Studio
We make games set in Joseon-era Korea and the world around it. Design, art, and code are all handled by one person.
The name
Why haechi
The haechi is a mythical beast said to tell right from wrong. In a trial, it is said to gore whichever side is lying.
The reason for the name is simple: a game is only fun when its rules are clear. What wins, what loses, and why should all be visible to the player. We try never to tip a match with hidden numbers.
How we work
This is how we build
Numbers go in a document first
The damage on a single card, the growth curve of a single beast — all of it is designed before work starts. If the text on screen and the actual behaviour disagree, we treat that as a bug.
Fixes ship the same day
Working alone means there are no meetings in the way. When a problem turns up, it is fixed and shipped that day. Live games update themselves the moment you open them, with no re-download.
We only claim what actually works
If something is still in progress, we say so. That goes for the game pages here too — where no release date has been set, we write exactly that.
Right now
What we are building
Joseon Blades
ReleasedA five-act deckbuilding roguelike against an unjust throne. Build around eight characters, their cards and relics. Released on Google Play.
Joseon Paldo
In developmentA turn-based RPG about exploring Joseon and collecting spirit beasts. In development; public play is closed while we improve stability and refine the game.
Joseon Blades: BanJeong
In development (live)A web-only 2D real-time MMORPG sharing Joseon Blades’ setting and eight classes. In development with field combat, skills, equipment, quests and designated PvP zones; the development build is playable in a web browser.
Scale
What is in the games
These are things actually in the games.
Joseon Blades
- Playable characters
- 8
- Cards
- 647
- Relics
- 390
- Enemies
- 193
- Events
- 129
- Potions
- 69
Joseon Paldo
- Regions
- 60
- Spirit beasts
- 373
- Beast skills
- 86
- Classes
- 6
- Ancestries
- 6
We do not build and walk away. You can read exactly what changed.
Whenever something new goes into a game, these figures are updated with it.
Contact
If something is wrong
Send it through contact. You will need to sign in with Google once — that is there to keep spam out. A person reads every message and replies by email, so it can take a few days.
For an error inside a game, the in-game “Report a bug” is better. It carries the screen you were on, what you were doing, and the game state — which usually finds things that are hard to describe in words.