even 4D levels. Out now on Steam. - [Lion Quest](https://draculascave.co/games/lion-quest/): Lion Quest (2016) — take Jethro the Lion on a magical journey traversing space and time to prevent the imminent collapse of the universe. Out now on Steam. - [M1: A Death in the Desert](https://draculascave.co/games/m1/): M1: A Death in the Desert (2017) — the original visual novel game by Dracula's Cave. Three names, three bullets — how far will you go to discover the truth? - [Sloth Tales](https://draculascave.co/games/sloth-tales/): Sloth Tales (2020) — Jimmy the Sloth embarks on his own adventure. Think Lion Quest, but with a Sloth. On Steam and the App Store. - [The Wizard of Gloss](https://draculascave.co/games/the-wizard-of-gloss/): The Wizard of Gloss — a PSX-style metroidvania game with horror elements from Dracula's Cave. Explore a sprawling, occult waterpark. Coming 202X. ## Software - [CLInt](https://draculascave.co/software/clint/): CLInt is a free full-screen launcher for games and videos on Windows. Fast, controller-first and open source — he scans your Steam library, plays your videos and remembers where you stopped. - [Remote Helper](https://draculascave.co/software/remote-helper/): Remote Helper turns your iPhone or iPad into a wireless keyboard for your PC or Mac. Everything travels over your own Wi-Fi — no cloud, no accounts, no nonsense. ## Pages - [About](https://draculascave.co/about/) - [Anime](https://draculascave.co/anime-reviews/) - [Games](https://draculascave.co/game-reviews/) - [Lion Quest User Guide](https://draculascave.co/lion-quest-user-guide/) - [LQVE: Lion Quest Versus Expanded](https://draculascave.co/lqve-lion-quest-versus-expanded/) ## Blog - [Blog](https://draculascave.co/blog/): The Dracula's Cave blog, newest first. - [Archive](https://draculascave.co/archive/): All 185 posts by year — the complete index this section only samples. - [This Week's Purchase: PlayStation Portal](https://draculascave.co/2026/08/12/this-weeks-purchase-playstation-portal/): The PlayStation Portal came out 3 years ago and in a world where the cost of gaming is on the rise, this strange device feels suspiciously cheap. I purchased… - [Lion Quest 10 year anniversary](https://draculascave.co/2026/07/11/lion-quest-10-year-anniversary/): How the time flies by! 11th July 2016 – that was the date ten years ago when Lion Quest launched on Steam. To celebrate this milestone I'm doing a mini… - [The Wizard of Gloss – Announcement Trailer](https://draculascave.co/2026/05/04/the-wizard-of-gloss-annoucement-trailer/): DRACULA'S CAVE presents The Wizard of Gloss – a PSX-inspired metroidvania with horror elements. Grab your wand and prepare for a bloodbath. Uncover the dark… - [The Traveller's Guide to the PS Vita – in 2026!](https://draculascave.co/2026/01/31/the-travellers-guide-to-the-ps-vita-in-2026/): The PlayStation Vita returns, but did it ever really go away? Today I'm answering this, and other important questions relating to the past, present, and… - [This Week's Purchase: Nintendo Switch 2](https://draculascave.co/2025/08/28/this-weeks-purchase-nintendo-switch-2/): Normally I just blindly buy every new Nintendo console the day it comes out. For the first time since the GameCube this hasn't happened, and I'm a little… - [Can the main flaws with the PSP Go be fixed?](https://draculascave.co/2025/08/19/can-the-main-flaws-with-the-psp-go-be-fixed/): The PSP Go may just be the best way to play PSP games. Released in 2009, it feels more modern than the PSPs that came before it and crucially it has a better… - [Lion Quest Infinity launches on Steam](https://draculascave.co/2021/03/05/lion-quest-infinity-launches-on-steam/): Hello. Today I'm releasing a game! Lion Quest Infinity has been in development for five years now so I'm very excited indeed to now be able to say that from… - [Lion Quest Infinity – Coming Soon](https://draculascave.co/2020/11/12/lion-quest-infinity-coming-soon/): Jethro the Lion and friends steal a magic grandfather clock and embark on an unforgettable adventure. Are they here to save the