A Five Cats Studios App — Spring 2026

Android iOS — In Development

PrayerNexus

The prayer app that actually makes you pray.

PrayerNexus is the only prayer app built around shared intercession. Invite your small group, family, or church team into a private Prayer Group — no chat, no feed. Members send Flare Requests when they need prayer, and Mission Updates when God answers. Plus eleven polished prayer modes, voice-to-text everywhere, daily gratitude with photos, and answered-prayer celebrations that honor the moment.

◆ Together

Invite-only groups — Flare Requests & Mission Updates

◆ Pray

11 modes for every mood & tradition

◆ See God Move

Celebrate answered prayers & gratitude

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What PrayerNexus Is

A daily prayer habit you actually keep.
Not one you have to force.

PrayerNexus is an offline-first Android app that helps Christians pray consistently — and remember what they prayed for. It pairs eleven polished prayer modes with daily gratitude, answered-prayer celebrations, and a Testimony Book that turns your prayer life into something you can look back on.

Most mainstream apps — Abide, Hallow, Pray.com — lead with audio content narrated by someone else. PrayerNexus is the opposite: eleven distinct, interactive ways to pray yourself, with voice-to-text in every mode so you can pray the way you actually pray. When God answers, the app celebrates. When you forget what He's done, an anniversary reminder nudges you. When you look back at the year, a Testimony Book renders the whole story as a PDF you keep forever.

◆ The star feature · Prayer Groups

Your people.
Their Flares.
One shared prayer board.

Prayer Groups are what makes PrayerNexus unlike any other prayer app. Create a group for your family, small group, or church team. Share a six-character invite code. Members post two kinds of things: Flare Requests — “I need you to pray for this” — and Mission Updates — “here’s what God is doing.” Everyone sees both in real time, synced across every device, readable even offline. One tap says “I prayed for this.” They get a push notification. When God answers a Flare, only the person who sent it can mark it answered — their testimony, their Big Celebration.

Step 01

Create your group

Name it, pick an emoji. PrayerNexus generates a 6-character code — share it however is easiest. No public listings, no discovery, no strangers.

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Step 02

Send a Flare — or an Update

Send a Flare Request when you need prayer: “Sarah sent a Flare: healing for Mom.” Post a Mission Update when you have news to share. Everyone gets a push either way.

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Step 03

Pray — and be seen doing it

Tap “I prayed for this” or launch any of the 11 prayer modes against a group item. The count shows. The activity feed logs it. The person who added it knows.

There is no chat. No comments. No posting. No public audience. An intentional anti-social-media design choice — because prayer groups should feel like prayer, not Twitter.

◆ The two things you share in a group

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Flare Request

“I need the group to pray for something specific.” A Flare lights up the board, shows a prayer count, accepts voice prayers, and stays open until you mark it answered.

“Please pray for Dad’s surgery tomorrow.”

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Mission Update

“Here’s what God is doing — you should know this.” An update keeps the group informed without asking for a prayer action. Share news, praise reports, or context.

“Dad is out of surgery — praise God, it went perfectly.”

Most prayer apps lump everything together. PrayerNexus separates them so your group always knows: is this something I need to pray about, or is this good news to celebrate?

Invite code

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Share a code or QR. No public listings. No discovery. Strictly invite-only, always.

Voice prayer

They’ll hear you praying for them. By name.

Record a prayer and send it to the whole group or just the person who sent the Flare. One-time listen — privately delivered, then gone. Full details →

Activity feed

Who prayed. When.

A quiet log of recent prayer activity — names and timestamps only. No journal content, no private reflections, ever shared with anyone.

Answered prayers

Their testimony. Their moment.

Only the person who sent a Flare can mark it answered. The Big Celebration fires on their device. The group can cheer — but the testimony belongs to its owner.

★ Premium feature 🔒 Invite-only — never public No chat · No feed · No noise Readable offline via Firestore cache

◆ Inside Prayer Groups · Voice Prayer Sharing

They'll hear you praying for them.
By name.

The most intimate thing one person can do for another is pray for them. PrayerNexus is the only prayer app that lets you record that prayer and send it — to your small group or the one person who needs to hear it most. No social feed. No public audience. Just your voice, their name, and the quietly astonishing moment when someone opens their phone and hears you interceding for them.

Step 01

Open their Flare

Tap any Flare Request in your Group. Their name, their need — right in front of you. Then hold the mic.

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Step 02

Record your prayer

Hit record and pray aloud — in your own voice, your own words. As long or as short as you want.

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Step 03

They hear you

They get a notification. They open the app. They press play. And they hear someone who loves them calling their name before God.

