A Game Studio Exploring
What It Is To Be Human
Hi, we’re Ponderful Studio.
We’re an indie game studio crafting interactive experiences that explore enduring, emotionally resonant themes, traversing the full spectrum of the human experience.
Our bespoke games are specifically designed for the tactile immersion of mobile phones, tablets, and portable handheld consoles.
To play a Ponderful game is to jump into a new world of wonder that invites you to reflect on what it is to be human.
Games In the Making
An overview of what we’re currently working on at Ponderful
Concept Art By Grey Anastasha 2025
APART
(Flying Adventure Game)
Embark on an epic homecoming pilgrimage to restore balance to a world in turbulence, see-sawing between dynamic dualisms:
- Growth & Decay
- Triumph & Despair
- Isolation & Togetherness
Journey as a miniature human across vast skies, colossal mountains and ever-changing wilds in a world that has a life of its own. Dodge lightning bolts that threaten to ensnare you in their grasp. Soar beside swarms of butterflies and flocks of birds while hanging on to a delicate petal in the breeze.
FLOUR GARDEN CAFE
(Cozy Cooking Simulator)
Cook to your heart’s content and open your own cozy cafe, in this delightfully-tactile open-ended cooking simulator. Harvest, cook, and serve unique dishes to charming customers as you develop your own custom menu.
- Harvest: Cultivate your own variety of crops to supply your cafe. Forage for new fruits & vegetables and other ingredients to add new flavors to your repertoire.
- Cook: Combine steps to create your own fully-customizable recipes. Chop fruit, vegetables and meat for soups, salads and grilled skewers. Stir luscious, fluffy icing and cake batter to create stunning cakes. Pound and roll out dough to make noodles, pasta, bread and pizza.
- Serve: Treat customers to delightful meals that suit their tastes to receive precious gifts of new seeds and ingredients.
BEST
(Interactive Storytelling)
In this spellbinding game, trace the friendship of two best friends through youth to adulthood from tender connections to heart-wrenching fallouts – all transmitted through the tactile medium of hand-crafted notes, letters and wrapped presents.
Discover this heartwarming story of two best friends told through the intimacy of papercraft.
- Revel in the joys of tactile play as friends first meet as young children – trace dot-to-dot books with your finger, scrunch up paper by pinching with all 5 fingers on the screen, and peel & place stickers.
- Explore their shared moments of connection as they grow, discover new hobbies and help each other with homework — you’ll help them fold origami, write birthday cards and staple their school assignments.
- As they find their own callings and grow apart, help them navigate the testy waters of jealousy, isolation and longing – through journaling, mailing handwritten love letters, sorting out postcards from childhood and scrapbooking.
The Ponderful Team
Our studio is cofounded by Tracey Le & Jasmine Reynoso, two gals hailing from two of the world’s leading creative capitals — Melbourne & Los Angeles.
We’re looking to grow our team!
If you’re interested in building games with Ponderful, please reach out to us via email by clicking below.