Press kit - Fleawinder: Living Circus
Fleawinder: Living Circus
A tiny circus where each flea writes its own story.
Quick facts
- Studio
- Playable Future LLC (one-developer indie)
- Lead developer
- James B. Pollack, MFA
- Platforms
- iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV previews; free Windows Classic and macOS legacy builds
- Genre
- Cozy life simulation / living digital companion
- Pricing
- Windows Classic and macOS legacy builds are free. Paid features in Apple builds use Apple in-app purchases.
- Release status
- Apple TestFlight preview
- Desktop status
- Free legacy and experimental builds
- Press contact
- [email protected]
The pitch in 60 seconds
Fleawinder: Living Circus is a tiny living circus for your pocket and living room. Eight resident fleas welcome you in, then you make a flea with a calling, habitat, training path, and place in the troupe. Ordinary attention turns into stage energy, small stories, and a world with a memory.
The circus is built around gentle continuity rather than chores. Fleas remember little moments, develop relationships, and can carry their recognizable presence between compatible Apple surfaces. The founding eight are the opening cast, not the limit of the world.
Headline features
- Founding troupe and player-made fleas - eight named residents welcome the player, while new fleas bring their own calling, habitat, training, and story presence.
- Apple-first living circus - iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV are the primary release path, with compatible companion surfaces extending the same small world.
- Characterful dialogue — fleas respond with short, readable lines that preserve their voice without getting in the way.
- Tap a flea to see their inner life - full character state, close-up art, and recent moments in a single sheet on iPhone.
- Useful ambient presence - home-screen widgets, Lock Screen, Live Activity, Top Shelf cards, and watch surfaces make the circus glanceable.
- Spatial circus - place acts in the room and see the troupe perform as small tabletop characters.
Hero video
30-second silent loop showing the iPhone, AR, and watch surfaces. Embed-ready MP4 at fleawinder-hero-30s.mp4.
Screenshots
High-resolution PNGs grouped by surface. All originals are 3× the display size; downsample as needed.
Key art
Website media pack
A ready-to-use editorial set: two new Azure illustrations paired with real iPhone and tvOS captures, plus habitat, grounds, and act collections. Every source and lifecycle label is in the manifest.
Editorial-friendly bits
- One-liner: A tiny living circus where attention becomes history.
- Two-liner: Fleawinder: Living Circus turns ordinary attention into the energy and memories of a tiny flea world. Meet eight founding performers, then make a flea and habitat of your own.
- Built in public: the project ships frequent updates and writes about its decisions on the blog.