It works the other way too — when someone sends you a voice prayer, you'll hear your name spoken aloud in intercession. There is nothing else like it in any prayer app.

✦ Category first Premium feature 🔒 Private — never public Works inside Prayer Groups

The Prayer Engine

Eleven ways to pray. One beautiful app.

Prayer boredom kills more streaks than busyness ever will. So we built eleven distinct, polished modes that meet every mood, every style, every tradition. A Netflix-style Mode Picker serves them on shelves like Quick, Guided, Expressive, and Traditional.

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Guided ACTS

Adoration → Confession → Thanksgiving → Supplication. Tap-to-advance with optional TTS.

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Voice Record

Speak your prayer aloud. Real-time transcription. Flag one as a Time Capsule.

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Prayer Journal

Blank page. Voice-to-text front and center. Link each entry to a Flare Request.

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Intercession Drill

Tap-bank of your people and needs. 30-second timers. Pray through your list fast.

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Flash-Pray Swipe

Only 2 minutes? Swipe through 5–8 cards. Fast, focused, real.

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Daily Examen

Ignatian 5-step evening practice. Auto-logs a gratitude entry.

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Lectio Divina

Read → meditate → pray → rest. 50+ curated passages bundled offline.

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Breath Prayer

Paced inhale-exhale. Jesus Prayer + 10 classics. The streak-saver for busy days.

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Prayer Beads

Full Rosary, Anglican Rope, Jesus Prayer Rope, and build-your-own. Haptic beads.

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Daily Office

Auto-detects Morning, Midday, Evening, or Compline. BCP-derived, adaptive.

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Names of God

30+ Names with Hebrew/Greek roots. Tap a Name → pray it via Breath Prayer or Guided ACTS. Badges for every name prayed.

Voice-to-text is in every mode. Pray out loud the way you actually pray — PrayerNexus captures it, lets you edit, and saves it for you to revisit later.

The Moments That Matter

“Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” Psalm 103:2 · KJV

Other prayer apps treat "done" as the end of the story. We treat it as the beginning. PrayerNexus is built around the moments when prayer gets real — when God answers, when you're overwhelmed with thanks, when you look back and see Him.

Answered Prayers + The Big Celebration

See God's faithfulness
pile up.

When you mark a prayer Answered, the app erupts. Confetti. A verse card rendered on-the-fly. A full-screen "Praise God!" moment. Option to share as a testimony image. And a gentle anniversary reminder scheduled for one year later — so you never forget what He did.

Gratitude

With photos.

1, 3, or 5 gratitudes a day. Snap or take a photo if you want. Tag a category. Link it to a prayer. Calendar heat-map of your thankful heart.

Prayer Library

Famous Prayers +
Names of God.

30+ classical prayers. 30+ Names of God — each with one-tap "pray this name" via Breath Prayer or Guided ACTS.

Photo Prayers

Pray face-to-face.

Attach a photo to any Flare Request. Their face surfaces every time you pray through it. Stored privately, never uploaded.

Crisis Prayer

One tap from Home.

Curated Psalms (23, 27, 46, 91, 121, 139), a calming Breath Prayer, and gentle resource links. No XP. No ads here. Ever.

Memory & Legacy v1.1

Your Year of Prayer · On This Day · Testimony Book.

A December year-in-review of your entire prayer life. "On This Day" moments surface old prayers now answered. Time-Capsule Voice Notes replay one year later. Export a beautiful Testimony Book PDF of your answered prayers to keep forever.

Pray Together

Private, purposeful, never noisy.

Invite-only groups for your family, small group, or church team. No chat. No feed. No algorithm. An intentional anti-social-media design choice — because shared prayer should feel like prayer.

Prayer Groups — Private, Purposeful, Premium

Create a group for your family, small group, or church team and share a 6-character invite code. Members share Flare Requests (prayer needs) and Mission Updates (group news) — synced live, readable offline. One-tap “I prayed for this” on any Flare. Activity feed shows who prayed and when. Voice prayer sharing lets you send an audio prayer to the whole group or directly to whoever sent the Flare.

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Strictly invite-only. No chat, no feed, no public listings. Prayer Groups require a Premium subscription (Google Sign-In). Everything offline and solo is completely free with no account required. See the full Groups breakdown ↑

Category Firsts

Features the category hasn't built.

Every feature on this page could eventually be copied. These are the ones that would take the category the longest to catch up on — because they're built on ideas everyone else missed.

01 · First of its kind

Answered-Prayer Celebrations

Mark a prayer Answered and the app erupts — confetti, a verse card rendered on the fly, a full-screen "Praise God!" moment, share-as-testimony image, and an anniversary reminder scheduled for one year later. We built what no one else has bothered to build: a ritual for the moment a prayer gets answered — because that moment deserves more than a checkbox.

