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Puzzle Spy International
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Puzzle Spy International combines substantial puzzles with fun conversations. Solve wordplay and logic puzzles in this '60s spy adventure.
Releasing ~Q1 2026.
Demo available at http://s.team/a/3406690
and at https://mdashow.itch.io/psi-demo
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Puzzle Spy International @agentepsilon.bsky.social · May 23
The demo for Puzzle Spy International is out now! It's a stylish, retro 60s spy adventure aimed at fans of Puzzled Pint, Puzzle Hunts & NYT Puzzles. Grab your thinking caps and go-go boots and give it a shot!

store.steampowered.com/app/3406690/...

#puzzleGame #indieGame #thinkyGame #puzzle
Puzzle Spy International on Steam
Pursue diamond thieves and a trail of cryptic puzzles in this short ‘60s spy adventure. As Agent Epsilon you’ll choose your path as you chat with (or chat up!) suspicious contacts. Decode cryptograms,...
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expressomutt.bsky.social
Heyo~ This is our upcoming point-and-click horror visual novel where you play as Essie to save your twin sister from a soul-stealing automaton.

Wishlist to remember what happened five years ago, and beware the Artisan

store.steampowered.com/app/2334030/...
CG of Essie and the Artisan. Artisan pinning Essie by the throat. Choice menu with significant choice icons. Point-and-click exploration wheel. A key is equipped in inventory Exploration image. Essie shouting at a Cleaner atuomaton, "That's not trash, you blasted trashbucket!"
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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meiri.itch.io
VN devs, let's share our works together! quote this with 4 screenshots from your game and a link to it ❄️

Doce Fim is my life's work, a queer VN featuring romantic and platonic love routes, multiple endings, voice acting, and mental health themes. With ace and autism rep too!

WL: s.team/a/3808270
Screenshot of WIP visual novel Doce Fim, showing the whole gang Screenshot of WIP visual novel Doce Fim, showing the route select screen Screenshot of WIP visual novel Doce Fim, showing the unique Duality Mode system. Screenshot of WIP visual novel Doce Fim, showing an event cutscene with Lion.
December 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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agentepsilon.bsky.social
VN devs, share your works! QRP with 4 screens from your game and a link✨

Puzzle Spy International is a hybrid VN/puzzle game: It's a 1960s spy adventure where you travel the world, chat/flirt with contacts and solve substantial thinky puzzles.

Demo on steam - s.team/a/3406690 - and also on Itch.
Agent Epsilon - Dark skin and hair, teal and charcoal mod mini-dress, warm smile - chats with Inspector Ewan Danger - blond, chiseled features, natty vest and tie and a big tan trenchcoat. They're standing in front of the old New Scotland Yard, with Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in the background. The scene is all blue and the art style is mid-century modern. The player has two choices on-screen for how Agent Epsilon can interact with Ewan: "Give a Friendly Greeting" or "Chat Him Up!" (British Slang for "flirt with him.") Agent Epsilon is confronted by Stefania Plinth, who is agrily gesturing and saying "Those diavoli! They broke in here and stole the Eswatini Giant!" Both women are in 60s outfits, Epsilon in a teal mod short-sleeved dress and Stefania in a blue and cream dress with a wide collar and double-breaster buttons up the front. She's got cats-eye glasses and her hair is in a tight bun. Both are standing in the geology museum, with display cases of rocks, framed phots of how plate tectonics work, and a T-rex skeleton in the back. The scene is purple and gold and the whole thing is drawn in a mid-century modern art style. A scene at a cafe with a bunch of people, ach one with a text entry box next to them. You have to figure out who each person is. There are a number of clues (some in fake Latin to avoid spoilers) on the side to help you deduce the identities. (Example: The first one says "Embarak is reading.") A puzzle screen with lots of cards with colorful illustrations on them, and a bunch more with just text on them. Agent Epsilon is in the corner of the screen pointing at two UI buttons labeled "Hints" and "Check answers." She is saying "Here’s the hint button in the corner! Use it if you need a little help solving a puzzle. We don’t track hint usage and there’s no 'score' so you’re free to use it whenever you need some help."
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
agentepsilon.bsky.social
VN devs, share your works! QRP with 4 screens from your game and a link✨

Puzzle Spy International is a hybrid VN/puzzle game: It's a 1960s spy adventure where you travel the world, chat/flirt with contacts and solve substantial thinky puzzles.

