Built with care, start to finish.

Oaken Antler Studios is the work of Justin, a longtime software engineer and game developer in the American Midwest.

I’ve spent my career building interactive software. Oaken Antler is where I build the things I want to use myself. The apps, tools, and games here are small, clever and tactile, and they respect the time you give them.

Working small is part of the idea. It keeps each project focused and finished: software that does what it says it does, ships when it’s actually done, and doesn’t ask for more of your attention than the job needs.

The mark is a shed whitetail antler with oak growing through it. Antlers are shed and grown again; oaks take their time. Both felt like the right things to build a studio around.

Out now on Google Play

A small kingdom. Four factions. One increasingly precarious court.

Royal Court is a single-player card puzzle. You are the Royal Steward, and each day nobles, priests, soldiers and peasants petition the throne for a place in it.

Each of the four houses keeps its own idea of proper order. The Nobility insist on descending rank, the Clergy climb upward, the Military march in alternating step, and the Peasantry stay close to their neighbours. Seat a run that follows the pattern, then bank it before it breaks.

The day is won only when every house is satisfied, so the question is never simply where a card scores. It takes a minute to learn and about five to play.

Every player is dealt the same shuffle each day. One sitting a day is always free, and a single one-time purchase unlocks unlimited courts, with no subscription, no ads and nothing else to buy.

An iOS build is in review and a Steam version is planned. Write in if you would like to hear when either one lands.

Every message reaches me directly. Write to support@oakenantler.com and I’ll usually get back to you within a few days.

To get to an answer faster, it helps to include:

• Your device and operating system version (for example, iPhone 14, iOS 18.2).
• The game version, shown on the title screen.
• What you were doing when it went wrong, and what you expected instead.
• A screenshot or short screen recording, if you can capture one.

Oaken Antler Studios is an independent software studio in the American Midwest building apps, tools, and games. Its first title is Royal Court, a single-player card puzzle, out now on Google Play with an iOS build in review and a Steam version planned.

Press, content creators and storefronts are welcome to use the studio name, logo and any screenshots I publish, without asking first. For interviews, review keys or anything not listed here, write to press@oakenantler.com.

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