02 · New to the category

Voice-to-Text Everywhere

Every single prayer mode accepts voice input. Speak your ACTS walk, dictate a journal entry, talk through an intercession list — the app captures it, lets you edit, and saves it. Most prayer apps treat voice as a single feature; we made it the default way to pray.

03 · First of its kind

Photo Prayers

Attach a photo of the person or situation you're praying for. Their face surfaces every time that prayer comes up in rotation. Photos are stored privately on your device and never uploaded — not even when shared to a Prayer Group.

04 · New to the category

Testimony Book PDF

One-tap export: every answered prayer you've marked, beautifully rendered as a keepsake PDF. Category competitors keep answered prayers in a list you'll never open. We turn them into a book you can hand to your children.

05 · Rare in category

Ten Interactive Modes

Guided ACTS, Voice Record, Prayer Journal, Intercession Drill, Flash-Pray Swipe, Daily Examen, Lectio Divina, Breath Prayer, Prayer Beads, Daily Office. A Netflix-style Mode Picker serves them on shelves by mood, style, and tradition. Competitors offer narrated audio; we offer ways to actually pray.

06 · First of its kind

Voice Prayer Sharing

Record yourself praying for someone by name and send the audio privately — inside a Prayer Group, to the whole group or just to the person who added that request. No social network. No public posts. One-time listen, then gone. Just the sound of someone who loves you asking God on your behalf. No other prayer app lets you send someone the gift of hearing their name lifted up in prayer.

07 · First of its kind

Crisis Prayer Mode

One tap from Home. Curated comfort Psalms (23, 27, 46, 91, 121, 139), a calming Breath Prayer, and gentle resource links. No XP. No ads. Ever. Because when you're in crisis, the last thing you need is a banner ad or a streak counter.

The Honest Comparison

What makes PrayerNexus different?

Every prayer app makes trade-offs. Pray.com and Abide built huge audio libraries. Echo nailed cross-device sync. Hallow went deep on Catholic audio content. PrayerNexus went deep on interactive prayer, habit-building, gratitude, and answered-prayer tracking.

Feature	PrayerNexus	Pray.com	Echo Prayer	Hallow	Abide
Distinct interactive prayer modes	10ACTS, Voice, Journal, Intercession, Flash-Pray, Examen, Lectio, Breath, Beads, Daily Office	Audio-first	2–3Prayer list + reminders	4–5Guided audio sessions	Audio-first
Voice-to-text in every mode	✓SpeechRecognizer in all 10 modes	No	No	No	No
Answered-prayer celebrations + anniversary reminders	✓Confetti, verse card, testimony share, 1-yr reminder	No	Answered flagStatus toggle only	No	No
Gratitude journal with photos + heat-map	✓1/3/5-a-day, photo attach, calendar view	No	No	Gratitude promptAudio session only	No
Liturgical modes (Rosary, Daily Office, Examen, Lectio)	✓All four, with Western + Eastern calendars	Audio Rosary	No	Rosary & ExamenNarrated audio, not interactive	No
Names of God library (30+) with one-tap prayer	✓Tap a Name → Breath Prayer or Guided ACTS	No	No	No	No
Invite-only Prayer Groups — Flares & Mission Updates	✓Flare Requests + Mission Updates, voice sharing, activity feed — Premium	No	Request-sharingOne-way share links	Prayer ChannelsPublic audio community	No
Send a voice prayer to someone in your group	✓Private audio, Premium — they hear you pray for them by name	No	No	No	No
Photo Prayers (private, never uploaded)	✓Local-only storage, local-only display	No	No	No	No
Exportable Testimony Book PDF	v1.1Keepsake-quality, your answered prayers	No	No	No	No
Gentle gamification (XP, streaks, badges)	✓Grace-built streaks, 15+ badges, no leaderboards	Streaks	No	StreaksPrayer-minute tracking	Streaks
Crisis Prayer mode (curated Psalms, ad-free)	✓One tap from Home, no XP, no ads	No	No	Anxiety prayersAudio only, gated by tier	Calming sessions
Liturgical calendar (Western + Eastern)	✓Feasts, seasons, auto-themed Office	No	No	Western only	No
Offline-first solo architecture	✓All 10 modes offline · no account required for solo use	Audio streamsDownload-to-offline gated	Basic offlineRequires account	Downloadable sessionsSubscription-gated	Subscription-gated
Free tier includes every prayer mode	✓Premium removes ads only	Free + locked audio	Yes	Heavy paywallMost content behind Hallow Plus	Heavy paywall
No email signup required	✓Never asked, never collected	Required	Required	Required	Required

Competitor data compiled from publicly available Google Play listings, publisher documentation, and in-app inspection, April 2026. Claims reflect the free tier of each app unless noted. Corrections welcome — email nathan@5catsgamestudios.com and we'll update this table.