Demo on steam - s.team/a/3406690 - and also on Itch.
Agent Epsilon - Dark skin and hair, teal and charcoal mod mini-dress, warm smile - chats with Inspector Ewan Danger - blond, chiseled features, natty vest and tie and a big tan trenchcoat. They're standing in front of the old New Scotland Yard, with Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in the background. The scene is all blue and the art style is mid-century modern. The player has two choices on-screen for how Agent Epsilon can interact with Ewan: "Give a Friendly Greeting" or "Chat Him Up!" (British Slang for "flirt with him.") Agent Epsilon is confronted by Stefania Plinth, who is agrily gesturing and saying "Those diavoli! They broke in here and stole the Eswatini Giant!" Both women are in 60s outfits, Epsilon in a teal mod short-sleeved dress and Stefania in a blue and cream dress with a wide collar and double-breaster buttons up the front. She's got cats-eye glasses and her hair is in a tight bun. Both are standing in the geology museum, with display cases of rocks, framed phots of how plate tectonics work, and a T-rex skeleton in the back. The scene is purple and gold and the whole thing is drawn in a mid-century modern art style. A scene at a cafe with a bunch of people, ach one with a text entry box next to them. You have to figure out who each person is. There are a number of clues (some in fake Latin to avoid spoilers) on the side to help you deduce the identities. (Example: The first one says "Embarak is reading.") A puzzle screen with lots of cards with colorful illustrations on them, and a bunch more with just text on them. Agent Epsilon is in the corner of the screen pointing at two UI buttons labeled "Hints" and "Check answers." She is saying "Here’s the hint button in the corner! Use it if you need a little help solving a puzzle. We don’t track hint usage and there’s no 'score' so you’re free to use it whenever you need some help."
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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robmanuel.bsky.social
This has been a long week but I will make a list of 50 indie games that are:

From this awards voting year (Nov 2024 - Nov 2025)
Not covered by the awards show
Deserve your attention
sgtm.bsky.social Sgt M @sgtm.bsky.social · 18d
New rule this year: If you post "Play more indie games" during the game awards, you are required to make a thread recommending 50 of them.
December 13, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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trezy.codes
Welcome to v4 of the Blue Sky Game Dev orientation 🧵!

Let's get you started with the basics of Bluesky, finding other devs, and posting about your games!

Btw, this is based on the artist orientation thread from @purlane.ink; make sure to check it out if you’re also on the art side of game dev!
baldemo.to 🇵🇸Baldemoto @baldemo.to · Jun 25
Welcome to the Bluesky artist orientation 🧵!

This will get you started on the basics of how this network works, how to connect with other artists, and how to get your art seen.

If you’re a furry, I also highly recommend checking out @buttplug.engineer's furry orientation thread below:
buttplug.engineer qdot @buttplug.engineer · May 12
Welcome to qDot’s “So you’re a furry that just joined bsky” 🧵

A guide to other posts on the network and servers furries should know because I’m sick of repeating myself

First up, @kamu.bsky.social ’s Furry Roll-call thread. Comment to let others know you’re here.
September 13, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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mdashow.bsky.social
#ArtVsArtist 2025 wrap-up, some of the pictures I've drawn this year, predominantly #kidLit stuff (along with work on Puzzle Spy International - which could take up a whole grid on its own.)

#artVsArtist2025 #mg #mgArt #childrensIllustration #gameArt
A 3x3 grid of images. My photo is in the center square: A smiling guy with short brown hair, a curlicue moustache, close-trimmed beard, interesting glasses frames and a black shirt with green and red dinosaurs. The other 8 images are mostly childrens illustrations featuring colorful middle-grade protagonists, some dogs, a werewolf, a skateboard and various colorful settings.
December 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
agentepsilon.bsky.social
I've spent the last month updating the UI and hint systems in Puzzle Spy International. We now have a Hints button on all puzzles and a "Check Answers" button on most. I also tidied up the navigation UI on puzzle screens, clearing out unneeded buttons.

