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A small studio. Apps built to last.

Ayotl means “turtle” in Nahuatl. Small, independent, useful products, built one at a time and in no hurry.

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The apps

Three products in production, each with its own domain and its own people, and a game on its way to the stores.

  • Mercadito

    mercadito.cx

    Digital menu and tools for local businesses.

    Orders go straight to the business's WhatsApp; Mercadito never touches the money.

    • Gratis2026-2027 pilot
    • 0 %commission
    • 3towns
    • Business
    • iOS & Android
    • Web
    Read the story Open

  • JLPTest

    jlptest.org

    Japanese from N5 to N1, in 20-word units.

    Vocabulary, grammar, readings and mini-tests with spaced repetition.

    • 9 452words
    • 864grammar points
    • 600units
    • Japanese
    • Android
    • Web
    Read the story Open

  • Daily Challenge

    dailychallenge.click

    A new arcade challenge every day, Atari 2600 style.

    One run per person and a top 10 at midnight. Free.

    • 40arcade games
    • 147maps
    • 1run/day
    • Games
    • Android
    • Web
    Read the story Open On Google Play

  • Kazan

    kazan.dailychallenge.click

    Build your city, raise an army and outrun the lava.

    Real-time strategy on a volcano island: workers, troops, fog of war and an eruption that eats the map. Solo against the computer or online, in the island challenge (up to 12 nations, with rounds from Monday to Thursday and Thursday to Monday) or a room with a code for your friends. On the web, Android and iPhone, free.

    • 12buildings
    • 9unit types
    • 4island types
    • Games
    • Android
    • iOS
    • Web
    Read the story Open On the App Store

  • War Zone

    dailychallenge.click/warzone

    Turn-based stick-figure battles, Atari 2600 style.

    Destructible terrain, twelve weapons, a campaign, challenges, pass-the-phone and online matches. Free, with ads.

    • 12weapons
    • 8maps
    • 10missions
    • Games
    • Android
    • iOS
    Read the story Open On Google Play On the App Store

  • La procesión de los dormidos (demo)

    dailychallenge.click/procesion

    Survival horror on the real streets of Sahuayo, FAITH and Atari 2600 style.

    Liobas comes back after fifteen years and the town woke up to something else. An eight-chapter story; the demo has the first three, free.

    • 8chapters
    • 1 h 30of story
    • 21documents
    • Games
    • Horror
    • Web
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  • ZANEI

    dailychallenge.click/zanei

    A bodiless pilot against an invasion that only knows how to repeat itself.

    A vertical shoot 'em up drawn in neon lines: twelve levels in three acts, seven weapons, bombs, bosses that break apart piece by piece and a radio story that reacts to how you play. Classical music turned into techno. Free on the web.

    • 12levels
    • 7weapons
    • 20enemy types
    • Games
    • Web
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What's next at Ayotl

Every release is tried first by a small group of people who actually use the apps. The program pays per day of testing: up to 15 MXN for using both.

Beta Program →

How it works underneath

Notes on things that broke in production: a cron reporting “succeeded” with nothing published, a database that refused to be reached, a game that can't trust the browser.

Notes →PScript →

Why a turtle?

A Nahuatl name from Sahuayo, Michoacán, chosen for what it stands for: getting there without running.

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