A two-duck army building bitcoin games 🦆🦆
Honest, practical bitcoin payments and rewards — dropped into genuinely fun games. No web3. No defi. No scams. Just the best money in the world, baked into play.
MandelDuck is Christian & Mayu Moss — a two-duck indie studio making honest bitcoin games (and the occasional arcade cabinet).
Indie game dev and bitcoin nerd. Jamming real bitcoin into games since 2014, back when everyone said it couldn't be done. Co-founder of ZBD and a firm believer that the best way to learn bitcoin is to earn it while having fun.
Designer and Japanese translator. Shapes how MandelDuck looks and feels, and bridges our games and words between English and Japanese — bringing bitcoin gaming to Japan. 🇯🇵
The first mobile game in the world to pay out real bitcoin to players. Swing the monkey, earn sats. Covered by CoinDesk — and back on the App Store today.
Real-world AR bitcoin treasure hunt — geocaching with sats before Pokémon Go. One of the first iOS games with actual bitcoin, and an early pioneer of in-game assets on Counterparty.
Bitcoin & Lightning payments built for games. Helping developers pay and reward players in real bitcoin, at scale.
Ran a fully validating Bitcoin & Lightning full node on a stock Android phone — and your TV — for free, no special hardware. Read the write-up →
Bitcoin gaming events & esports — showcasing games built on bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Watch on YouTube →
Building plug-and-play bitcoin games for conferences, bitcoin hubs and venues — download, connect ZBD or LNbits, and let the sats fly.
A real, four-player bitcoin arcade cabinet I built from scratch — loaded with my games: BTC Rally, GoldenPie, Brawl and more.
Powered by ZBD — drop in, grab a controller, and play to earn real sats. Built to drop into conferences, bitcoin hubs, bars and meetups so anyone can experience bitcoin gaming hands-on.
Local multiplayer kart-style racer. Everyone pays a few sats to enter, winners take the pot. Faucet mode too. Powered by ZBD or LNbits — perfect for events & bitcoin bars.
Download on itch.io
An Electron launcher that drops bitcoin rewards into retro N64 classics (hi, GoldenEye 007). Get a kill, watch the sats rain. Anyone can download and set it up.
View on GitHub
The OG. The monkey-swinging arcade game that started it all in 2014 — the first to tip players in real bitcoin. Back on the App Store with ZBD Lightning rewards.
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Hunt and plant real bitcoin treasure in the real world. A geocaching treasure hunt with sats and Counterparty tokens — a true bitcoin gaming original.
Read the storyA decade of jamming real bitcoin into games — newest first.
Independent studio for hire — available to studios, startups and events worldwide.
We take on consulting engagements drawing on 15+ years shipping games, building real bitcoin payment systems, and design & Japanese localization. Engaged as an independent studio on a business-to-business basis.
Remote or on-site. Get in touch with what you're building and we'll reply with availability.
