Independent apps, games, and interactive experiences.

Odd Focus Studios is a small independent studio in Ames, Iowa. We build curious, hands-on software: things you can explore, play with and listen to.

Odd Focus Studios logo: a curious boxer puppy peering at a glowing light bulb, surrounded by gears, film strips, music, fractal swirls and tools.

What we make

Software with an odd focus

Apps

Tools that turn something complex, like mathematics or sound, into something you can hold in your hand and explore.

Games

Playful projects built around discovery, where poking at the world is half the fun.

Interactive experiences

Visual and musical experiments that respond to you, mixing code, art and audio.

Current projects

Fractal Rhythm and Scrap Gremlin

Fractal Rhythm app icon

Fractals you can hear

An iPhone app that turns infinite mathematical shapes into music. Zoom into fractal worlds, and every view you find plays its own sound.

Learn more about Fractal Rhythm ›

Rivet, the scrap gremlin

Junkyard physics puzzles

A game in development. Rivet, a foot-tall scrap gremlin, launches homemade missiles across a junkyard to bring down robot guards, one hand-built puzzle at a time.

Learn more about Scrap Gremlin ›