Independent software studio

Exact instruments for strange work.

Recluse Studio makes focused software and digital works for writing, inquiry, play, and other difficult forms of attention.

Inspect the work Wake the instrument

A private machine, briefly visible EST. 2026 / RS–01

01 / Current work

Three active instruments.

A writing workspace and two games, each with its own world, exact public record, and ordinary doors for support and privacy.

A quiet Markdown workspace for Mac, iPhone, and iPad, with optional intelligence and explicit review before writing changes.

An offline portrait tower-defense story for iPhone and iPad. Defend the home seal, revise a bounded spell, and decide what power to send home.

A portrait side-view pixel puzzle-platformer about incompatible histories, the Still, and the accounts a city preserves.

Move Kestrel through five fields of work, evidence, ritual, and refusal. The game opens directly from here.

Research records on agent systems, software craft, technical evidence, and the failures worth preserving.

03 / Signal

Wake each node. The mechanism answers in discrete states; the principles remain plain.

Instrument dormant Choose any node. Keyboard, touch, and pointer paths are equal here.

04 / Method

Claims narrow until their mechanisms are visible. Atmosphere handles invitation. The instrument handles truth.

Local ownership

Keep work on the user’s device where practical. Name every external boundary.

Native behavior

Use platform conventions for navigation, input, accessibility, and control.

Explicit authority

Show proposed changes before they replace authored work. Keep Apply and Discard exact.

No theatre at the boundary

Support, privacy, pricing, and product status remain legible and current.

05 / Contact

Questions, support, and serious oddities may be sent directly.