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eightbit .studio DEVELOPMENT STUDIO EST. 2024

We build games, apps, and digital experiences
with the spirit of the machines that started it all.

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Our Story

Born from a love of
rubber keys and
loading screens

It started with a ZX Spectrum. That unmistakable border-striped loading screen, the hum of a tape deck, and the magic of seeing pixels come alive for the very first time. That moment — when a few kilobytes of code created entire worlds — never left us.

eightbit.studio is a team of developers who share a passion for the golden era of 8-bit computing. We grew up with Sinclair, Atari, and Commodore. We typed in BASIC listings from magazines. We knew the value of every single byte.

Today we channel that same resourcefulness and creativity into modern software — iOS games, mobile applications, and consulting for teams who want to build things that matter. Different tools, same philosophy: make every pixel count.

1982 — Spectrum era
2024 — Studio founded
2025 — First release
10 PRINT "HELLO" 20 GOTO 10 RUN HELLO HELLO HELLO HELLO BASIC v1.0
PLAYER 1 PRESS FIRE KEMPSTON
SCORE: 000420 48K GAMES
eightbit .studio 2025 SIDE A / 48K LOAD ""

What We Do

Services

From pixel-perfect games to production-ready apps. We handle it all.

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iOS Games

We design and develop engaging games for iPhone and iPad. From casual fidget toys to ambitious titles — built with SwiftUI, SpriteKit, and a deep understanding of what makes people tap "play again."

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Mobile Apps

Native iOS application development — from concept to App Store launch. We build utility apps, productivity tools, health & wellness apps, and anything else that deserves to be in someone's pocket.

Swift UIKit Core Data CloudKit WidgetKit
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Consulting

Need an extra brain on your project? We offer technical consulting for mobile architecture, performance optimization, App Store strategy, and code reviews. We help teams ship better, faster.

Architecture Code Review Performance App Store

Our Games

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Featured Release

Worry Beads

Your Digital Komboloi

The ancient Greek art of worry beads, reimagined for your pocket. Scroll, breathe, relax — with realistic physics, haptic feedback, and a gamification layer that keeps you coming back.

  • ► Flow Mode & Zen Mode
  • ► 5 Materials · 8 Color Schemes
  • ► 8 Achievements & Streak Tracking
  • ► Fun stats: Moon distance, Earth laps
  • ► Haptic feedback & procedural audio
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The Team

Built by humans,
inspired by machines

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We're a small, distributed team of developers, designers, and lifelong gamers. Some of us typed our first line of code on a rubber-keyed Spectrum. Others discovered the magic through emulators and retro culture. What unites us is a belief that software should be crafted — with the same care and constraints that made 48K games legendary.

We don't do bloat. We don't do filler. We build things we'd want to use ourselves, and we obsess over the details that most people never notice — but always feel.

"Every pixel counts. Every byte matters."

Get in Touch

Let's build something

Got a project idea? Want to collaborate? Just want to chat about Manic Miner?

✉️  hello@eightbit.studio 📿  worrybeads@eightbit.studio