Sources Pray.com (Google Play)· Echo Prayer (Google Play)· Hallow (Google Play)· Abide (Google Play)· pray.com· echoprayer.com· hallow.com· abide.com

Where others shine (and we don't — yet)

Pray.com, Hallow, and Abide have massive celebrity-narrated audio libraries, sleep Bible stories, and guided-meditation audio that PrayerNexus doesn't try to compete with. Echo ships cross-device cloud sync of solo data today; ours is on the roadmap.

What's missing on our side

No iOS app at launch (planned). No Apple Watch support. No web or desktop version. No celebrity-narrated audio. If any of those are dealbreakers for you, one of the competitors above will serve you better — and we'll say so.

After Launch

What comes next.

Everything on this page ships in v1.0. Here's what's queued for the months after Spring 2026.

iOS & Apple Watch

A native iOS build with the same offline-first architecture, plus an Apple Watch companion for one-tap Breath Prayer and quick "I prayed for this" taps from the wrist. Schedule depends on launch resourcing — honest dates only after v1.0 ships.

Cross-device sync

Optional, opt-in encrypted sync of your prayer items, gratitude entries, reflections, and Testimony Book across devices. Local-first remains the default; sync is a setting you turn on, not a requirement.

Family & Church Packs

Six-digit join code for a household, small group, or congregation. Aggregate-only progress, no feed, no ranking. Solves group prayer without turning it into social media.

Expanded Library

More classical prayers, more Names of God meditations, expanded Lectio Divina passages, and tradition-specific pack drops (Orthodox, Anglican, monastic). All free for everyone — depth, not paywall.

Why It Works

The habit research behind the design.

Prayer is between you and God; we'd never be presumptuous enough to claim science can engineer that. But the habit of prayer — showing up, day after day, in a way that sticks — is one of the most studied patterns in behavioral psychology. Here's what the research says, and how each PrayerNexus design choice maps to it.

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Streaks & Daily Cues

Habit Formation

Lally et al., 2010

Consistent daily practice is the single best predictor of long-term retention of any habit, including spiritual ones. Cue → routine → reward turns prayer from a discipline you have to summon into a default. Lally's landmark study found a median of 66 days for a new behavior to become automatic, with a wide individual range — which is why our streaks have grace built in, not punishment.

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Daily Gratitude with Photos

Gratitude & Subjective Well-Being

Emmons & McCullough, 2003

A regular gratitude practice is one of the most consistently replicated findings in positive psychology — tied to higher well-being, better sleep, and stronger relationships. Photos and one-line entries lower the friction so the habit actually sticks past week two. PrayerNexus defaults to one-a-day; you can dial up to three or five.

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Anniversary Reminders & Time-Capsule Voice Notes

Memory Encoding & Retrieval Cues

Tulving & Thomson, 1973

Memories fade unless something cues them back. A scheduled "one year ago today, you prayed this" reminder reactivates the original prayer in its original emotional context — making God's faithfulness over time visible instead of forgettable. Voice playback adds an auditory channel that strengthens the memory trace beyond text alone.

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Voice-to-Text in Every Mode

The Production Effect

MacLeod et al., 2010

Speaking out loud produces a distinct memory advantage over silent thought. Saying something engages motor planning, auditory feedback, and self-monitoring — creating a richer multi-sensory trace. For prayer, that means the prayers you actually voice are the ones you'll most likely remember.

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Prayer Journal & Reflection

Expressive Writing

Pennebaker, 1997

A long line of research on expressive writing shows that putting difficult feelings or hopes into words measurably reduces stress and improves emotional processing. PrayerNexus's Journal mode and per-prayer reflection notes give that pattern a structure that fits prayer specifically.

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Variety Across Ten Modes

Habituation & Boredom

Berlyne, 1960; Loewenstein, 1994

Prayer boredom kills more streaks than busyness ever will. The same practice repeated identically loses its grip on attention — the brain habituates. Ten distinct prayer modes plus a Mode Picker that suggests "try this next" keeps the practice fresh while preserving the underlying habit. Variety as a feature, not as a marketing word.

A note on framing: We're careful to claim only what the research supports. The studies cited address habit formation, gratitude, memory, and expressive writing — not the efficacy of prayer itself, which is a theological question beyond the scope of any app. PrayerNexus is designed to help you build and sustain the practice; what God does with it is between you and Him.

