Arvare Studio
Arvare Studio — est. 2011

The islands
are waking up.

A decade of augmented-reality experiments and one unfinished island game, now being rebuilt from the ground up. Tagaloa Tiles is Arvare's first mobile release — coming to Google Play.

Meet Tagaloa Tiles → The studio's story
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What we've been building

One flagship release in progress, and a handful of working prototypes that came out of fourteen years of shipping small, strange things.

In testing — coming to Google Play

Tagaloa Tiles

Wake among the islands of Tagaloa.

You don't remember how you arrived. The island's carved guardians know more than they first reveal. Cross ancient stepping-stone fields where every next step may hide treasure or danger, challenge the Boatman's Shell Game, and unlock bigger boards — from a modest 2×3 field up to a sprawling 6×15. Old Samoan stories remember Tagaloa as an island-maker; in this fictional archipelago, the guardians give his name to their stepping-stone trials.

18+ · Stakes and rewards are fictional in-game items with no real-world value — no real-money gambling, no cash prizes.

  • The Watcher
  • The Keeper
  • The Dealer
Join the Beta → Get notified at launch

Joining opens two quick steps: join the Google Group, then accept the Play Store testing invite with the same Google account.

Work in progress — Unity 6 Editor Island guardian totem, captured in the Unity Editor during development Island beach hut, captured in the Unity Editor during development
Concept render — not in-game footage
What's next

Beyond the stone path.

Tagaloa Tiles isn't one loop on repeat. Marble Race — rolling colored orbs through the ruins — is next on deck, part of a growing set of totem-guided mini-games layered under one island RPG.

The Arvare crew reviewing a build together The crew, mid-sprint
2011Founded — started in augmented & mixed reality
5A five-person crew — small, hands-on, still shipping
2026Tagaloa Tiles rebuilt from scratch, on Unity 6
The studio

Small team, long memory.

Arvare Studio started in 2011 building augmented and mixed reality applications — product demos, marketing experiences, early AR prototypes for brands and startups who wanted to show something no one else could yet.

In 2016, that same curiosity turned toward games: an island world where players bet, cross a path of stones, and try not to step on a mine. It never quite reached launch — the dialogue system was the part that was never solved. The idea didn't go away.

A decade and a few more prototypes later — AWKey's mini-game portal, an AR artillery experiment, a QR-tag keepsake app built under the MomentWrap name — that original island game is being rebuilt from the ground up as Tagaloa Tiles, Arvare's first release aimed squarely at mobile.

  • 2011Arvare founded — AR/MR applications for business & startups
  • 2016–2018Original island betting game designed, prototyped, shelved
  • 2026Full rebuild on Unity 6 — Tagaloa Tiles heading to Google Play
Also from Arvare

More from the catalog.

Live

AWKey

A small web world of mini-games.

A browser-based ecosystem portal with word-building, territory capture, creature evolution and treasure hunts — casual games built around one shared city.

Visit awkey.org →
Prototype

Scorched Earth AR

Artillery, on your table.

An experimental tabletop AR game — point a phone at any table and trade shells across real furniture in a pass-and-play artillery duel.

In development
Family pilot

HollaJola by MomentWrap

A feeling, carried with it.

Turns a physical QR tag, invitation or keepsake into a private digital moment — gift reveals and event invitations with photo, video and a small 3D surprise.

In pilot
Get in touch

Questions, press,
or just want to say hi?

hello@arvare.com