The little studio that lives behind the sugar shack
Maplesaphollow started with a single merging game sketched one March weekend while a pot of sap boiled down on the stove. We kept adding steps to its ladder, a spile, a pail, a yoke, a pan, until it told the whole story of a sugaring season.
Today there are six games, each one written in our own plain code and drawn in the same warm, painted style. Burdock keeps watch over all of them, pail in mitten, and the kitchen party guests drop in wherever there is room. You will spot the same lamps, snowshoes and cordwood moving from one game to the next.
We are based in Canada and design for the way people actually play here: a few minutes on a winter commute, an hour after supper while the snow comes down. Every game opens instantly, adapts to a phone or a big monitor, and keeps your progress in your own browser.
Above all, we care about fairness and warmth. Points and stars come from skill, difficulty climbs steadily, and nothing interrupts you between rounds.
Earned, never handed out
Scores, stars and bests come from what you do. Chance only arranges a board, like the next tile in Sugaring Ladder or the shuffle in Frostpane Slider. It never decides who comes out ahead.
Warm as a woodstove
Soft sounds you can switch off, steady difficulty and clean pages mean the games feel like a break from the noise, not more of it.
Your progress, kept in your pocket
Best scores, cleared levels and stars live in your browser on your own device. There is no account and nothing to remember, just a hollow that recognizes you when you come back.