Games made by a few people who care a lot.
Zerf Studios is an independent game studio making interactive experiences for players around the world. We keep the team small, the process lean and our word good.
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Indie on purpose.
Zerf Studios is small by design. Fewer people means faster decisions, stranger ideas and nobody hiding behind a process. Here's what that looks like day to day.
- Scrappy
- We build with what we have and find the fun early. Prototypes reach players while they're still rough, because playing something beats talking about it.
- Lean
- No bloat, no busywork. Every hour goes into the part you'll actually play, and every feature has to earn its place.
- Sincere
- We make the games we want to play and talk to players like people. When something slips or changes, we'll tell you why.
For players everywhere.
A great game shouldn't depend on where you live or what you can afford to run it on. We design for a global audience from the very first prototype.
- Runs on real hardwareWe test on the computers and phones people actually own, not just the newest ones.
- Ready for many languagesText, interface and humour are built to travel, so translation is never an afterthought.
- Open to more playersRemappable controls, readable text and difficulty options that help more people reach the end.
Our first game: Poodoku.
Sudoku without the numbers, ruled by a crowned poo. Place one poo in every row, column and colour, with no two touching. There are 1,860 puzzles, each solvable by pure logic, plus two new ones every day, in 13 languages.
Free on Android. Contains ads and optional purchases.
Say hello.
Players, press, publishers and people who'd like to build games with us: our inbox is open, and a real person reads every message.
hello@zerfstudios.com