About Wunderelf Studios

Wunderelf Studios is Blake Wunderle's independent studio. By day, Blake is a solution architect at FoodChain ID with more than ten years in software: designing how large enterprise systems connect, writing the technical specs, leading development teams, and building AI tools on Claude for clients. Evenings and weekends go to the studio.

The name came from a soccer sweatshirt where the bottom of the last "E" in "Wunderle" fell off, and "Wunderelf" was too good not to keep.

The studio's first release, Parting Shadows, grew from a simple console app into a full RPG on Steam, drawing on years of weekly D&D sessions. Wunderelf Sports came next: pick'em pools and live scores on the web, iPhone and Android.

Each one is designed, built, tested and supported here, from the database to the store page.

What We Work With

Architecture

  • Thin controllers: an endpoint checks who is asking, calls one service and returns the result
  • Business rules live in the API's service layer, each defined once and covered by a test
  • Front ends only present what the API sends, so a website, an iPhone app or an Android app shows the same data the same way
  • A new front end can be added without rewriting a single rule
  • C#/.NET APIs on PostgreSQL, with data access kept in its own layer

UI and UX

  • Screens that don't jump: a control that locks or loads stays where it was
  • Honest status: say when data was last updated, and never claim a save that didn't happen
  • Plain wording that gives the reason, placed before the button rather than after it
  • Confirmations that name what will happen, with more care for anything that can't be undone
  • Accessibility built in: real buttons, never color alone, light and dark themes

Apps and Websites

  • One codebase that runs as a website and as iPhone and Android apps
  • Sign-in and accounts, push notifications and email
  • Live scores and schedules from sports data feeds, kept current by background jobs
  • Payments and subscriptions with Stripe
  • AI tools built on Claude, with every step kept narrow and checkable

Hosting and Security

  • Docker on AWS and Railway, with automated tests and releases through GitHub Actions
  • Secure sign-in that is on by default: the server won't start if security settings are missing
  • Rate limiting, and separating data so each team only sees its own
  • Reverse proxies, load balancers, health checks and private networking between services
  • Verified payment webhooks, signed download links, and keys kept out of the code

Want to work together? Get in touch.

Our Values

  1. 1

    You Stay in Control

    Choices should be real. In Parting Shadows, the story genuinely branches. In Wunderelf Sports, your picks lock at kickoff and nothing changes behind your back.

  2. 2

    Depth Without Overwhelm

    Deep systems should feel inviting, not intimidating. A new player or a new pool member should be able to start simple and find the depth when they want it.

  3. 3

    Made With Care

    Every product here started as something we wanted to use ourselves. That is the bar each one has to meet before it ships.