Authorship stays close to execution.
Product direction, design, and engineering stay connected. The same intent follows an idea from its first prototype to release.
StraightForward Studios / São Paulo
The ideas start here. So do the products.
StraightForward is an independent digital product studio. We conceive, design, develop, and publish games, applications, and tools with identities of their own.
See the studio modelThe studio model
Authorship first. Platforms with purpose.
StraightForward exists to turn its own ideas into products. Format, platform, and scale are decisions made around each product—not a preset formula.
iOS is the starting point, not the boundary.
We started by building for iOS. Android and PC follow when they make sense for the audience, the experience, and the life of the product.
“Transparency is part of the product: we explain what we make, why we make it, and how each decision affects the people who use it.”
Studio commitment
Bespoke, when there is a real fit.
We can also create bespoke digital products when there is genuine alignment with the problem and room to work to our standard. The studio’s center, however, remains its own product portfolio.
How we steward the work
Passion to begin. Judgment to continue.
Genuinely caring about what we make raises the responsibility to make it well. We do not measure quality by feature count or mistake motion for progress: we combine vision, careful execution, analytics, and pragmatic decisions.
Care you can feel.
Making something well is not a final stage. It lives in the choice of scope, the response of the interface, technical solidity, and the details that remain invisible when everything works as it should.
ScopeInterfaceReliability
How we create
From an original idea to a complete product, without losing the thread.
The process protects the original intent while the experience gains form and precision.
Find what actually needs to exist.
We define who it is for, what it should solve, and what can stay out. Less noise now means less weight later.
Outcome / a clear directionGet the idea moving early.
The idea becomes something people can already play or use. Early prototypes reveal the decisions that actually matter.
Outcome / an experience that worksRemove friction without removing character.
We test rhythm, clarity, and behavior. We refine what improves the experience and cut what merely takes up space.
Outcome / a complete productFrom concept to release
One vision follows the whole product.
Product direction, design, engineering, and evolution stay connected from the first prototype through release.
Product direction
Concept, scope, rules, priorities, and product model.
Experience & interface
Flows, interaction, visual identity, copy, and accessibility.
Engineering
Applications, software, integrations, testing, and release.
Evolution
Support, content, updates, and refinement after launch.
Now / Portfolio 001–003
Three products. Three ways to create value.
Ultimate Truco turns a card game into an adventure; Ultimate Mahjong takes Mahjong Solitaire into a solo journey; com.partilha simplifies shared expenses. Ultimate Truco is available on the App Store; Ultimate Mahjong and com.partilha are in beta.
View the current portfolio