A selection of public BarkinMad Studios software development projects, including mobile applications, retro arcade games, prototypes, and planned business tools.
Public Projects
This portfolio highlights public BarkinMad Studios projects and product work.
Some previous consultancy, IT, and business technology projects are not listed due to privacy, confidentiality, and client discretion.
Where private experience is relevant, it is described only in general terms without naming clients or exposing internal business details.
Projects
The Game of Darts
Type: Mobile App
A modern darts scoring application for iPhone and iPad, designed to support multiple game formats, player statistics, match history, and performance tracking.
Challenge: Create a flexible darts scoring app that supports more than basic 501 scoring while remaining fast and easy to use during real games.
Solution: Built a mobile scoring app supporting multiple darts formats, player tracking, match history, statistics, and a user interface focused on quick score entry.
Technologies:
- iOS
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- Local data storage
- Statistics tracking
Outcome: Created a public mobile app that demonstrates BarkinMad Studios' ability to build practical, user-focused software with long-term support.
ZXSnake
Type: Retro Arcade Game
A retro-inspired snake game with modern features including achievements, leaderboards, AI opponents, local PVP, online PVP, unlockable content, and shared ZX Series progression.
Challenge: Modernise a classic arcade concept while preserving the simple gameplay that made Snake instantly recognisable.
Solution: Developed a polished mobile arcade game with responsive controls, Game Center integration, multiplayer features, localisation, and shared progression systems.
Technologies:
- iOS
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- SpriteKit
- Game Center
- StoreKit
- AdMob
Outcome: Released as one of the first live games in the connected ZX Series.
ZXBrick
Type: Retro Arcade Game
A retro-inspired brick-breaking game featuring 100 handcrafted levels, power-ups, achievements, leaderboards, unlockable themes, and BarkinMad Coins.
Challenge: Create a brick-breaking arcade game that feels familiar while adding enough progression, variety, and replayability for modern mobile players.
Solution: Built a mobile arcade game with handcrafted levels, power-ups, score chasing, achievements, Game Center integration, localisation, and shared ZX Series systems.
Technologies:
- iOS
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- SpriteKit
- Game Center
- StoreKit
- AdMob
Outcome: Released as a live ZX Series title and helped validate shared arcade game systems for future releases.
ZXSpace
Type: Retro Arcade Game
A retro-inspired space shooter focused on fast arcade gameplay, enemy waves, power-ups, score chasing, achievements, and shared ZX Series progression.
Challenge: Design a space shooter that captures classic arcade action while fitting into the wider ZX Series ecosystem.
Solution: Developing a mobile arcade shooter using shared systems for progression, achievements, localisation, leaderboards, and BarkinMad Coins.
Technologies:
- iOS
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- SpriteKit
- Game Center
Outcome: In development as part of the next stage of the ZX Series roadmap.
ZXPong
Type: Retro Arcade Game
A retro-inspired paddle game with quick rallies, AI opponents, local multiplayer, online multiplayer, achievements, and shared ZX Series progression.
Challenge: Create a fast and accessible arcade paddle game while reusing shared systems from the wider ZX Series.
Solution: Developing ZXPong around shared PVP, achievements, leaderboards, wallet, localisation, and Game Center systems.
Technologies:
- iOS
- Swift
- SwiftUI
- SpriteKit
- Game Center
Outcome: Active development project intended to expand the ZX Series with another classic arcade gameplay style.
Wi-Fi Survey Tool
Type: Business / Utility App
A planned mobile tool concept for capturing Wi-Fi readings, comparing access point and extender combinations, and helping users understand wireless coverage around a property.
Challenge: Help users collect structured Wi-Fi information without needing specialist enterprise survey tools.
Solution: Planned app concept focused on guided data capture, structured test points, report generation, and future analysis features.
Technologies:
- iOS
- SwiftUI
- Data capture
- Reporting
- Potential AI-assisted analysis
Outcome: Planned as a future product opportunity with potential free, premium, and business-focused features.
Private and Confidential Work
BarkinMad Studios also draws on experience from consultancy, IT, software delivery, automation, business systems, and technology projects that are not shown publicly.
Some previous work cannot be listed in detail due to privacy, confidentiality, commercial sensitivity, or client discretion.
For this reason, the portfolio focuses on public products and general capability areas rather than naming private organisations or exposing internal project details.