#ScreenshotSaturday #indieGame #pouzzleGame
A puzzle screen with lots of cards with colorful illustrations on them, and a bunch more with just text on them. Agent Epsilon is in the corner of the screen pointing at two UI buttons labeled "Hints" and "Check answers." She is saying "Here’s the hint button in the corner! Use it if you need a little help solving a puzzle. We don’t track hint usage and there’s no 'score' so you’re free to use it whenever you need some help."
December 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
agentepsilon.bsky.social
It’s the weekend! So the two of us here celebrated by binge-playing the entire season so far of the @thinkygames.com daily puzzles and trying out Clues By Sam (until my laptop battery died 🪦😅)
December 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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gwenckatz.bsky.social
The 2025 Thinky Awards nominations are up and boy is it a strong pack this year! Get in your vote for Game of the Year, Most Anticipated, and Best Content Creator!
December 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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agentepsilon.bsky.social
WOW! Puzzle Spy International has been nominated for a Thinky Award for Most Anticipated Game! I'm beyond stunned... Thank you so much @thinkygames.com for the honor! 😊

#indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame #thinkyGame #indieDev
A banner for the 2rd annual Thinky Awards nominees for the Most Anticipated Game. There's a thumbnail for each of the nominees, which include Puzzle Spy International, along with Compress Space, Locator, Nonolith, Order of the Sinking Star, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, Rita, The Button Effect, The Incident at Galley House, and Trifolium: The Adventures of Gary Pretzelneck
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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halfcourtyeet.bsky.social
This team (who I know from my local game dev group) has worked so hard and the game is coming out so awesome. Super dope unique art style and setting with great puzsles. Please vote for them!!
agentepsilon.bsky.social Puzzle Spy International @agentepsilon.bsky.social · 10d
WOW! Puzzle Spy International has been nominated for a Thinky Award for Most Anticipated Game! I'm beyond stunned... Thank you so much @thinkygames.com for the honor! 😊

#indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame #thinkyGame #indieDev
December 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
agentepsilon.bsky.social
WOW! Puzzle Spy International has been nominated for a Thinky Award for Most Anticipated Game! I'm beyond stunned... Thank you so much @thinkygames.com for the honor! 😊

#indieGame #indieGames #puzzleGame #thinkyGame #indieDev
A banner for the 2rd annual Thinky Awards nominees for the Most Anticipated Game. There's a thumbnail for each of the nominees, which include Puzzle Spy International, along with Compress Space, Locator, Nonolith, Order of the Sinking Star, Professor Layton and the New World of Steam, Rita, The Button Effect, The Incident at Galley House, and Trifolium: The Adventures of Gary Pretzelneck
December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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studiolavacado.bsky.social
here's a quick taste of the world of Floramino! #TeaseYaGame

plant flowers, battle weeds, and fulfill customer orders in this fast, dynamic tile puzzling game! 🌼 wishlist now on Steam! #indiegames #gamedev #cozygames
December 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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gwenckatz.bsky.social
Played my new free puzzle yet? Deductopia: Scout Camp has been updated with new, trickier clues! Give it a shot!

gwenckatz.itch.io/deductopia-s...
Deductopia: Scout Camp by Gwen C. Katz
Room 5 of Deductopia
gwenckatz.itch.io
December 16, 2025 at 11:55 PM
agentepsilon.bsky.social
Hi #TeaseYaGame!

Puzzle Spy international is a retro spy adventure where you solve thinky puzzles and chat with (or chat up!) contacts around the world. It's got wordplay puzzles, logical deduction and rules discovery.

Demo available at s.team/a/3406690
and at mdashow.itch.io/psi-demo

#puzzleGame
Part of the title screen for Puzzle Spy International. A mod '60s spy - Agent Epsilon - looks confident as she holds a manila envelope. Behind her is a collage of various mysterious characters and buildings. The whole image is all in teal, orange & yellow. A scene at a cafe with a bunch of people, ach one with a text entry box next to them. You have to figure out who each person is. There are a number of clues (some in fake Latin to avoid spoilers) on the side to help you deduce the identities. (Example: The first one says "Embarak is reading.") A puzzle screen in which there are first names and last names that you have to drag over to fit in slots matching the description of various thugs. For example, next to the description "Joined to amass a large fortune", the player has filled in the name "Hugh J. Mount." There are also hints shown in the open hint screen giving you a bit of a clue about how the names might work.
December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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thelettergii.bsky.social
Hi #TeaseYaGame!

