Where most self-care apps are serious and in the mind, Serenity Sketch is tactile and in the body. It turns an Apple Pencil — or a fingertip — into a tool for something closer to rest than productivity.
“About four years ago I left a career in finance and attended a meditation retreat. I’d assumed output-focused work had squeezed my creativity dry, but there I picked up a paintbrush and pencil, let go of my self-judgment, and was delighted by what came out. This game is an attempt to give that experience to someone else.”
— Josh Veit, Founder, Copper Coin
Features of Serenity Sketch
- The core experience: simple yet profound painting. Trace brushstrokes on natural stone surfaces in a simulation of the ancient Zen practice of water painting. Every mark evaporates — gracefully, completely, without a trace. That is the heart of the Practice.
- Guided through each Practice. A warm, unpretentious narrator walks players through every session, at the player’s own pace. Follow profound painting prompts, gentle observations, and surprisingly introspective reflection questions at the close of each Practice.
- The Journey of Letting Go. Serenity Sketch is structured as a journey along themed Paths. It begins with the Path of Initiation: hand-crafted guided Practices introducing the principles that echo throughout the remainder of the Journey. Complete the Trial, and new Paths are revealed: the Path of Imperfection, Path of Resonance, Path of Child’s Play, Path of Lineage, and Path of Cycles, to name a few.
- Eight immersive natural settings. Paint beside glimmering water at sunrise, in a dense ancient forest, among weathered coastal rocks, on a warm shoreline, beside a mossy fallen tree, and more. Each setting is paired with an ambient soundscape, and integrates calming ASMR brushstroke sounds.
- Designed for iPad. Built for Apple Pencil and finger touch. This is embodied, intimate, and native to the screen-as-canvas. Designed to feel more like a game than a corporate app.
- Reflection built in. Each Practice closes with quiet, introspective questions — moments that surface what the creative act may have uncovered. Players have described this as the part they didn’t expect to value most.
Copper Coin is a solo independent studio founded by Josh Veit in Leiden, Netherlands. Serenity Sketch is the studio’s debut title, developed in collaboration with Ties Groen (Lead Artist), Meggy Pepelanova (Lead Designer), Rosa Corstjens (Lead Programmer), Camiel Povel (Sound Design), Edwin Dizer (Composer), Kris Dankye (2D Artist), and Jemima Cardenas Meijers (Voice Acting).
iPad / App Store: Coming Summer 2026 — link TBA
Steam (coming 2027): store.steampowered.com/app/4148470
Studio website: coppercoin.nl
Press Contact
Josh Veit — Founder, Copper Coin
josh@coppercoin.nl
press.serenitysketch.com
Serenity Sketch is coming to iPad, Summer 2026. Steam release planned for 2027.