Pinstripe
store.steampowered.com
Hand-painted adventure about a father chasing his daughter's kidnapper through the afterlife.
$106,729 raised on Kickstar…
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Thomas Brush
Solo creator of Pinstripe and Neversong who teaches indie game dev on YouTube
Thomas Brush at a glance
- Known for
- Pinstripe, Neversong and Full Time Game Dev
- Active products
- Pinstripe, Neversong and Full Time Game Dev
Facts checked 2026-10-22
About Thomas Brush
Thomas Brush is an American indie game developer, YouTuber and course creator. Working as Atmos Games, he started with atmospheric Flash games such as Coma before making his commercial titles largely by himself, handling art, code, writing and music.
Pinstripe, a hand-painted adventure about a former minister chasing his daughter through a wintry afterlife, raised $106,729 from 3,780 backers on Kickstarter and launched on Steam in April 2017. Neversong, a remake and expansion of Coma (originally Once Upon a Coma), followed in May 2020 with publisher Serenity Forge.
Brush built a large YouTube audience, over 400,000 subscribers, around indie game development, and in late 2020 launched Full Time Game Dev, a paid course on making and funding indie games. He also hosts The Thomas Brush Show podcast, interviewing developers who make a living from their games.
Products by Thomas Brush
Neversong
store.steampowered.com
Psychological adventure about a boy waking from a coma, remade from Brush's Flash game Coma.
Full Time Game Dev
fulltimegamedev.com
Paid course on making, funding and selling indie games.
Timeline
- 2017 — Released Pinstripe on Steam.
- 2020 — Released Neversong and launched the Full Time Game Dev course.
How Thomas builds
- Atmosphere and emotion over mechanical complexity.
- Build an audience while you build the game.
- Teach what you learn to fund the next project.
Learn from Thomas Brush
[course]
Full Time Game Dev
Course on building, funding and selling indie games.
by Thomas Brush
[youtube]
Thomas Brush on YouTube
Game dev tutorials, devlogs and interviews with indie developers.
by Thomas Brush
[podcast]
The Thomas Brush Show
Interviews with indie developers who make games full time.
by Thomas Brush
Thomas Brush FAQ
Who is Thomas Brush?
Thomas Brush is an American indie game developer, YouTuber and course creator. Working as Atmos Games, he started with atmospheric Flash games such as Coma before making his commercial titles largely by himself, handling art, code, writing and music.
Who made Pinstripe?
Pinstripe was made almost entirely by Thomas Brush under his label Atmos Games and released on Steam in April 2017.
How much did Pinstripe raise on Kickstarter?
Pinstripe raised $106,729 from 3,780 backers on Kickstarter.
What is Full Time Game Dev?
Full Time Game Dev is Thomas Brush's paid course, launched in late 2020, that teaches people how to make, fund and sell indie games.
What does Thomas Brush do now?
As of 2026 he runs his YouTube channel, The Thomas Brush Show podcast and the Full Time Game Dev course alongside his own game projects.
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