Hoel Studios develops systems-focused games and creative software built around depth, immersion and reactive design.
Featured Project
A turn-based tactical survival game where every action increases the threat around you.
Fight smart, stay quiet, and adapt as the battlefield escalates.
Lead a squad through escalating tactical encounters where every decision can change the state of the mission.
Player actions generate threat that can trigger reinforcements, mutations, environmental hazards and shifting mission conditions.
Every turn matters. Positioning, noise, timing and resource management can decide whether a mission succeeds or spirals out of control.
Missions evolve over time through layered events and unpredictable battlefield responses driven by player behaviour.
Weapons, equipment and carried gear directly shape the actions available to each squad member in combat.
Enemy movement, faction pressure and escalating world reactions create missions that rarely play out the same way twice.
What i focus on
Hoel Studios focuses on systems-driven design across games, tools and interactive software.
Designing systems-led games built around tension, choice and meaningful player consequence.
Mechanics that respond to player behaviour and make worlds feel less scripted.
Turn-based encounters focused on positioning, timing, risk and resource pressure.
Software for writers, worldbuilders and creators who need structure without friction.
End-to-end development across gameplay, web tools, systems, backend and deployment.
Other Projects
Alongside Project Deadlock, Hoel Studios develops creative software and experimental systems-focused projects.
A writing and worldbuilding platform focused on structured planning, lore management and creative workflow support.
Additional games, tools and experimental systems currently in early development. More information coming soon.
Latest Devlog Posts
During these devlog updates you might be wondering why everything look do basic or "thrown together". The answer is simple really. That's on purpose. It may not be pretty and it may not be the best representation of a final product but when developing large systems...
We're jumping in pretty deep but as this is something I am currently working on I felt now would be a good time to share my progress. Inventory and looting systems vary widely in this genre and I wanted to make sure i picked something that would be fit for purpose...
It might take a little longer to get fully set up but here you will find all relevant information regarding past and future releases from Hoel Studios. I'm busy working away on Project Deadlock at the moment so most of my time is spend ensuring those systems and...