universe, or is it simply a… - [Sloth Tales: Available now on Steam and iOS](https://draculascave.co/2020/10/30/sloth-tales-arrives-on-ios-and-android/): Sloth Tales is a stand-alone platforming game set in the Lion Quest universe. Originally released on Steam it's now available on iOS too. Did I mention that… - [Introducing AudioTheory Guitars](https://draculascave.co/2019/11/01/introducing-audiotheory-guitars/): AudioTheory Guitars is an interactive reference tool for guitar notes and chords. It greatly simplifies the process of learning and understanding music… - [The 15 best games for the PlayStation Vita](https://draculascave.co/2018/11/13/the-15-best-games-for-the-playstation-vita/): For a while there was this awful rumour going around that there were no good games for the PlayStation Vita. It's not quite true and I've been able to think… - [Review: Growlanser II: The Sense of Justice](https://draculascave.co/2018/09/22/review-growlanser-ii-the-sense-of-justice/): As the end credits rolled I realised I wasn’t quite sure what a ‘Growlanser’ was or why the subtitle ‘The Sense of Justice’ was chosen. I looked up the game… - [Super Famicom vs. Nintendo Wii – How to get the best picture from your retro games](https://draculascave.co/2018/01/30/super-famicom-vs-nintendo-wii-how-to-get-the-best-picture-from-your-retro-games/): I must admit that at some point during the last couple of years the Nintendo Wii got boxed up and put away in the cupboard. Because of this the first part of… - [LQVE: Lion Quest Versus Expanded launches on Steam](https://draculascave.co/2017/12/14/lqve-lion-quest-versus-expanded-launches-on-steam/): Jethro and friends return for a hypnotic voyage across the Lion Quest universe in LQVE: Lion Quest Versus Expanded – now available on Steam . Push the… - [Review: NieR Automata](https://draculascave.co/2017/11/23/review-nier-automata/): It’s taken me a lot longer than it should have to get around to this review. The fact that I'm still playing NieR Automata is certainly a positive, and now… - [LQVE: Lion Quest Versus Expanded – Coming Soon](https://draculascave.co/2017/11/13/lqve-lion-quest-versus-expanded-coming-soon/): Jethro and friends will be returning for another action-packed adventure. LQVE: Lion Quest Versus Expanded is coming soon to Steam and will launch with… - [Review: Wipeout Omega Collection](https://draculascave.co/2017/07/03/review-wipeout-omega-collection/): Wipeout: Omega Collection is the remaster of a remaster, and much of the content goes all the way back to the good ol’ days of the PSP. There’s tracks here… - [Top 5 games inspired by Twin Peaks](https://draculascave.co/2017/05/24/top-5-games-inspired-by-twin-peaks/): It's been quite the wait, but this week Twin Peaks has returned after a twenty six year break between its second and third season. In that time, Mark Frost… - [This Week's Purchase: Nintendo Switch](https://draculascave.co/2017/03/04/this-weeks-purchase-nintendo-switch/): I realised yesterday that I've been blindly purchasing Nintendo consoles on launch day for fifteen years now. More specifically this has been happening since… - [M1 – A surprise release from Dracula's Cave](https://draculascave.co/2017/02/21/m1-a-surprise-release-from-draculas-cave/): Another game? So soon? You'd be forgiven for thinking I've gone mad, but I'm here to tell you about a project that goes much further back than Lion Quest .… - [Review: Persona 3: The Movie #4 Winter of Rebirth](https://draculascave.co/2017/02/16/review-persona-3-the-movie-4-winter-of-rebirth/): The Persona 3 movies are collectively a real treat for fans, retelling its engaging story in a compelling new format. Split into four parts, Winter of… - [Review: Redout](https://draculascave.co/2017/01/06/review-redout/): A strange thing is currently happening to one of my all-time favourite genres. Wipeout is no more, there hasn't been an F-Zero game in over a decade, and… - [Review: DoDonPachi Resurrection](https://draculascave.co/2016/10/22/dodonpachi-resurrection/): DoDonPachi Resurrection is one of CAVE’s best shooters, and as anyone familiar with CAVE will already know – these guys are the masters of their genre.