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Minzy Studios · Burlington, Vermont

Play with our work before you work with us.

We’re a small independent studio making games, apps, AI tools, and custom software. Every card here is something we built. Most you can try today, and the dashed ones are on the way. Pick one.

Use the left and right arrow keys to move between cards. Press Enter to turn a card over and read it, Escape to put it back, and S to shuffle.

4
apps on the App Store
4
in App Review now
16
free art drops
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The deck

Everything we’ve made.

Ten cards in four suits, and every one is real. Four are foil because they are on the App Store right now.

  • Oath Below

    A solo card dungeon built from one shuffled deck. Every weapon remembers its last kill.
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    Each room deals four cards. Face three, and the fourth follows you down the Stair. Three full descents are free, and one lifetime purchase unlocks the rest.

    • 44 illustrated cards
    • Fully playable offline
    • No ads, no account
    Game · iPhoneOn the App StoreGet it on the App Store: Oath Below

  • SOLN

    A hand-drawn circuit puzzle notebook, built from paper, ink, and working little machines.
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    Tap to rotate wire tiles, close the circuit, and bring a small invention to life. The first ten puzzles are free, and one permanent purchase opens the whole notebook.

    • Ten puzzles free
    • Daily page and endless mode
    • No subscription, no ads
    Game · iPhoneOn the App StoreGet it on the App Store: SOLN

  • Minzy’s Meadow

    A cozy fruit bubble shooter with quiet puzzles, a Terrarium to make your own, and no ads or account.
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    Aim, bank off the walls, and match three to clear gentle boards at your own pace. Begin free, then expand the full path with one purchase.

    • Short, calm sessions
    • Plays offline
    • No ads, no account
    Game · iPhoneIn App ReviewExplore the meadow: Minzy’s Meadow

  • CarryHalf

    If you’re not carrying half, your partner is carrying you.
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    Map the work it takes to run your home, decide what is Mine, Shared, Theirs, or Not us, and see what you are really carrying. Everything stays on your iPhone.

    • Private and on-device
    • No account, ads, or tracking
    • One-time unlock
    App · iPhoneOn the App StoreGet it on the App Store: CarryHalf

  • RANKED

    A strength-training log for adults that turns logged workouts into muscle ranks.
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    Build a workout, log every set, and watch each muscle earn its rank on the body map. Free to use, with RANKED Pro for unlimited Coach.

    • Fast set logging
    • A body map that ranks up
    • For adults, 18+
    App · iPhoneOn the App StoreGet it on the App Store: RANKED

  • TEMPO

    A personal cadence coach that builds running targets from your own natural rhythm.
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    Record a natural baseline run, then train with small, practical targets built around it. Live cues notice sustained drift without taking over your run.

    • Built from your baseline
    • Live pace and cadence
    • Planned: free to track
    App · iPhoneIn App ReviewExplore TEMPO: TEMPO

  • Slivers

    A tiny-video memory camera for filming seconds, filing them into collections, and playing them as little films.
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    Catch one to ten seconds of something real, file it into collections, and watch them back to back like a little film. No account, no ads, no analytics.

    • One to ten second clips
    • Stays on your iPhone
    • Planned: 5 collections free
    App · iPhoneIn App ReviewExplore Slivers: Slivers

  • Finite

    An app lock, a Life Timer, and personal counters in one quiet iPhone instrument.
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    Lock the apps that take your time, then see what that time means: weeks in your chosen lifespan, time with apps locked, and counters for the moments that matter.

    • App lock with schedules
    • Life Timer and counters
    • No account, ads, or tracking
    App · iPhoneIn App ReviewExplore Finite: Finite

  • Atlas

    Offline LLM. Local memory. A robot with a brain we built.
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    Atlas starts with a finished robot body, the Anki Vector 2.0, and adds a brain we build ourselves: a small language model that runs on our own hardware, with its own voice and memory.

    • Runs on local hardware
    • No cloud, no subscription
    • Built on the Anki Vector 2.0
    AI tool · Robot, local AIIn the labRead the build: Atlas

  • Free drops

    Desktop art, ChatGPT pets, and dated drops, free to download and use.
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    A public repository of freebies from the studio, with art under CC BY 4.0 and prompts under MIT. The license is still marked draft.

    • Desktop wallpapers
    • ChatGPT pet prompts
    • New drops by date
    Experiment · GitHubFree on GitHubBrowse the drops: Free drops

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What we’ll build for you.

Four kinds of work we’ll build for you. Pick the one closest to your idea, and the first call sorts out the rest.

AI tools

An AI tool.

Task-shaped assistants, or a small model that runs on your own hardware with no cloud.

Proof in the deck
Start with an AI tool

Custom software

Custom software.

Web tools, websites, and booking flows, built to be yours: the code, the keys, and the accounts.

Start with custom software
First step
A 30-minute call about your idea.
Before any work
A written plan, a price, and a date you can hold it.
You keep
The code, the keys, and the accounts.

House rules

How a project runs.

Small on purpose, which changes how a project plays.

  1. Deal.

    A 30-minute call. Bring the idea, however rough.

  2. Draw.

    A written plan: what gets built first, what it costs, and when you can hold it.

  3. Play.

    Playable builds as it grows, then the handover.

Object of the gameMake something people are glad exists.

  1. Deal with the maker.

    The person you talk to designs it, builds it, and ships it. No account managers, no game of telephone.

  2. Play fast, finish properly.

    Design and code live in one head, so ideas get tried the same day. Then the last ten percent gets the same care as the first ninety.

  3. Keep your own cards.

    You own what we build: the code, the keys, and the accounts.

  4. Respect the player.

    No dark patterns, and no ads or accounts that haven’t earned their place. Yours won’t have them either.

MakerNo. 00
Mike Belyea, smiling, in a blue shirt

Mike Belyea

Founder · Designer · Developer

Designs it. Builds it. Ships it.

I build with care, and I love what I do!

The maker

Who you’ll work with.

Minzy Studios is a small independent studio in Burlington, Vermont, run by Mike Belyea. We build games, apps, AI tools, and custom software, with a focus on work that feels considered, polished, and genuinely useful.

Small and independent by design, which means you work directly with the person building your project, start to finish. We take the craft seriously, and we happen to love doing it.

Shipped and on the App Store

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All files for this drop on GitHub

Free drops

Free art from the studio.

Wallpapers, stills, and ChatGPT pet packs, 16 drops so far, every original free to download from our public GitHub. Free for personal use; each drop lists its terms.

Tiamatt in human form, a dark-haired woman with teal dragon scales across one side of her face, in sea mist

Featured drop · our favorite

Tiamatt

Her human form: aquatic scales, sea mist, and cool teal light. A matching dragon form comes with her.

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Get her dragon form too

Free for personal use. Credit to Minzy Studios appreciated. See the drop

Every drop

Browse every drop on GitHub

New drops land on our socials first.

Your move

Got something you want built?

Every card in this deck started as a rough idea. Tell us yours: a game, an app, a tool for your team, or something that doesn’t have a name yet.

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The first call is 30 minutes. Bring the idea, however rough.