Independent · Solo-built · Since 2026
Indie Sci-Fi Worlds
One developer. Whole worlds. Broken Ark Studios builds cinematic, story-driven sci-fi — crafted solo, one system at a time.
The Studio
Broken Ark Studios is the independent game studio of Brandon Mysliwiec — and right now, that studio is one person. I design, write, build, and ship every part myself: the systems and the code, the art direction, the story, and the sound.
No publisher deadlines. No investor treadmill. No microtransaction traps. Just worlds I'd want to get lost in — built with patience and shipped when they're ready. It started with a single question: what if a quiet little progression game could carry a real story?
World One · Now Playing
Legacy of the Ark: The Long Awakening
Salvage the wreckage. Restore the systems. Follow the signal.
The Ark has drifted silent for a thousand years — its reactor cold, its memory fractured. You spark the core and bring it back to life layer by layer, gathering salvage, unlocking automation, and pushing your crews into the void. And somewhere beneath the silence, a signal is waiting.
World Two · In Development
Veylith: Breachline
Dark sci-fi horror tower defense
Humanity has been pushed to the edge. You command BREACHLINE-7 — the last known defensive line. Engineer the battlefield, maze the swarm, and survive an enemy that adapts to everything you build. There is no reinforcement. There is no retreat. There is only the wall, the field before it, and whatever you can build in the time the swarm gives you.
Dossier — The Hierarchy
The Veylith aren't monsters — they're a hierarchy. Six tiers that descend from expendable learning forms into siege engines and reality-warping sovereigns. They don't simply grow stronger: they adapt, coordinate, mutate, and rewrite the battlefield around every choice you make. Set in the world of the upcoming Veylith horror book series.
How I Build
A small studio can't out-spend the big ones — so it competes on care, story, and the kind of world you want to return to.
Every game belongs to a larger world — history, atmosphere, and mystery beneath the surface.
Growth that feels earned and connected to the world — never grind for grind's sake.
Shipped when it's ready and supported after launch — made by someone who actually plays it.
Transmission Log
Design notes, feature previews, and the occasional behind-the-scenes — from a studio of one.
The debut title is live and free to play in your browser at arkidle.com — systems, crews, and the signal beneath the silence.
A dark sci-fi horror tower defense — hold BREACHLINE-7 against a six-tier hierarchy that learns and adapts to everything you build. Set in the world of the upcoming Veylith book series.
One project at a time, supported after launch. The worlds keep expanding — built by someone who actually plays them.
Join the Mission
Get design notes, feature previews, and behind-the-scenes from the build. The Ark is waking — come help it remember.
