A cozy, plant-filled living room lit by golden sunlight — the world of Barely Breathing.

Compiling Shaders Games

Cartoony games that splash, bounce, and stick with you.

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Inside the Compiling Shaders studio you’ll find bright, cartoony adventures made for browsers, desktops, and living-room laughs. Jump in, sync the vibes, and get ready to spill a little water.

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Featured Game

Barely Breathing

Spill and splash away — make your own path. A 3D physics puzzle-platformer starring Sheen, a goldfish trying to escape the house.

Genre Puzzle / Platformer
Mode Singleplayer
Release 2026
Studio Compiling Shaders Games

Jump through pots, knock over glasses, dash underwater, and collect rubber ducks for extra breathing time — all wrapped in a cozy cel-shaded art style.

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Meet the splash squad

The fish, the cat, and a house full of trouble.

Sheen

A wide-eyed goldfish with one mission: get out of this house — splash by splash.

Matt

Bow-tied chaos agent. Soft paws, sharp curiosity, zero chill about fish bowls.

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See Sheen hop, splash, and barely breathe through the house.

Gameplay moments

Physics puddles, plant pots, and puzzle chaos.

Sheen leaping from a fishbowl near a Rubik's cube.

Sheen jumping between wall planters under a guitar.

Sheen swimming among seaweed and coral inside a fish tank.

Sheen swimming along a rooftop rain gutter.

Sheen lying in a spilled water puddle beside a tipped bottle.

Animated clip of Sheen in a fishbowl. — Bowl hops

Animated clip of jumping between pots. — Pot parkour

Animated clip of tea set physics. — Spill physics

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We’re Jaspreet Singh (game design & art) and Pratyush Gupta (programming & business) — crafting Barely Breathing since November 2025. Want to cheer us on, press us, or just say hi?