Family-run indie studio
Warm, handcrafted experiences for curious creators and players.
We build tools and games that feel tactile, clear, and welcoming. Starhearth is a home for thoughtful design, gentle experimentation, and a little bit of magic.
Now in development
Sprael · Friends, Too · Cosmogony
A pixel art studio built for flow, a cozy adventure about friendship, and a universe simulator where every atom remembers. We share progress, prototypes, and dev notes as we build in the open.
The ember above is a live .sprael file, drawn in our own editor.
Studio portfolio
Each project has its own home, brand, and community.
Pixel art studio
Sprael
A modern, ergonomic pixel art editor built in Rust — with an AI-assist layer that suggests, never overwrites. Every mark on this page was drawn on its grid.
Visit sprael.appCozy pixel adventure
Friends, Too
A story about a kid, their friends, and a bedroom that opens into the whole universe. Designed by Finn. Warm by day, luminous by imagination.
Visit friendstoo.comGrand stellar simulation
Cosmogony
A universe biography grounded in real astrophysics — from quarks to the cosmic web, rendered in living particle light. Every atom remembers.
Enter the voidHow we work
A cozy studio rhythm that keeps craft and care at the center.
Family-made, human-first
Built by a small family studio that cares about craft, warmth, and accessibility.
Calm + clarity
Tools and games that feel thoughtful, lightweight, and focused on flow.
AI as a gentle amplifier
AI speeds up our pipelines and polish. People hold the pen on design, story, and art — and we say plainly where each hand did the work.
Recent updates
We keep things lightweight and share milestones as they happen.
Cosmogony foundations
Gravity, spiral galaxies, and a GPU particle field — the simulation core takes shape.
Sprael v0.2
Layers, selections, transforms, and a deep undo history — plus an assistant layer that proposes edits you can preview before they touch a pixel.
Studio launch
Starhearth Studio opens the workshop with three projects in development.