About the studio
Bang Bang Studios is a small, independent app studio in Los Angeles. It began in 2010 with a C++ textbook in Belize City, took the name Bang Bang Studios in 2015, and today makes apps and games for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Apple Vision Pro.
How it started
In June 2010 our founder, Andre Villanueva, sat down in Belize City with Visual Studio and a stack of programming books and started teaching himself C++. His first programs were text games: a multiplayer fighter and a text adventure. The studio name back then was HnG Studios.
Graphics came next. Using the Dark GDK game engine, Andre built Asteroids 2D in December 2011 and Asteroids 3D in 2012. Then came the iPhone, and with it Objective-C.
Where we are now
Two of our apps have been on the App Store: Would You Rather, which shipped in 2018, and Belize Lottery, which arrived in 2019. Both come back as complete rebuilds in December 2026, alongside six new apps, from a wardrobe manager to a virtual pet for Vision Pro.
We are still independent. No investors, no outside owners, and nobody pushing us to collect more of your data than an app needs.
Our story so far
- 2010HnG Studios begins in Belize City
Andre starts programming in C++ and writes his first games, Fight and Quest, both text based.
- 2011Asteroids 2D
Our first graphical game, finished in December 2011 with the Dark GDK engine. It had a high-score system and a lot of rocks.
- 2012Asteroids 3D
The same idea in three dimensions, also built with Dark GDK.
- 2013First iOS games
BBS Memory Game and HoodRun, written in Objective-C for iPhone.
- 2015–18relliK
An arcade shooter built with Apple's SpriteKit, with real physics and documented code. 2015 is also the year the studio became Bang Bang Studios, Andre went full-time independent and bangbangstudios.net went live.
- 2018Would You Rather ships
One of our first App Store releases. Version 2, a full rebuild, returns in December 2026.
- 2019Belize Lottery on the App Store
Built so family and friends abroad could check the numbers without calling home. Version 4.0, a complete rebuild, brings it back in December 2026.
- TodayA lineup across Apple devices
MyFitZ, Car Codex, Vision Pet, BBS Memory Game, and rebuilds of Asteroid and Asteroids 3D, for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Vision Pro.
The older projects live in The Vault.
What we believe
Privacy first
Most of our apps keep your data on your device or in your own iCloud. No accounts unless an app truly needs one, and we never sell data.
Quality you can count on
About 6,250 automated tests run across our apps, alongside crash logging and careful, staged releases.
Fair monetization
Clear prices, no pay-to-win and restore buttons that work. Where an app is free with ads, you can remove them.
Who's here
Bang Bang Studios is founded and run by Andre Villanueva, an iOS developer who has been writing code since 2010 and working independently on Apple platforms since 2015. He designs, builds, tests and ships every app himself.
Get in touch
Business ideas: hello@bangbangstudios.net. Press: press@bangbangstudios.net. For help with an app, visit support.