Independent games & apps studio

Games and apps,
crafted end to end.

MW Design makes arcade games and wellbeing apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Android, Wear OS and Meta Quest. Designed, coded and scored in-house since 2016.

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4 games on the App Store Google Play & Wear OS Meta Quest Independent since 2016
The apps

Everything we’ve made

Arcade shooters, a platformer, a strategy game and an anti-stress toolkit, across nine platforms.

Out now

XGalaga HD

Arcade wave shooter

The 1998 classic rebuilt from the ground up, with every sprite rendered on your own device. One purchase covers all five Apple platforms.

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TouchRelief

Anti-stress sensory app

Somewhere to put your hands when your head is busy. 120 live-simulated textures, 3D fidget gadgets, breathing, sleep and a watch companion.

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Out now

i-Bomb

Arcade platformer

Clear every bomb, chain the lit ones and fly. Twenty-four hand-built stages across two tours, with a thirteen-track original soundtrack.

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Out now

Chroma Vector

Vertical shoot ’em up

Ten levels of relentless waves and boss fights over circuit-board terrain, drawn by a custom Metal renderer written from scratch.

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XGalaga

Classic arcade shooter

A faithful port of the 1998 X11 classic, with its original flight paths, sprites and sounds. It even plays on your wrist with the Digital Crown.

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Coming soon

XGalaga VR

Arcade shooter for Meta Quest

The arcade classic, surrounding you. All fifteen waves floating in a living galaxy, a boss every tenth wave. Deep space or your own room.

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On Google Play

Cat Escape

Arcade endless runner

Dash through the city, dodge the chaos and collect the loot. One-handed endless running built for your phone and your wrist.

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Free

Modern Domination

Turn-based world conquest

Tanks, drones and cruise missiles across six battle theatres. Three AI difficulties, fair dice always, and it plays offline.

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8games and apps, released or on the way
9platforms, from Wear OS to Meta Quest
4games live on the App Store
0ads or trackers in our paid Apple apps
2016independent since
The studio

One studio. Every screen.

MW Design is an independent studio run by Mike Wickens. It started in 2016 with Wear OS arcade titles and custom smartwatch faces, and today ships native games and apps across the Apple ecosystem, Android and Meta Quest.

Every title is built from the engine up for the hardware it runs on, from the Digital Crown on a watch to a 4K television or a headset.

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Native on every platform

iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch from one purchase where we can, with touch, keyboard, controller, Siri Remote and Digital Crown all supported.

02

Technology you can see

XGalaga HD renders every sprite on device. TouchRelief simulates every texture live. Chroma Vector runs on a Metal renderer written from scratch.

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Made in-house

Design, code, level building and original soundtracks, from i-Bomb’s thirteen tracks to XGalaga HD’s score.

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Respect for players

Our paid Apple titles are buy once: no ads, no in-app purchases, no accounts and no tracking.

Get in touch

Questions, feedback or press?

Support requests, bug reports, review copies and collaboration enquiries all go to the same inbox, and a real person reads every one.