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A game studio

Our games

We are fakewaffle, a Utah game studio. We make games we want to play with the people next to us.

  1. Otter Nonsense
  2. Bullet Glory
  3. Last Ward
  4. Pocket TD
  5. Keystar
  6. Held Between Us
River co-op
Otter Nonsense: a crew in a paddle raft riding a wave train on a turquoise river

Otter
Nonsense

Run the riverCamp on the bank
River co-op · Up to 4

Put in. Run the river. Camp on the bank. Go again.

A co-op river-running game. A crew of up to four animals runs rivers in kayaks, tubes, rafts and homemade boats, camps on the bank, gears up and goes again. Play solo with an AI crew, or couch and online co-op, mixed.

Crew
1 to 4, solo with AI crew
Co-op
Couch and online, mixed
First on
Mac and Steam Deck, then Windows, Linux, iPhone and iPad
Game page and gallery →
Arena shooter
Bullet Glory: a cyan shield ring and a glowing elite enemy inside a neon arena ringed in magenta, with an x80.6 multiplier

Bullet
Glory

Auto-fireNeon arena
Neon arena shooter

Keep moving. Everything else fires itself.

Skills auto-fire into a neon arena of geometric enemies that fire back. Moving is the game. Weave through bullet curtains, sweep up shards, and trigger cancels that turn danger into a shower of points.

Skills
Auto-fire
You
Move. Moving is the game.
Haul
Shards, cancels, a shower of points
Game page and gallery →
Action RPG
Last Ward: a Warden cutting through a crowd of corrupted creatures in the Breachwood, lit by blue waystone crystals

Last
Ward

Beyond the sanctuaryAction RPG
Class-based fantasy action RPG

Past the edge of the last safe place.

Venture beyond humanity's final magical sanctuary to battle corrupted creatures, recover relics and gather rare resources. Strengthen both yourself and the Last Ward itself.

Party
Pick your class
Out there
Corrupted creatures, relics
Back home
A sanctuary you make stronger
Game page and gallery →
Tower defense
Pocket TD: an isometric grassland map where a cluster of towers fires on flyers and raiders coming down a brown path

Pocket
TD

Grow the mapHold the line
Tower defense · Isometric

A tower defense that grows its own map.

Every run is a new generated map that grows as you hold it. Pick perks and relics between waves, upgrade towers into branches and active powers, and face bosses that bring their own tricks. On PC, Steam Deck and iOS.

Runs
Quick play, or an expedition on a map that grows
Towers
Upgrade, branch, then an active power
Plays on
PC, Steam Deck and iOS
Game page and gallery →
Typing teacher
Keystar: the KEYSTAR name glowing over a neon vector sky, the ship firing on a boss carrying the word supernova while smaller enemies with words close in

Keystar

Learn to typeShoot the words
Touch typing · Neon vector shooter

Learn to type. Then shoot the words.

A touch-typing teacher with lessons for QWERTY, Dvorak and Colemak, and an optional neon shooter where every enemy carries a word. Type the word to destroy it. Play it in your browser.

Layouts
QWERTY, Dvorak and Colemak
Learn
Lessons with a finger guide
Plays on
Web, macOS and Windows. iPad with a keyboard coming.
Play online → Game page and gallery →
Face-to-face co-op
Held Between Us: a painterly market square under a swirling blue sky, seen through the body's eyes

Held
Between Us

Two playersAcross devices
Face-to-face co-op · Painterly

A co-op game for two people, face to face.

One screen shows the body and its sensations; the other shows what its eyes see. On PC, Steam Deck, iPhone and iPad, and across devices, so you can each play on your own hardware. On an iPhone Duo, both views share one device.

Players
Two, face to face
Screens
The body, and what its eyes see
Plays on
PC, Steam Deck, iPhone and iPad, across devices
Game page and gallery →
Made between games

Apps

Between games, we build smaller apps for iPhone, Android and the web.

Recipes and pantry

Assistant Chef

Save recipes from any website, photo or PDF, keep track of what is in your pantry, and send what is missing to the grocery list.

iOS App Store → Support and privacy →
  • Assistant Chef recipe library with photo cards, ratings and cook times
    Recipes
  • Assistant Chef recipe detail with nutrition, servings and ingredients checked against the pantry
    Recipe
  • Assistant Chef pantry grouped by baking and dairy with a quick add field
    Pantry
  • Assistant Chef Discover screen with recipes inspired by your pantry
    Discover
Countdowns

Attente

How long until the moments you care about, right on your lock and home screen in widgets you can make your own.

iOS App Store → Support and privacy →
  • Attente countdown list with tags and days remaining
    Countdowns
  • Attente widgets on an iOS home screen in several sizes
    Widgets
  • Attente event detail with date, recurring toggle and tags
    Event detail
  • Attente widget customization with font, rows and spacing controls
    Customize
Barbecue cook log

BBQ Buddy

Plan each cook with target temperatures and times, log how it turned out, and keep your smokers and fuel on file for next time.

iOS App Store → Support and privacy →
  • BBQ Buddy cook logs with a current cook, a planned cook and recent cooks
    Cook logs
  • BBQ Buddy completed tomahawk steak cook with photo, cooker and fuel
    Cook detail
  • BBQ Buddy start a cook screen with target temperatures, cook time and rest time
    Start a cook
  • BBQ Buddy cook suggestions for smoke wood, prep and seasoning
    Suggestions
Youth baseball

Caught Looking

Fair playing time for every kid, automatic batting orders, and season stats, synced live during the game.

iOS · Android · Web
  • Caught Looking roster list with player numbers and position ratings
    Roster
  • Caught Looking pitching availability with rest-day thresholds
    Pitching
  • Caught Looking live rotation diamond with fielders by position
    Rotation
  • Caught Looking assign pitcher sheet listing available pitchers
    Assign pitcher
Kids' feelings journal

Mood Mates

Kids pick a feeling from a friendly grid and journal about it, by typing or by voice. Parents and an invited therapist follow along.

iOS · Android · Web
  • Mood Mates emotion grid with nine faces to pick from
    Emotion grid
  • Mood Mates guided prompt with the option to type or speak
    Prompts
  • Mood Mates shared journal timeline with typed and spoken entries
    Timeline
  • Mood Mates access screen listing a parent owner and a therapist viewer
    Access
Contact · Utah

Get in
touch

fakewaffle, llc is a game studio. Questions, ideas, or want to hear when a game is out? We read every message.

No release dates yet. We'll post them here when there's something to play.

hello@fakewaffle.com