We create playful experiences for life’s boring moments.
01 / The name
TZIB takes its name from tz'ib, a Classic Maya word meaning “to write, to paint.” Its scribes and painters held the title aj tz'ib—“the one who writes and paints”—and recorded the world through marks.
We write and draw too—not to record the world, but to make it playable.
02 / Two verbs
Art & design
Characters, worlds, interfaces. We give ideas a shape you can see, use, and play with.
Words & music
Stories, lyrics, melodies. Writing isn’t only words—a melody is written too, one note at a time.
03 / Playground
Draw something, write a tune, hear a word, or build a little robot.
Draw something, then press Play to bring it to life. Grab and fling it!
Every word has a tune. Try your name—any language works.
Every block makes a sound. Mix melodies and beats to make it yours!
Four parts. One little robot.
04 / What we value
Everything we make starts as a toy—something you want to pick up before you know what it’s for.
Getting in the zone—so absorbed in drawing a line or finding a note that time slips away. We design for that focus, not for distraction.
You learn it with your hands—draw, tap, try again—not by reading instructions.
Not a moment of attention, but habits that stay—because people can feel themselves getting better.
05 / Philosophy
We turn learning, work, movement, and everyday routines into games people want to keep playing.
It is not a failure of willpower. Better systems can make meaningful action easier to begin.
It can be the reason an action continues.
Seeing how far you’ve come keeps you going.
06 / Work
Available on iPhone
Go, played fast. DAEGUK keeps the classic rules on a 9×9 board. Hide your special units among the stones, read your opponent’s next move, and surround the enemy King to win.
In development
A music app for kids. Each floor of the castle is a level and each room a song: follow the falling notes to learn a melody, then play it in time with the band. Learning comes first—writing your own is next.
Things people jump into, play with, and remember.
01With partners: early versions you can try, so we learn what works before it’s built.
02Our own: small experiments where new ideas get tested as toys first.
03Vision
A world where everyone—kids first—goes from learning something to making something of their own.
Mission
We use game design in learning, work, movement, and everyday routines—shortening the distance between a goal and the next action.
We are at the beginning.