機会 · Chances to play

Kikai Studios

Games, pixel art, and the tools behind them. The games half of Kikai, in Boston.

This is Kikai-kun, the studio’s mascot. Poke him, or press Play.

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In the works

Founded in 2026 by Noah Jean-Pierre Hathout, a robotics and AI engineer in Boston. noahhathout.com

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What Kikai Studios makes

Games

Games of its own

Games the studio makes for itself. The first, Burn Rate, is made to be played with friends.

Pixel art

One pixel at a time

Characters and worlds drawn on a grid, at whole pixels, like Kikai-kun.

Tools

The tools behind them

The software the studio builds to make its games and its art.