Useful software, clearly designed.
Complex workflows made understandable without sanding away what makes them powerful.
01 INDEPENDENT DIGITAL STUDIO · CHICAGO
Build something worth using.
Fairbyte designs and ships polished websites, useful applications, and original games. Small studio speed, product-level ambition.
CURRENTLY BUILDING · NEW PRODUCTS + 100 BROWSER GAMES
const idea = "ambitious";
while (idea) {
design();
build();
ship();
}
while (idea) {
design();
build();
ship();
}
18 GAMES
LIVE NOW
LIVE NOW
WEB EXPERIENCESPRODUCT DESIGNORIGINAL GAMESRAPID PROTOTYPESAPPLICATIONSWEB EXPERIENCESPRODUCT DESIGNORIGINAL GAMESRAPID PROTOTYPESAPPLICATIONS
SELECTED WORK
Ideas made tangible.
We care about the full experience: the first impression, the interaction underneath it, and the details that make something feel finished.
FEATURED RELEASE · INTERACTIVE PRODUCT
Fairbyte Arcade
A growing catalog of original browser games, each built around a distinct mechanic and visual world.
Fast, expressive, memorable.
Marketing sites that communicate a real point of view—not a stack of interchangeable sections.
02FAIRBYTE ARCADEThere is always
There is always
something to play.
Eighteen instant browser games with no installers and no accounts—from a shared daily puzzle and deep roguelites to local multiplayer, persistent strategy, and re-coded arcade classics.
18PLAYABLE
RELEASES
RELEASES
DESKTOP ESCAPE▶PUZZLE · EXPLORATION
Room 404
Search an abandoned computer and find the door hidden somewhere inside its desktop.
AUDIO MYSTERY▶TUNING · DECODING
Signal Lost
Find five impossible radio carriers hiding inside the static of an abandoned station.
DETECTIVE FILE▶DEDUCTION · STORY
Alibi File
Compare evidence and testimony to find the contradiction that breaks each alibi.
Eighteen games live.
Eighty-two to go.
The 100 Game Project is our commitment to releasing, learning, and expanding the ideas players cannot stop replaying.
CAPABILITIESFrom blank page
From blank page
to live product.
Strategy, interface, code, and deployment in one continuous process. The result is faster decisions and a product that feels coherent.
Product thinking
Turn a rough idea into a useful scope, a clear user journey, and a release worth testing.
Interface design
Distinct visual systems, accessible interactions, and responsive experiences that feel intentional.
Web applications
Fast, maintainable applications with the workflows, data, and integrations the product actually needs.
Deployment
Production setup, domains, performance checks, analytics readiness, and a clean path to updates.
Rapid prototypes
Working concepts built quickly enough to replace opinions with something people can actually use.
Interactive experiences
Games, simulations, sound, motion, and playful systems that make a digital experience memorable.
HOW FAIRBYTE WORKSSmall team.
Small team.
Serious output.
The studio stays intentionally lean. That means fewer handoffs, faster iteration, and the freedom to follow unusually good ideas.
01
Make the idea concrete
Define what success looks like and build the smallest version that proves it.
02
Give it a point of view
Good products are recognizable. Visual identity and interaction should support the same idea.
03
Ship the real thing
A live product teaches more than another week of discussion. Release, observe, improve.
START SOMETHING
What should we build?
Send the idea in its current form. It does not need a specification, a wireframe, or the right technical vocabulary.
EMAILhello@fairbyte.us
LOCATIONCHICAGO, USA
ARCADEPLAY.FAIRBYTE.US