… - [Review: Sonic Adventure](https://draculascave.co/2016/09/08/review-sonic-adventure/): It's easy to forget that Sonic Adventure was once an all-round hit. These days the 3D Sonic games are at worst seen as a collective mess, and at best still… - [The Third Birthday](https://draculascave.co/2016/08/26/the-third-birthday/): Today is Dracula's Cave's third birthday. Sorry about the misleading title. It has been a very busy year and loads of cool stuff has happened, but right now… - [Lion Quest launches on Steam](https://draculascave.co/2016/07/11/lion-quest-launches-on-steam/): Today is the day! Lion Quest, the first game by Dracula's Cave, is available now on Steam and Humble Store . Take Jethro the Lion on a magical journey,… - [+10](https://draculascave.co/2016/06/16/10/): I spoke too soon, Lion Quest will launch on Steam July 11th – ten days later than expected. The reason for this delay is to ensure I won't be releasing… - [July 1st 2016](https://draculascave.co/2016/06/10/july-1st-2016/): Hey, that game I'm making now has a Coming Soon page on Steam . I've also made a website for it that you can check out at draculascave.co and there's even a… - [Review: Code Geass: Akito the Exiled](https://draculascave.co/2016/06/04/review-code-geass-akito-the-exiled/): So I'm going to try something I've not done before – that's covering five movies in one review. Code Geass: Akito the Exiled is a series of five hour-long… - [Dracula’s Cave presents: Lion Quest](https://draculascave.co/2016/06/01/draculas-cave-presents-lion-quest/): Did you know I’ve been making a videogame? I've not talked about it on DC for a while as development was initially total CHAOS, but today I've come prepared.… - [Review: Uncharted 4: A Thief's End](https://draculascave.co/2016/05/14/review-uncharted-4-a-thiefs-end/): There’s really a lot to like about Uncharted 4. This is an adventure that jumps between genres in much the same way that Nathan Drake leaps between crumbling… - [General news](https://draculascave.co/2016/05/14/general-news/): "At some point I will sort out some of the older content on the site and tidy things up around here" – Me, September 2015 This is actually starting… - [Review: Hyper Light Drifter](https://draculascave.co/2016/04/12/review-hyper-light-drifter/): In balancing retro aesthetic with modern mechanics, Hyper Light Drifter stands out as a notable success. Its striking visuals, open ended design and fast,… - [Review: Erased](https://draculascave.co/2016/03/30/review-erased/): Erased crafts its own special type of time travel that sits somewhere between Steins;Gate, Life is Strange and, Groundhog Day. It tells a story split between… - [Review: Until Dawn](https://draculascave.co/2016/03/11/review-until-dawn/): Until Dawn is a well-crafted tribute to classic horror films such as Halloween, Scream, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, A Nightmare on Elm Street and many more.… - [Review: Persona 3: The Movie #3 Falling Down](https://draculascave.co/2016/01/31/review-persona-3-the-movie-3-falling-down/): As the third film in the tetralogy, Persona 3: Falling Down faces all the challenges that the previous two movies have already struggled with. At the same… - [Review: Persona 3 FES](https://draculascave.co/2016/01/30/retro-review-persona-3-fes/): Whilst widely regarded as one of the PlayStation 2’s best games, there’s also a sense that no one really knows what to make of Persona 3. In many ways it’s… - [Review: The Tatami Galaxy](https://draculascave.co/2016/01/12/review-the-tatami-galaxy/): The Tatami Galaxy is highly ambitious. It’s also a huge success, and amazingly every experiment it tries seems to work. Simply listing everything great about… - [Merry Christmas from Dracula's Cave!](https://draculascave.co/2015/12/25/merry-christmas-from-draculas-cave-2/): It's Christmas again! Does that mean I've now got Persona 4 Dancing All Night? It sure does. Have a great day everyone, I'll be back very