Nubby's Number Factory
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Overview
Nubby's Number Factory is an independent roguelike plinko game developed by MogDogBlog Productions in which players are put in the role of a number factory worker who must launch a spherical character named Nubby down a board of pegs with numerical values, attempting to hit pegs that add up to a goal number to complete each level. If the player fails to hit the number and uses all of Nubby's lives, the sun explodes. As the player progresses, they can buy items to assist in the run. A demo for the game was released on September 22nd, 2024 and the full game was released on March 7th, 2025. The game garnered significant praise online following its full release for both its addictive gameplay and nostalgic design, which is reminiscent of early 90s and 2000s-era CGI computer games. It became the increasing subject of fan content, memes and Let's Plays in April 2025.
History
On September 22nd, 2024, the first demo for Nubby's Number Factory was released on itch.io[1] by MogDogBlog Productions. Several updated demos were released over the following months, with the final demo build releasing on December 15th of that year. As the game was being developed, ModDogBlog made posts to the @mogdogblog TikTok[2] page documenting the development process. The full game was released on Steam[3] on March 7th, 2025.
Online Presence
Nubby's Number Factory became increasingly popular online following its full release. On March 14th, 2025, YouTuber[4] Northerlion posted a Let's Play video covering the game, garnering over 303,000 views in a month.
Northernlion's video helped spread the game further, with numerous posts about it appearing on his subreddit. On March 20th, Redditor u/fayyhana posted a "Where do you workout?" meme about the game to the /r/Northernlion[5] subreddit, garnering over 1,600 upvotes in a month.
On April 17th, TikToker[6] @spicybrainrot posted a video getting a very high score during a round of Nubby's Number Factory, garnering over 394,000 views in four days.
@spicybrainrot CRAZIEST build on the new patch with Baloney Tony (bologna?) #nubbysnumberfactory #gaming #infiniteloop #nubbys ♬ original sound – spicybrainrot
On April 18th, Bluesky[7] user @honestmeows posted an edit of a piece of Disco Elysium art[8] by chanasykine, editing it to reference the game, garnering over 740 likes in three days.
Search Interest
External References
[2] TikTok – mogdogblog
[3] Steam – Nubby's Number Factory
[4] YouTube – Northernlion
[5] Reddit – northernlion
[6] TikTok – spicybrainrot
[7] Bluesky – honestmeows
[8] Danbooru – chanasykine