Launching Spring 2026 · Google Play

Free to pray alone.
Premium to pray together.

All eleven prayer modes, voice-to-text everywhere, the gratitude journal, answered-prayer celebrations, the Prayer Library — all free with no account required. Everything solo works 100% offline. Premium removes ads and unlocks Prayer Groups (invite-only, cloud-synced shared prayer lists with voice prayer sharing) and supports the studio so we can keep building.

Free

forever

All 10 prayer modes
Voice-to-text in every mode
Gratitude journal & photos
Answered-prayer celebrations
All solo prayer features
Ad-supported

Premium Monthly

$9.99

per month

Everything in Free
Ad-free
Prayer Groups (invite-only, cloud-synced)
Voice prayer sharing in Groups
Supports the studio · Cancel anytime

Premium Annual

$39.99

per year

Save ~$80/yr vs. monthly · Best value for regular users

Everything in Premium
One annual charge
Auto-renews; cancel anytime

Lifetime

$89.99

one-time purchase

Pay once · Yours forever

Everything in Premium — forever
No recurring charge, ever
Includes every future update at no extra cost
One purchase covers all your Android devices

Coming Soon to Google Play

Follow @fiveCatsStudios on X for the launch announcement. Launching Spring 2026.

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1 Thessalonians 5:17 · KJV

Common Questions

Before you pre-register.

Eight questions we get most often. If yours isn't here, email nathan@5catsgamestudios.com.

Do I need an account to use PrayerNexus?

No — PrayerNexus works entirely without an account for everything you do alone. All ten prayer modes, the gratitude journal, answered-prayer celebrations, Testimony Book, the whole solo experience: no sign-in required. We never ask for your email and never collect one. An account (Google Sign-In) is only needed if you subscribe to Premium and use Prayer Groups — we don't run our own password system. If you want a launch ping, follow @fiveCatsStudios on X.

How private is Voice-to-Text and Voice Record mode?

Your voice audio is never sent to Five Cats Studios. The app uses Android's built-in speech recognizer to transcribe what you said, and any audio you choose to save (Voice Record mode, Time Capsule voice notes) stays on your device. Note: the device's speech recognizer is usually Google's, which may transcribe audio in the cloud per your Android settings — you can switch to an on-device recognizer in Android system settings. Full disclosure is in the Privacy Policy.

What gets shared when I join a Prayer Group?

Only what you explicitly share to the group. That means: the title and description of a Flare Request you add to the group, its status (praying / answered), and "I prayed for this" taps. Photos attached to prayers stay on your device — even group items with photos keep those photos local only. Voice recordings stay on your device unless you explicitly choose to record and send one to a Group. Gratitude entries, journal reflections, and personal notes never leave your device. Groups are invite-only (6-character code), never public, no chat, no feed — on purpose. Prayer Groups require a Premium subscription and a Google Sign-In.

Can I export my prayers, gratitudes, and answered-prayer history?

Yes. The Testimony Book PDF (v1.1) is a one-tap keepsake export of every prayer you've marked Answered — rendered beautifully, your story in your hands. A structured data export of all your prayer items, gratitudes, reflections, and voice notes is available from Settings. Exports save to your device storage and are entirely yours; we never see them.

What happens to my data if I switch phones?

Because everything solo is stored locally and we don't run a solo-sync server, you'll want to use Android's built-in backup before switching devices — that preserves your prayer items, gratitude history, voice notes, and answered-prayer Testimony Book. If you uninstall without backing up, the local data is gone. Prayer Group content that lives in Firestore comes back when you sign in on the new device. Cross-device sync for solo data is on the roadmap.

What happens if I cancel Premium?

Everything you've done stays with you forever. Every prayer, every answered-prayer celebration, every gratitude, every voice note, every anniversary reminder, your full Testimony Book — all intact. The only change is that ads return. No features get taken away. Your prayers don't disappear, your streak doesn't reset, your history stays. Cancel anytime from Google Play subscriptions.

Is iOS coming?

Yes — iOS is actively in development. PrayerNexus ships Android first, but an iOS version is underway. Sign up above and select iOS or Both to get a TestFlight invite as soon as it’s ready. An Apple Watch companion is also on the roadmap post-iOS launch.

Is Five Cats Studios a real company? Who's behind this?

Yes — Five Cats Studios LLC, an Iowa limited liability company (Corp No. 864705), based in Grundy County, Iowa. Founded by Nathan Barkley. PrayerNexus is one of three apps from the studio; the others are BibleNova and the cozy game Smoke & Honey. Reachable any day at nathan@5catsgamestudios.com.