soon. If you're… - [Review: Rise of the Tomb Raider](https://draculascave.co/2015/11/30/review-rise-of-the-tomb-raider/): Prior to its release I'll admit I was actually pretty excited for Rise of The Tomb Raider. Its predecessor, Tomb Raider (2013), was a great game, but also… - [The Ultimate SEGA Saturn Guide Part II: The 20 must-have Saturn games](https://draculascave.co/2015/11/16/the-sega-saturn-owners-guide-part-ii-the-20-must-have-saturn-games/): The SEGA Saturn has a varied library of games, and it’s surprisingly great – especially if you’re including the many Japan-only titles (which I am) that are… - [Review: Life is Strange](https://draculascave.co/2015/10/20/review-life-is-strange/): It’s strange how a developer that underwhelms in one genre can totally deliver in another. The example I’d usually cite is 5pb, who made the sub-par fighting… - [The Ultimate SEGA Saturn Guide Part I: Introduction to the Saturn](https://draculascave.co/2015/10/08/the-ultimate-sega-saturn-guide-part-i-introduction-to-the-saturn/): The Sega Saturn is a misunderstood console, and one often overlooked. Whilst SEGA’s system didn’t enjoy commercial success, strong sales are rarely an… - [EGX 2015 – Things I learned and upcoming games](https://draculascave.co/2015/10/02/egx-2015-things-i-learned-and-upcoming-games/): Last Sunday I went to EGX, the UK's biggest videogame show. As someone who likes videogames quite a lot I enjoyed this chance to play all the ones that… - [Review: Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain](https://draculascave.co/2015/09/12/review-metal-gear-solid-v-the-phantom-pain/): There are certain things you can expect from a Metal Gear Solid game, or at least I thought you could until now. Five games in and many of the conventions… - [Review: Blood Blockade Battlefront](https://draculascave.co/2015/09/08/review-blood-blockade-battlefront/): A space time rift has opened up over New York and the city is now co-inhabited by aliens and humans. This is the premise of Blood Blockade Battlefront, and… - [Dracula's Cave is two years old](https://draculascave.co/2015/09/02/draculas-cave-is-two-years-old/): It's bad when you forget your own birthday right? Last week Dracula's Cave turned two, and although I’m a little late to the party hopefully there's still… - [Review: Rare Replay](https://draculascave.co/2015/08/12/review-rare-replay/): Simply going on quantity Rare Replay sets a new standard for the compilation videogame. The collection is made up of thirty titles spanning a length of time… - [Review: Psycho-Pass: The Movie](https://draculascave.co/2015/07/31/review-psycho-pass-the-movie/): Psycho-Pass: The Movie is in two ways an obvious return to form after getting sidetracked in its second series. The film brings back writer Gen Urobuchi and… - [Book Review: Armada](https://draculascave.co/2015/07/27/book-review-armada/): Armada is the story of a high school nerd whose talent at videogames thrusts him into a life–changing adventure full of old pop culture references. If this… ## Categories - [Anime Reviews](https://draculascave.co/category/anime-reviews/): 36 posts. - [Articles](https://draculascave.co/category/articles/): 21 posts. - [AudioTheory](https://draculascave.co/category/audiotheory/): 1 post. - [Dracula's Book Club](https://draculascave.co/category/draculas-book-club/): 4 posts. - [Game Dev](https://draculascave.co/category/game-dev/): 13 posts. - [Game Reviews](https://draculascave.co/category/game-reviews/): 66 posts. - [Guides](https://draculascave.co/category/guides/): 12 posts. - [News](https://draculascave.co/category/news/): 14 posts. - [Retro](https://draculascave.co/category/retro/): 20 posts. - [This Week's Purchase](https://draculascave.co/category/this-weeks-purchase/): 20 posts. ## Feeds - [RSS feed](https://draculascave.co/feed.xml): The 20 most recent posts, full text. - [Sitemap](https://draculascave.co/sitemap.xml): Every URL on the site. - [Search index](https://draculascave.co/search-index.json): Title, URL and text of every post, as JSON — what the site search reads.