Software with character.
Blackboard Studios is a small software studio in Olathe, Kansas. We ship our own products — from retro-futurist games to power-user utilities — and partner with founders to build theirs. AI-accelerated delivery. Senior by default.
$ bb ship --prod
✓ tests passed (428)
✓ build optimized
✓ edge deployed
✓ live in 1.4sThings we’ve shipped for ourselves.
We eat our own cooking. Every product below was designed, built, and shipped by the same two people who’ll work on yours.
Doorcade
A modern bulletin-board-system emulator that brings the dial-up era back — and runs a new generation of “Door Games” built on our own WhimsyTale engine.
Torrent Snag
Automatically detects torrent and magnet links on any web page and hands them off to your preferred client — or downloads them directly. Modern standards, deep configuration.
Scrapbot Outpost
A premium Steam tower defense game where improvised robot defenders protect their power core with modular towers that grow stronger through smart adjacency bonuses.
WhimsyTale
A lightweight, script-friendly engine we built to power Doorcade’s door games — and to let us prototype cozy, text-first adventures at studio speed.
Product engineering, end to end.
From first sketch to production launch — a small, senior team that can own the whole stack or drop into yours.
Web Applications
Fast, accessible, production-grade web apps built on modern React, Next.js, and edge-native stacks.
Mobile Apps
Cross-platform iOS and Android apps that feel native — React Native and Expo, shipped to the App Store and Play Store.
AI Integration
LLM-powered features, RAG pipelines, and agent systems built on your data — safely and observably.
APIs & Backend
Type-safe APIs, event-driven services, and cloud infrastructure that scales with your business.
Product Design
Interfaces that are clear, considered, and a pleasure to use. Prototypes in days, shipped in weeks.
Technical Advisory
Architecture reviews, team augmentation, and fractional CTO engagements for growing teams.
A tight, honest process.
One small senior team. Weekly demos. No hidden handoffs. Predictable shipping from week two onward.
Discover
A focused kickoff to map goals, users, and constraints. We leave with a crisp plan and success metrics.
Design
Rapid prototypes and interface design in parallel. AI-accelerated, but craft-reviewed by humans.
Build
Ship in small, demoable increments. Typed end to end, tested, and deployed continuously.
Launch
Production launch with monitoring, runbooks, and a handoff plan — or we stay on as your team.
A small senior team working end to end — design, engineering, and infrastructure under one roof.
Craft that compounds.
We treat software like a long-term asset — engineered for the quarter you ship and the decade after.
AI-accelerated delivery
We use modern AI tooling across design, code generation, and testing — compressing timelines without compromising quality.
Senior by default
You work directly with the people writing the code. No junior handoffs, no account managers, no surprises.
Built to last
Typed end to end, tested where it matters, observable in production, and documented so your team can own it.
Fixed-scope clarity
Scoped work with milestones, weekly demos, and real numbers. You always know where we are and what’s next.