Codename
OVERSEER
An AI-powered game studio you can actually see. A full team of specialist agents (producer, developer, artist, designer, QA and more) working on your game, in a studio you watch from above.
We make game development accessible to all.
Making games should feel like playing one.
We build learning tools, AI-powered creation, and games with that in mind.
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The flagship
JoyStick Academy
In active developmentLearn to make games, five minutes a day. A Duolingo-style mobile app with streaks, leagues, and capstone projects, paired with plugins that bring practice inside Unity, Unreal, Godot, and Roblox Studio, right next to the editor.
- 197Lessons
- 42Courses
- 50Capstones
- 4Engines
Practice inside the engine
Unity
Unreal
Godot
Roblox
Public launch planned Q4 2026 on iOS and Android, with all four engine plugins live at launch.
In the lab
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Early, unannounced, and under codenames. We'll say more when they're ready.
Codename
MINDGAME
A social deception game where honesty is optional and trust is a weapon. Game modes built around reading people, bluffing, and the occasional beautiful betrayal.
Who's building this
One founder. Full stack, full time.
JoyStick Studios is a solo build. Every product, every lesson, every engine plugin commit ships from the same desk in Casablanca. Capital efficient by design.
By day, Walid is a Data Engineer at SanlamAllianz, one of Africa's largest insurers, building distributed pipelines and production data platforms. Behind that: a Master's in Big Data and AI, a degree in Mathematics, Data Science, and Computer Science, and professional certifications across Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks, Terraform, and CompTIA. JoyStick Studios applies that same data-and-infrastructure discipline to games.
Game development is the long-running parallel track: engines, level design, and the loops underneath how shipped games actually feel. For JoyStick Academy alone, that meant shipping five distinct surfaces solo: the mobile app, a 4-engine catalog, the backend, admin tooling, and the marketing site, all built methodically since late 2025.
Beyond the build, Walid leads in the Global Shapers community, a World Economic Forum network: Curator of the Mohammedia hub and previously its VP of HR.
Investors and partners get a direct line, no layers.
Let's talk.
Investors, partners, press, or future teammates: there's one inbox and it's read by the founder. Replies within 24 hours.