In May of 2019, daunted with the upcoming task of level design, world building, and animation for Duck Guy, Derek switched gears and honed in on a more focused project: A tiny Galaga inspired mobile shooter developed solely by fedellen. Astral Defense was released on July 11th, 2019 and Pixel Pajama Studios became Pixel Pajama Studios LLC.
Throughout the summer and fall of 2019 Pixel Pajama Studios began development of a new project, Sonar Smash. Initially planned as a simple, re-skinned “clone” of Astral Defense, Sonar Smash quickly evolved into it’s own game with numerous unique features.