Lucky by name.
Dreamer by design.

Lucky Dreamer is an independent, founder-led studio making original games and practical apps in an AI-native way, with 20+ games across development and release. Software with a little starlight in it, built small and shipped often.

games development app development ai-native · founder-led
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Our games

out now and on the way

Cozy games you can play today, bigger worlds on the way, and a lab full of experiments behind them.

Out now

Ember Traces key art: a fox sits by a campfire beneath the northern lights as a glowing ember trail curls into the sky

Out nowiPhone and iPad · Android

Ember Traces

Draw with fire above a Nordic campfire. Original music, northern lights and narrated stories turn glowing traces into a little everyday magic.

Download on the App Store

Coming next

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Two crafts, one studio

what we do
discipline / 01

AI-native app development

AI-native describes how this studio builds, not a chatbot bolted onto every screen. Design, engineering, testing, shipping — the whole process runs with AI in the loop, which is how one founder ships apps that used to take a team.

  • AI through the entire process: design, code, test, ship
  • Founder-scale studio, full-team output
  • Apps get AI features only where they truly earn their place

ai in the loop at every step · repeat daily

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Shipped & humming

featured product

Heart Of The House

A home management app that gives each home its own memory.

Tasks, supplies, equipment records, projects, house history, reminders — and practical AI help that actually knows your house. Heart Of The House is Lucky Dreamer's first public product, live on iOS, Android, and the web.

Heart Of The House home screen: the next task up, home summary, equipment overview, and supplies

The first dream out of the lab — live on iOS, Android, and the web.

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Transmissions

from the blog
Games

Get Out Now: A game I wanted to make for myself

The power goes out. A radio tells you to leave. A first look at the cinematic survival thriller I’ve always wanted to play.

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Index

All transmissions

The latest AI news, curated battle-tested thoughts from real product work, games development notes, and company announcements — with an RSS feed for the loyal.

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The dreamer

founder
Joonas Tanner, founder of Lucky Dreamer LLC

Joonas Tanner

Software engineering leader, founder, and singer-songwriter. Lucky Dreamer is where those threads braid together: engineering discipline, product taste, and just enough artistic recklessness to make things worth playing.

Music lives on at joonastanner.com, professional background on LinkedIn.

Follow the dream feed

The latest AI news, curated battle-tested thoughts, game reveals, and product launches — the blog is where everything lands first. No noise, only signal from the lab.