#SugarplumCafe is a cozy merge game with no time limits or microtransactions!
You can craft desserts and host tea parties for fashionable ladies 🍰🎀✨

It's still early in development, so join my mailing list for monthly updates - 🔗 in bio!
Title art for the game Sugarplum Cafe, with the name in large curly letters. Two ladies, Lady Milk Chocolate and Lady Vanilla, sit at a table having afternoon tea. In the background, they are surrounded by desserts. Screenshot of a game set in a cafe, with a currency counter on the top right and a cameo-shaped UI on the top left. Next to the cameo, some text reads "Collect 6 Cameos." The walls are white with pastel pink and teal color accents and gold filigree. In the foreground, three customers (one wearing vanilla, one wearing chocolate, and one wearing strawberry) have speech bubbles over their heads indicating what desserts they would like to order. In the bottom right corner, there is a grid with some desserts. There is also a display window in the background with more desserts. An elegant tearoom with baby pink curtains and large windows showing a pastel gradient backdrop. In the foreground, three tables with off-white tablecloths seat three pairs of characters, each pair having a tea party. From left to right: Jasmine and Lemon Madeline, Lady Strawberry and Lady Mint, and Lady Lemon and Lady Lime.
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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niminy.bsky.social
Hi hi #TeaseYaGame
Have you always dreamt of creating your own dinosaur museum? now you finally have the space to do it!

🦴Dig for fossils
🦖Assemble your exhibits
🎨Create the museum of your dreams

..and more coming soon 😉

#dinosaur #indiegame #cozygaming #gamedev
December 16, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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mdashow.bsky.social
With Clair Obscur winning multiple awards for best indie game, does that label even mean anything any more? I love this industry breakdown which uses measurable data - not vibes - to break games down into 4 categories.
newsletter.hushcrasher.com/p/taxonomy-o...

#gameDev #indieDev #indieGames
By the way, what’s a AA?
Instead of fuzzy labels like 'indie' and 'AA', we propose a new data-driven system to classify video games based on their actual production scope. This new framework reveals the real economic and crea...
newsletter.hushcrasher.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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thelettergii.bsky.social
My game #SugarplumCafe will be at Ursa Major, a J-Fashion convention in San Francisco this weekend!

If you like desserts and tea parties, this game is for you specifically! Come play the new demo this Saturday and you'll get a special badge ribbon! 🎀

#egl #eglcomm #eglcommunity #lolitafashion
December 9, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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brodnork.bsky.social
Reveal trailer for my space rover horror game, MOONROT.

Take grainy photos, record crackly signals, and uncover the source of the anomaly that led you here.

There may be a chance for mankind just yet.

Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3622230/...
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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calderainteractive.bsky.social
Our Playtest is live on Steam for Free! We'd love if you'd check it out 🫶

#indiegame #indiedev #playtest #steam #cozygames
December 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
agentepsilon.bsky.social
We've overhauled our puzzle sections' UI: We added a Check Answer toggle in the lower left to show you if you're on the right track (we had this before but once enabled, many wanted a way to turn it OFF!) and we simplified the nav UI to remove what you don't need for the puzzle.

#UI #GUI #indieDev
Two different versions of the bottom of one of the puzzles from Puzzle Spy International. In the top one (labeled "before") there is a Hints button in the lower left and 6 different UI buttons in the lower right, including Back, History, Skip, Auto, Save & Prefs. In the second image ("After") there are now two buttons in the lower left: Hints and Check Answers (a toggle) and the lower right has been reduced to Save and Prefs.
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
agentepsilon.bsky.social
For those of you who are local, we'll be doing our last live playtest of the year at The MADE in Oakland tomorrow night (Friday Dec 5.) We're testing our latest puzzle (the last new one in the game!) and some older ones. $15 gets you access to a ton of new indie games!

#indieGames #indieGame
Agent Epsilon in PAris at dusk. She's mostly in shadow, all purple, and pointing to the text which proclaims "Live playtest Friday Dec 5 Oakland, CA at the MADE"
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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waxheadsgame.bsky.social
Our very own @rothiotome.bsky.social shares a look at how the main gameplay loop works in Wax Heads in our latest Dev Log!

We hope you enjoy! 😊

youtu.be/Lyq5LMJ6Bzs
Wax Heads - Dev Log #2: Your New Job At Repeater Records
YouTube video by Curve Games
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM