Waffle Samurai Development Studio Remote-first
Est. 2026 Available Q3 2026 v.06 / build 2420
Software for the gaming ecosystem

SOFTWARE FOR\nGAMING.

001 / Our products

Built, shipped, and maintained in-house.

We build our own tools for the gaming ecosystem. We also take on custom development work for clients: websites, software, and apps. Custom work samples available on request.
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    CreatorBattl

    2026 Product Pack opener game

    A pack opener game where players rip virtual packs of content creator cards. Rarity tiers from Common to Mythic, collection albums, tradable duplicates, and stream-friendly pack opening animations built for clip potential.

    • 7 rarity tiers, Common to Mythic
    • 60fps pack opening animations
    • Full trade ledger with escrow
    Read the case study →
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    DraftEm.gg

    2026 Product Football management simulation

    Draft players, master formations, and dominate your league. The ultimate football management simulation. Built for players who want the depth of a management sim without the spreadsheet overhead.

    • Full draft simulation engine
    • Dynamic league management
    • Real-time formation builder
    Read the case study →
002 / What we do

We build our own tools. We also build yours.

Waffle Samurai is a development studio. We make gaming products, like pack openers, databases, and collection trackers, and we take on custom development for clients who need websites, software, or apps built.

Starting cost: £7,000
Typical build: 4 to 12 weeks
Paid discovery sprints for data-heavy projects

Browser games & pack openers

Our products & client work

Pack opening mechanics, collection systems, daily game loops. Built for stream-friendly moments and viral clip potential. Rarity systems, trade ledgers, duplicate management: all the plumbing that makes a pack opener feel right.

Data-heavy applications

Heavy data

Large catalogues, complex search, and the sync pipelines that keep them current. Search across tens of thousands of records returning in milliseconds, with ingestion that recovers gracefully when upstream sources change shape.

Collection & catalogue systems

Long-running

Tools people use for years, not weeks. Inventory and collection management, historical pricing, structured item data, and the sort of edge-case handling that only shows up once real users arrive.

Custom development

Bespoke

Websites, software, mobile apps. Fixed-scope engagements from £7,000. We work with founders, marketing teams, and in-house engineering groups who need senior outside capacity. Six-to-twelve-week builds, weekly demos, code in your repo from day one.

003 / How we work

A fixed process. Scope, price and timeline agreed before any build starts.

Most projects follow a four-phase process. Some start with a paid discovery sprint: when data mining or scraping is involved and the scope is an unknown, a one-to-two-week sprint de-risks it before committing to a full build.
// Optional: for data-heavy projects

Paid discovery sprint. For projects where data mining, scraping, or API integration is involved and the scope is an unknown. A fixed-cost, one-to-two-week engagement. Output is a working prototype, a data map, and a fixed scope for the full build. Applied to projects that need it, not bolted onto every engagement.

01

Intake

Weeks 1 – 2

We map your project. Audit the technical surface. Write a fixed scope with a fixed price. You see the full plan before any build starts, and you only pay if you sign off.

02

Architecture

Week 3

Data models. Hosting topology. Deployment pipeline. We design the system before touching UI. The architecture document lives in a shared repo from day one: readable, opinionated, signed off.

03

Build

Weeks 4 – 9 typically

Weekly demos on Thursdays. A shared Linear board you have read access to. Code pushed to a shared repository every day. No black boxes, no surprises in the final week.

04

Ship & support

Week 10 +

One week of accompaniment post-launch, included. Then an optional monthly retainer if you want bug fixes, feature work, and on-call coverage. Cancel any month. No lock-in.

004 / Engagement

Custom development from £7,000.

We work on fixed-scope, fixed-price builds. For projects where data mining or scraping is an unknown, we start with a paid discovery sprint to map the territory first. No packages, no tiers: just a conversation, a scope, and a price.

All prices in GBP
Invoices split 40 / 40 / 20
Source code transferred on launch

005 / Start a project

Tell us what you're building.

We reply to every enquiry within two working days. If we are not the right fit, we will say so and recommend someone who is.

Studio Remote-first
Operating globally
Availability Booking Q3 2026
Two project slots remaining

// We reply within 2 working days. No automated funnels.