21 h 07 the kids are asleep

A dad codes at his desk at night, under a lamp. Behind the half-open door, his two kids are asleep. His phone lies there, switched off.

9:07 pm · the kids are asleep

Games made in the evening, instead of scrolling.

By day, I solve problems at a start-up. In the evening, when my two kids are asleep, I don't open TikTok: I build worlds you can dive into a little, a lot, passionately. Six games came out of those evenings. Apple is blocking some of them. You can play them tonight.

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The games

Six evenings that became games

Each has its own genre, its own touch, and a reason to exist. None is a clone. Don't just read: every game below can be played right here.

Party action RPG and co-op

Wipe !

Four heroes, bosses that each play by their own rules, and friends (or companions who learn) so you don’t wipe.

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Rejected by Apple, under appeal

▶ The real game, on iPhone

Varkhul the Unquenchable Key +2

100 %

You
Mélisande
Gorgnar
Zéphyrine

Dodges 0 · Wipes 0 · Best +2

Tap the arena to move Brunehilde. Red: get out of the circle. Gold: join the party in the light.

Action roguelite, the 90s

Rembobine

A mom, a water gun and her whole childhood against the Scroll.

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Rejected twice by Apple

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Nath and her water gun

The Scroll, a screen with film-strip legs

◀◀ REWINDING

Click or tap the screen to soak the Scroll.

Real-time strategy, Belle Époque

Panache

Paris, 1900. Steam, steel and radium: a true RTS, made for your finger.

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Playable, on TestFlight

Crest of the RepublicCrest of the Empire of Carbonia

Click or tap the battlefield: the Republic opens fire.

Real-time card duels

Childhood toys and children’s drawings battle in ink on the living-room mat.

Play in your browserDiscover Mémoire vive

Coming soon to the App Store

Tap a card, then your half of the mat: your toys charge the red towers.

Ballpoint-pen tower defense

Rature

Draw your towers in ballpoint pen and cross out the letters invading your notebook.

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Coming soon to the App Store

Tap the page to draw a tower (four at most).

Satirical office simulation

Ressources inhumaines

You are Ava, the HR AI of a start-up that loves you. We’re a family.

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Playable, on TestFlight

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Employee happiness
72 %

You are Ava. Approve or deny: any document might be lying.

A single lit window in a sleeping little town, a cat on the roof.

The story

A lit window on a sleeping street

In the evening, there is a precise moment when the house goes quiet. The last glass of water has been served, the night-light is on, the door stays ajar. That is when most people reach for their phone.

I started with a gamified to-do list for the household, and a screenless phone for the kids. Then the Ulduar itch took over: building worlds. One boss per evening, sometimes just a button. And after a few months, that makes a studio.

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Apple & me

“Spam.” Really?

Apple rejected Rembobine twice, then Wipe!, under guideline 4.3, the one about apps that are “too similar”. None of their replies says what they supposedly resemble. I’m appealing. Meanwhile, I won’t let a committee decide whether you get to play.

What happened

The workshop

How I work, in the evenings.

The tools, Claude Code among them, the tech stack and what I set up to make progress two hours an evening.

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The evening notebook

The latest evenings

  1. Big Brother tries out his cards before he playsMémoire vive has three opponents, named after school years. The strongest one does something the other two don’t.
  2. “Can’t see the wall”One comment while playing on the iPhone, four causes, four fixes. Everyday life in a 3D dungeon.
  3. A tower defense in ballpoint penIt all started with a silly question: what if the towers were drawn? Two evenings later, there was a game, a campaign and a two-player mode.
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Questions

Frequently asked questions

Who makes these games?

One person: a dad of two who works at a start-up by day and builds games in the evening, once the kids are in bed. A big World of Warcraft fan. No publisher, no investors, no marketing team.

Why aren’t some games on the App Store?

Apple rejected Rembobine and Wipe! under guideline 4.3, known as “spam”, without ever naming the app they supposedly resemble. The appeals are ongoing. Meanwhile, the games remain playable elsewhere.

How can I play without the App Store?

5 of the 6 games play right in your browser, on phone or computer. The iPhone versions install through TestFlight, Apple’s free app for test builds.

What is TestFlight?

A free Apple app used to install games before their release. Install TestFlight from the App Store, open the game’s link, and you’re done. The game updates itself.