Black Beacon Studios

Independent software studio

The tools makers wish they had.

Software for people who make things, built by a maker who got tired of not having them.

For musicians, game makers, founders, and builders.

The tools

Tools we build, and use ourselves.

Each one started as a problem we actually had, then got good enough to hand to everyone else.

Codewright, the fundamentals AI skips

Web · Learn plus build

Codewright

Learn to build with AI, then actually build.

The platform teaches the fundamentals AI skips, and Codewright Studio is the local workshop where you make things, from code to images, music, and 3D. Included when you join, or on its own.

Live on the web
Codewright Studio, a local AI maker's studio for Mac

Mac · Make anything, locally

Codewright Studio

Make anything on your Mac.

A local AI maker's studio. Describe what you want and make images, video, 3D, games, music, voice, and apps, all on your own machine, with an assistant beside you. No cloud, no subscription.

In beta testing
Songwright reading a melody's scansion so lyrics land on the beat

Web · iOS · For songwriters

Songwright

Where words meet the melody.

Bring a melody and Songwright finds the strong beats, then writes lyric lines whose stressed syllables land exactly where the music leans. Every line scans, guaranteed.

Live on the web · iOS soon
Pitchbird homePitchbird tunerPitchbird practice

iOS · For singers

Pitchbird

Find your pitch.

A real-time vocal pitch trainer for iOS, local-first and on-device, so your voice never leaves your phone.

On the App Store

Also from the studio

A few that broke the mold.

Not every good idea fits a theme. These two we built simply because they were worth building.

Wellness

Della

A breathing instrument that finds your body's resonant rate, then paces you to it. Eyes closed, by feel. Meditative, precise, and calming.

Visit Della →
Everyday life

Everkin

A gentle, private memory aid that helps people living with memory loss recognize the faces of the ones they love. Every face stays on the device.

Visit Everkin →

In build

On the workbench.

The other side of the studio: stories and games, built slower, for the love of it.

Paperborne, a paper airplane soaring over the clouds Vision Pro · Experience

Paperborne

A boy folds a paper airplane around a photo and a note, and throws it to the wind, trusting it will somehow reach his friend. Whether it makes it is up to a whole country of strangers.

Please Rewind, a homemade time machine hidden inside a VCR Game · Working title

Please Rewind

Summer 1994. A grieving twelve-year-old finds his grandfather's secret machine hidden inside a VCR, one that drops you into whatever's on the tape. A coming-of-age point-and-click in the LucasArts tradition.

The studio

Built by one, held to a standard.

Todd K. Edwards, founder of Black Beacon Studios

Todd K. Edwards

Founder · Designer · Engineer

Fifteen-plus years designing learning and experiences at Collins Aerospace, Motorola Solutions, and Lunarline, now designing, building, and shipping software solo. Every tool is handled end to end, so it all carries the same care.

Nothing ships unless it earns the light. The beacon is the point: a steady, dependable signal in a noisy sea of software.

The beacon doesn't chase the ships. It just keeps burning, so they can find their way in.

  • MakesCreative tools for makers
  • ForMusicians · Builders · Founders
  • PlatformsiOS · Web · macOS
  • TeamIndependent
  • Experience15+ years design & build
  • StructureLLC — 2026
  • Instructional designtoddkedwards.com

Work with us

Like what you see? We can build yours.

Same care that goes into the tools above, pointed at your idea, from a first sketch to a live product. If you want something custom built, reach out and we'll talk it through, scope and cost per project.

Start a conversation

Contact

Let's build something.

Tell me what you're making, or what you want built. A rough idea is plenty, and I reply within a day.