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Small, handmade iPhone games
VenableDove Games
Beautiful little iPhone games built around a single tactile idea — gentle color puzzles, glowing block cascades, firework duels, and a castle held by your own two thumbs. Four titles, each with its own shape, sound, and mood.
01
Coming soon
A calm color-gradient puzzle
Stillform: Hue Bloom
Every board is a smooth gradient pulled apart. Swap the tiles until color flows edge to edge and the whole field blooms back into place. No timer. No fail state. Just color, motion, and a soft little moment of focus.
- Play
- One-handed color puzzles
- Touch
- Drag, swap, settle
- Mood
- Gradients blooming into place
- Price
- Free download
Stillform
Hue Bloom
Swap tiles until color flows edge to edge.
02
On the App Store
An ember-chain block puzzle
Emberline: Block Puzzle
Place pieces, clear lines — and watch the clears catch fire. Embers linger on the board, chain into cascading waves, and when the Heat meter fills, the Inferno clears everything in one warm rush. Endless runs, eighty handcrafted expedition levels, and a shared daily board.
- Play
- Drag, drop, ignite
- Touch
- Pieces that land with weight
- Mood
- Embers glowing on coal
- Price
- Free download
Emberline
Blaze
Clears catch fire. Chains keep it burning.
03
Coming soon
A lob-and-burst artillery duel
Skyburst: Firework Duels
Two rooftops, one night sky. Draw back, judge the arc, and paint the dark with a burst right over your rival's fort. Wind drifts, shells rain sparks, and every hit blooms into color. Run the solo gauntlet, pass-and-play on one phone, or trade turns in a slow async duel.
- Play
- Aim, arc, and burst
- Touch
- Pull back and let fly
- Mood
- Fireworks over a skyline
- Price
- Free download
Skyburst
Duel
Judge the arc. Burst it over their fort.
04
In the works
A notebook-page castle siege
Doodlefort: Castle Defense
Stick figures march across ruled paper toward your crayon castle — so grab them with a fingertip, fling them into the sky, and juggle the whole horde for combos. Spend the scribbles you earn on taller walls, sharper archers, and a catapult drawn in the margins. A storybook campaign, an endless siege, and a shared daily.
- Play
- Grab, fling, juggle
- Touch
- Drag foes off the page
- Mood
- Crayon doodles come alive
- Price
- Free download
Doodlefort
Day 3
Grab the horde. Fling them off the page.
The VDG feel
A quieter kind of arcade.
Room to breathe.
No frantic noise when a game would feel better with patience and rhythm.
Soft little rewards.
Blooming palettes, tiny celebrations, and motion that feels handmade.
Easy to leave.
Play for a minute, close the app, and come back without losing the thread.
05
Next
More small worlds are on the way.
Emberline is on the App Store now; Stillform, Skyburst, and Doodlefort follow close behind.
Every VDG game stays small, tactile, and built for iPhone first.
Each one gets its own shape, sound, and mood.
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