Press kit
Everything here is free to use in articles, videos and streams about my games. Facts and the studio blurb first, then permissions, review keys and logos, then one section per game with its screenshots and trailer. Questions, keys or anything missing: hello@coquibytegames.com.
Fact sheet
- Studio
- Coquibyte Games
- Developer
- Jonathan Velez, one person
- Based in
- Puerto Rico
- Founded
- 2022
- Games
- Bad Chicken (2022), Chupacabras (2024, remaking the 2016 original), Vieques (2025); more in development
- Platforms
- Windows and Nintendo Switch
- Website
- coquibytegames.com
- Press contact
- hello@coquibytegames.com
- Stores
- itch.io · Steam · Game Jolt
- Social
- YouTube · Instagram · X
About Coquibyte
Short. Coquibyte Games is a one-person independent studio founded in 2022, making small pixel-art games one at a time.
Long. Coquibyte Games is a one-person independent studio founded in 2022 by Jonathan Velez, making small pixel-art games one at a time and shipping them when they're done. The name comes from the coquí, a tree frog the size of a thumbnail with a voice that carries across a whole valley, the one that sings Puerto Rico to sleep. The games are the same. Small, with a big voice. Three games so far, Bad Chicken on Steam and Nintendo Switch, Chupacabras and Vieques free on itch.io, with more in development.
Videos, streams and this kit
Record, stream and monetize freely. You're welcome to make videos and streams of any of my games on YouTube, Twitch or anywhere else, and to monetize them. No need to ask. A link to the game's store page is appreciated.
Use what's here. The logos, cover art, screenshots and text on this page may be used in coverage of my games. Please don't alter the logos or use them to imply endorsement.
Review keys
Bad Chicken is my paid game. Steam and Nintendo Switch keys are available for press and creators: write to hello@coquibytegames.com with your outlet or channel. Chupacabras and Vieques are free downloads on itch.io.
Logos
The logo is pixel art: use the 1x files at a whole-number scale (2x, 3x…) with no smoothing, or the 5x files when the size is out of your hands. Transparent PNGs.
Bad Chicken
A side-scrolling shoot ’em up in the spirit of the 16-bit classics. 8 stages, 8 giant bosses.
- Genre
- Shoot ’em up
- Players
- 1
- Platforms
- Windows (Steam, itch.io), Nintendo Switch
- Release
- 2022 on Windows, 2024 on Switch
- Price
- $9.99 on Steam and itch.io, $19.99 on the Nintendo eShop
- Languages
- English
- Stores
- Steam · Nintendo eShop · itch.io
Aliens brainwashed the army, and a team of mercenaries is all that's left. Bad Chicken is a side-scrolling shoot ’em up in the spirit of the 16-bit classics: fight across 8 hand-crafted locations in the Ferus system, power up your arsenal, and take on a giant boss at the end of every stage.
- 8 stages, each ending in a boss fight, with mini-bosses along the way
- Multiple weapons that level up as you collect power-ups, and bombs for crowded screens
- Vehicle sections that change how you play
- 4 difficulty settings, from relaxed to punishing
- Pixel art and full controller support
- ScreenshotsZIP · 15 PNG · 1920×1080
- Cover artJPG · 500×750
- TrailerYouTube
Chupacabras
Play as the legendary Chupacabras: raid farms, grab every goat and dodge farmers in a fast 1–2 player arcade game.
- Genre
- Arcade
- Players
- 1–2, local co-op
- Platforms
- Windows
- Release
- 2024, a remake of the 2016 original
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- English
- Stores
- itch.io · Game Jolt
Many years after the last sighting, the bloodsucking beast of Caribbean legend is back. Sneak onto farms, grab every goat you can, and spit acid at the farmers who try to stop you. Each farm is harder than the last: the humans spot you from farther away, and more of them show up to hunt you down. Grab at least one goat before time runs out to clear the farm, or every goat to clear it early.
- 256 levels of increasingly dangerous farms
- Local co-op for 2 players
- Retro pixel art, full controller support and configurable controls
- A 4.57 MB download, nothing to install
- ScreenshotsZIP · 5 PNG · 1920×1080
- Cover artJPG · 500×750
- TrailerYouTube
Vieques
A minesweeper-style puzzle in the waters of Vieques, Puerto Rico: clear the mines and bring the island back to life.
- Genre
- Puzzle
- Players
- 1
- Platforms
- Windows
- Release
- 2025
- Price
- Free
- Languages
- English
- Stores
- itch.io · Game Jolt
Vieques is a minesweeper puzzle set in the tropical waters off Vieques, Puerto Rico. Steer your boat through 14 minefields, uncover tiles one by one, and pick an upgrade after every cleared field, a heart or a radar, to bring the island's waters back to life. It draws on the island's real history: from the 1940s to 2003 the U.S. Navy used Vieques for bombing exercises, and unexploded ordnance is still being cleared from its land and waters today. The game is a work of fiction inspired by that history.
- A campaign of 14 minefields around a map of Vieques, plus a Quick Game mode
- Heart and radar upgrades to earn along the way
- A high score table: zones cleared and total time
- Pixel art, full controller support and configurable controls
- An 11.6 MB download, nothing to install
- ScreenshotsZIP · 5 PNG · 1920×1080
- Cover artJPG · 500×750
- TrailerYouTube
