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Fractional growth leadership, automation and systems, and a decade of building tech ventures, from a game studio to web3.

Fractional · in a client's words

Growth & systems

I initially connected with Saba for a branding project when I was launching my Savoir Anti-Inflammatory Meal Plan, and what started as one project evolved into a close working relationship, with Saba taking on the role of Fractional Chief Growth Officer.
Saba is incredibly organized, detail-oriented, and strategic in her approach. She played a key role in streamlining my clinical documentation, optimizing my daily workflows, and bringing structure to my growing business.
Beyond execution, she also helped shape ideas, refine strategies, and turn concepts into actionable plans. Her ability to combine strategic thinking with hands-on organization has made a real difference in how efficiently I operate.
It's been a pleasure working with her, and I truly value the contribution she's made to my business.
Tina Chagoury · Founder, Savoir Health

SSW·450

Co-founder & CEOFounded 2018

The Stories Studio

I co-founded The Stories Studio in Bahrain to make games about real-world issues: refugees, ocean plastic, mental health, negativity. A share of game revenue went to the causes the games addressed.

We were part of the first Flat6Labs Bahrain cycle, took our games to Comic Con, BITEX and IGN Convention, and in 2019 I travelled to Tokyo with the Bahrain team for the Tokyo Game Show, where we signed a deal with a Korean publisher for Path Home. We also worked with Boss Bunny, a publisher based in the UAE, and shipped two mobile games with them.

4games shipped

2019Tokyo Game Show, with the Bahrain team

2mobile games with Boss Bunny

The games

Made to matter

Gamistan nominee

Musa – A Brother's Story

A narrative game about two refugee brothers. Nominated Most Innovative PC Game at the Gamistan Awards, Tehran Game Convention.

IMGA nominee

Deep Blue Dump

A free iOS and Android game about ocean plastic, starring a baby turtle called Torty. It trended at no. 3 in Arcade on Google Play Bahrain with a 4.9★ rating, was featured at the Malta National Aquarium and on the Games for Change website, was nominated at the International Mobile Gaming Awards MENA, and is used as an example game in English courses from the University of Sussex and FutureLearn.

Boss Bunny

Split 3D

A hyper-casual mobile game, launched with Boss Bunny in 2020. One of two games we shipped with them.

Path HomeZen puzzle

Path Home

A zen puzzle game set in the stars, about the journey of life. Signed with a Korean publisher after the Tokyo Game Show, 2019.

Hope-fulGame jam

Hope-ful

A game about a girl living with depression, built around two states of mind that change her abilities. 3rd place at the GCC Game Jam.

Runner

Being Kiki

A runner about a girl who invents a fantasy version of herself to beat negativity.

48 hours

Unsocial

A game about isolation and loneliness: a guy who stays at home and never leaves. Made in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam in January 2018. Two years later, the pandemic made it feel like a forecast. Life imitating art.

Watercolour puzzle

Dr. Mend

A 2D watercolour puzzle game about a psychiatrist who treats his patients in rather unconventional ways: one session, one brain puzzle. A point-and-click game made in under 24 hours for the Global Game Jam 2020.

Deep Blue Dump · what players said on Google Play

★★★★★“This game really helps people understand about plastic.”

★★★★★“I love the game and the concept, as well as the lesson we're learning from the facts.”

★★★★★“A nice way to create awareness.”

Web3 · under The Stories Studio · 2021 – 2023

FuZZieMiNTS

5,555 fluffy 3D collectibles on Ethereum, made as a family-friendly first NFT, and built with more innovation than most projects that minted out.

Charity in the contract

3% of every mint went to three charities automatically, through the smart contract, via The Giving Block.

Naming on chain

Holders used our token to name their FuZZieMiNT, which levelled it up, a family activity with real web3 utility.

$FZBT utility token

A token on Polygon that every fuzzie earned passively each day, named by our earliest supporters.

Royalties to holders

We shared royalties with our first 100 holders, and ran levels, rankings and our own marketplace.

Noticed by Reese Witherspoon, who tweeted that we were “ADORABLE”, and followed by Eva Longoria and Shonda Rhimes.
Handpicked for Hug, the web3 accelerator founded by Randi Zuckerberg.

$100k+in revenue

$3,000+raised for charities

280+unique holders, more than half of them parents

1.1 ETHlargest sale

Wholesome, family-friendly, web3 and gaming

“Don't call it a failure, rather our experience!”

OpenSea ↗X ↗Reese's tweet ↗The lessons thread ↗Contract ↗

The one I'm finishing

Musa– A Brother's Story

A refugee story told as a game.

Musa has been with me longer than almost anything else I've made. It started as a game about two brothers who lose their home, and somewhere along the way it became part of my own story: my son carries its name. Some projects you finish because you should. This one I'm finishing because I need to.

Anything that I wanted to do in life, I've always wanted to make it bigger.Bahrain EDB feature, 2020 ↗

“Fun fact: when I became a mom in 2020, I named my son Musa.”

2017
The first level
Musa – A Brother's Story follows two refugee brothers. Play-tested at IGN Convention Bahrain.
2018
Crowdfunding & first showings
On Indiegogo, at Bahrain Comic Con and BITEX, and nominated Most Innovative PC Game at Gamistan, Tehran Game Convention.
2020
A different Musa
I became a mom, and named my son Musa. Bahrain EDB featured the studio the same year.
Now
Coming back to it
Some stories wait for you. I'm finishing Musa.

Startup stages

Pitches, finals & wins

award

1st prize, Startup Weekend Bahrain

Co-founded Amaan, a smart-jewellery wellness idea, with Kawther Al Saffar and Omneya Al Muzeyen

Dec 2023Source ↗

selected

Hope-ful, a game about living with depression

2014

Gallery

From the archive

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Deep Blue Dump

Trending at no. 3 in Arcade on Google Play Bahrain, Nov 2018

On the Games for Change website, Feb 2019

On the road with The Stories Studio

Tokyo Game Show with the Bahrain EDB team, Sep 2019

MIT Enterprise Forum Silicon Valley programme, Oct 2019

Winner, Creative Business Cup Bahrain, Oct 2018

Creative Business Cup global finals, Copenhagen, Nov 2018

Bootcamp day, Creative Business Cup, Copenhagen

The techie

Growth & systems

The Stories Studio

Made to matter

Musa – A Brother's Story

Deep Blue Dump

Split 3D

Path Home

Hope-ful

Being Kiki

Unsocial

Dr. Mend

FuZZieMiNTS

The first level

Crowdfunding & first showings

A different Musa

Coming back to it

Pitches, finals & wins

1st prize, Startup Weekend Bahrain

Selected, Hug web3 accelerator

Bahrain team, Tokyo Game Show

Selected, MIT Enterprise Forum Arab startup tour

Winner, Creative Business Cup Bahrain

Finalist, Pitch@Palace 1.0 Gulf final

Flat6Labs Bahrain, first cycle

One of five, She Loves Tech UAE

Winner, the first Power Pitch

4th place, Pitch@Palace Bahrain

One of five Bahrain winners, AIM Startup

3rd place, GCC Game Jam

From the archive

Deep Blue Dump

On the road with The Stories Studio