After seeing both of its most recent projects fall through, independent developer BottleRocket has closed its doors, though its founder is planning a new studio.

"After fighting to keep the doors open for the past six months we have decided to close and move on," studio founder Jay Beard informed GamesIndustry.biz.

The company suffered two crippling blows across the year, as publishing partner Brash imploded, leaving the company with an incomplete and unfunded game based off resident DC Universe speedster The Flash. Then, a few months later, Namco showed up with a U-Haul truck and took off with all of BottleRocket's ... Read more

Back before Brash Entertainment imploded, the publisher was working with BottleRocket on a game inspired by resident DC Comics speedster The Flash.

Now, a few screenshots of the cancelled project have emerged from artists Bryan Johnson and Veronica Lynn Harper, noticed by Joystiq and superannuation.

Up until recently, BottleRocket was developing Splatterhouse alongside Namco Bandai. However, Namco confiscated all related development hardware and assets in a U-Haul truck earlier this month, with BottleRocket now preparing an unannounced new project.