Tiny Machines Workshop Fine small contraptions.

Independent workshop · Minnesota

Tools, languages & books.

Tiny Machines Workshop is an independent studio building useful software, exploring computational physics and how computers work, and publishing the things we learn along the way.

See the work ↓ Read the books
Fig. 1 An open pocket-watch movement drawn as a patent figure
Small mechanisms, made legible.
01 / Work

From the workshop

Not a single kind of project, but a connected body of work: software, field notes, and independent publishing.

Computational physics platform

Production · open-source core

Ballistics

A full-stack exterior-ballistics platform spanning the Ballistics Insight web toolkit, a cloud API, an open-source Rust engine and CLI, an in-browser WebAssembly shell, and the handbook that documents the physics.

ballistics-engine Rust library, CLI & WebAssembly rockets-engine Rocket flight: Rust crate & CLI Ballistics Insight Calculator, load development & field records The Handbook Physics, numerical methods & practical workflows
Open Ballistics Insight ↗ Get the Android app ↓ Explore ballistics.rs ↗ Explore rockets.rs ↗ rockets-engine on crates.io ↗ Read the handbook →
02 / Apps

Published apps

Apps released by Tiny Machines Workshop, ready to play in your browser or download.

Ballistics Insight app icon

iOS & Android

Ballistics Insight

A long-range ballistic calculator. It solves drops and wind holds in MIL or MOA for your load, your rifle and the day’s conditions. Free to download; the Pro upgrade adds DOPE cards and truing as a one-time purchase, not a subscription. No ads and no tracking.

  • G1 & G7 drag models
  • Bluetooth weather meters
  • DOPE cards
  • Truing
  • Built on ballistics-engine
Download on the App Store ↗ Get it on Google Play ↗ Use it on the web ↗ App privacy policy
Superior Tactics RTS app icon

iOS & Android

Superior Tactics RTS

Real-time space fleet combat. Between missions you design your fleet ship by ship, choosing the hulls and filling every hardpoint with weapons and shields, then research upgrades for the gear you rely on. Free to play, with optional credit packs. No ads and no account.

Created by Jon Renner. Tiny Machines Workshop publishes it under license from him.

  • Real-time strategy
  • Campaign & skirmish
  • Ship design
  • Research upgrades
  • Phones & tablets
Download on the App Store ↗ Get it on Google Play ↗ Game website ↗ App support App privacy policy
Superior Tactics II: Broken Orbit app icon

Android · Google Play

Superior Tactics II: Broken Orbit

Real-time tactics inside a collapsing orbital shipyard. Hook wrecks, habitats and disabled enemies, tow them home under fire, and turn the salvage into your next ship. 144 operations across 18 regions, with 24 hulls from three factions. The whole campaign plays without buying anything; optional packs are on offer. No ads and no account.

Based on Superior Tactics by Jon Renner.

  • Real-time tactics
  • Salvage & towing
  • 144 operations
  • Tactical pause
  • Phones & tablets
Get it on Google Play ↗ Game website ↗ App privacy policy
Circle Kingdom Tactics app icon

Android & browser · iOS in testing

Circle Kingdom Tactics

A storybook game of movement and tactical defense. Guide a small golden Champion, build defenses, and protect the crowned King from waves of angular invaders. The twelve-battle campaign is free on Android and in your browser; the Android edition adds optional Riftcraft and Stormcraft expansions as one-time purchases. No ads and no account.

  • Free campaign
  • Tactical defense
  • Storybook art
  • Optional expansions
Get it on Google Play ↗ Play in your browser ↗ Game website Game privacy policy
Three Corners Rising app icon

Android & browser

Three Corners Rising

A turn-based storybook tactics game about a people’s rebellion against the Circle King. Link three banners, close the triangle around the guards, and carry four ordinary leaders through twelve missions to the Circle Court. Two optional side chronicles are one-time purchases on Android. No ads and no account, and the Android edition plays offline.

  • Turn-based tactics
  • 12-mission campaign
  • Storybook art
  • Plays offline
Get it on Google Play ↗ Play in your browser ↗ Game website Game privacy policy
03 / About

One workshop, three benches.

Each part informs the others: build the tool, understand the system, and write down what matters.

A / BUILD

Software, physics & languages

Ballistics Engine, Rockets Engine, Lattice, and DirtScout turn ideas into working systems.

B / DOCUMENT

Field notes

Tiny Computers records experiments, failures, and useful discoveries.

C / PUBLISH

Books

Technical manuals live here; literary work goes out under Sandcherry Press.