Bark and Olive LLC · Independent Software Lab

Small studio.
Big little worlds.

We're a tiny software lab that ships playful, carefully-made things. Right now that means one inkblot every day, a star serpent on rescue duty, and a sudoku duel.

3 GAMES LIVE iOS · ANDROID · WEB FREE TO PLAY

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Blotle WEB · A NEW BLOT DAILY The daily inkblot ↓ Snake: Cats Lost in Space app icon Snake: Cats Lost in Space iOS · ANDROID The space rescue ↓ Sudokuel app icon Sudokuel iOS · ANDROID The sudoku duel ↓

The Daily · blotle.io

BLOTLE № 214DAILY

Today the room split

a moth · 58% 42% · two foxes

Blotle

One inkblot. Three guesses. No right answers.

Every day, one procedurally-grown inkblot, the same for everyone. Say what you see: your score is the share of the room that saw it too, and then you find out which side of the split you landed on.

  1. Look.Today's blot arrives at midnight. Rotate the card if it helps.
  2. Guess.Three tries at naming the unnameable.
  3. Split.Watch the room divide, and learn which side you fell on.
Play today's blot ↗ Free on the web · archive & stats inside

The Rescue · iOS · Android

Snake

CATS

Lost in Space

A star serpent answers the oldest distress call in the galaxy: meow. Glide through five real star systems, thread gravity wells and asteroid belts, and bring every kitten home. Each rescue makes you longer, and the flying trickier.

  • A handcrafted campaign across five real star systems, from Earth's backyard to the lip of a supermassive black hole.
  • One legendary Golden Cat hides along the riskiest line in every level.
  • Rescue Mission Earth: an endless orbit around home, with global leaderboards.
  • Touch or tilt, a gentler Casual mode, playable offline, and never a signup.
Gameplay: the star serpent on endless patrol above Earth
Gameplay: skimming Saturn's rings
Gameplay: a golden cat waiting on a risky line
Gameplay: braving the blazing sun
App Store ↗ Google Play ↗ More at barkandolive.com/snakecats ↗

Free · cosmetics only · cloud saves, quietly

The Duel · iOS · Android · challenge friends on the web

Sudokuel

One grid. Two minds.

Sudoku, turned into a real-time duel. The Setter sees the whole solution and seeds the grid with chaos. The Solver gets four hearts, ten minutes, and nerves of steel. Winner takes the grid.

  • Play the villain: eight Setter powers: traps, decoys, peeks, and worse.
  • Or hold the line: fill the grid on four hearts before the clock runs out.
  • Challenge friends with a link. They play in the browser. No install, no excuses.
  • Classic solo across four difficulties, plus a daily puzzle with a global leaderboard.
App Store ↗ Google Play ↗ More at sudokuel.com ↗ Free · no account required
SETTER VS SOLVER

Live match, dramatized

Sudokuel home screen: Duel, Solo and Daily Puzzle modes
Sudokuel Solver view mid-duel
Sudokuel Setter view with powers
Sudokuel friend challenge via web link

The Lab

A workshop, not a factory.

Bark and Olive is an independent software lab and incubator. Ideas come in as sketches and leave as small, finished worlds. We keep the surface area tiny so the polish can go deep.

Playable everywhere

iPhone, Android, tablet, or just a browser tab. A Sudokuel challenge link plays without an install.

Worlds, not templates

A paper duel, a painterly galaxy, a daily inkblot. Every game gets its own world.

Shipped, not shelved

Two app stores, the open web, and a stubborn habit of actually finishing what we start.

Something new is sprouting in the greenhouse. Sign up and you'll hear about it first.

One email when something new ships. Nothing else, ever.

More in the Lab ↗

Say hello

The door's open.

An idea, a bug report, a business thing, or just a hello. All of it lands in the studio inbox, and we reply to everything.

Goes straight to the studio inbox.

Prefer direct?

support@barkandolive.com
Support, feedback, and cat-rescue emergencies.

Press & partnerships

Same inbox. Put press or hello in the subject and it skips the queue. Screenshots, icons, and fact sheets available on request.

Find us in the wild

Blotle · blotle.io ↗ Snake Cats · App Store ↗ Snake Cats · Google Play ↗ Sudokuel · App Store ↗ Sudokuel · Google Play ↗