An indie studio

I make small digital products that feel unusually thoughtful, useful, and alive.

Pocketful is a one-person studio shipping tiny games and tools. No roadmaps full of maybe — just small things, made with care, released when they're delightful.

The shelf

Everything we've shipped. Each one started as a weekend itch and stayed until it was fun.

What we believe

Go deeper

The brand system, the membership, and how the sausage gets made.

Brand system

Logo, palette, type, and voice — the whole identity, documented.

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Membership

Every game is free. Members get the club: early builds, votes, and a yearly gift.

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Studio docs

How we build, who we are, and answers to the usual questions.

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Mission directions

What should Butterworks stand for?

Six genuinely different directions for the company mission — from manifesto to deadpan. Tap a card to pick the one that feels like us. Nothing here is final: the winner gets a full rewrite pass before it goes anywhere near the homepage.

Your pick is saved on this device only. When you've chosen, say so and the winner gets written up properly — full mission page, frontiers section, the works.

Brand system

The identity, documented like we mean it. Switch brands below to compare — everything on this page re-renders.

Pocketful
A pocketful of small delights.

Palette — tap a swatch to copy

Typography

Display
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Body
This is the body voice: warm, plain-spoken, and allergic to jargon. We explain things the way we'd explain them to a friend — short sentences, honest words, no burying the payoff in parentheses.

Voice

    Never

    No purple gradientsOr blue-purple glows, or any gradient that screams "generated".
    No glassmorphismFrosted panels are a costume. We use flat color and real shadows.
    No lorem ipsumEvery surface ships with real words, written by a human.
    No dark patternsNo fake urgency, no trick toggles. The unsubscribe button works.

    Membership

    Every game is free, forever. Membership is for people who want the club around it — early builds, a vote on what ships next, and something physical in the mail once a year.

    Why charge at all if the games are free?

    Because the club is the product. Members fund the studio directly, so the games never need ads, paywalls, or dark patterns. Free players get the full games; members get the backstage.

    Can I cancel anytime?

    Yes, in one tap, and you keep member perks until the end of the billing period. The cancel button is not hidden in a maze. That's a brand rule.

    What does the yearly gift look like?

    Something small and physical from the studio — a print, a pin, a zine about how a game got made. Different every year, always real.

    Studio docs

    How we build, who we are, and the usual questions.

    How we build

    Who's behind the studio?

    Luke — an indie maker who builds small digital products for fun and, increasingly, for a living. One person, no investors, no roadmap theater.

    Can I suggest a game?

    Members vote on what ships next every quarter. The winning idea gets built, and the suggester gets credited in the game.

    Do you do client work?

    No. The studio only ships its own products. That's the whole point — and why everything feels like it was made by someone who cared.

    Press kit?

    Grab the logo and palette from the Brand page. For anything else, say hi on X at @lukezhangy.