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CIPHER ZERO
@cipherzerogame.com
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Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!
Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!
Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero
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Last month, @bsushi.bsky.social and I talked about @zapdot.com's Cipher Zero - a puzzle game that explains without using words. It's a great study in elegance and minimalism in game design. Check out the game, and hear our thoughts on it at www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com/bookclub/cip...
CIPHER ZERO — Pixelated Playgrounds
In this episode of Pixelated Playgrounds, Bryan and Josh dive into Cipher Zero, the minimalist logic puzzler developed by Boston-based indie studio Zapdot and released in July 2025. Beginning life as ...
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October 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Last month, @bsushi.bsky.social and I talked about @zapdot.com's Cipher Zero - a puzzle game that explains without using words. It's a great study in elegance and minimalism in game design. Check out the game, and hear our thoughts on it at www.pixelatedplaygrounds.com/bookclub/cip...
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My newsletter came out today! Talking about video games (@cipherzerogame.com, Frogsong by @frogteam.games, and others), making things, and a new lil challenge that I set for myself.
Would love if yall checked it out! pizzayeti-makes.kit.com/posts/fall-g...
Would love if yall checked it out! pizzayeti-makes.kit.com/posts/fall-g...
Fall Got Here Way Too Soon - August & September 2025
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September 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
My newsletter came out today! Talking about video games (@cipherzerogame.com, Frogsong by @frogteam.games, and others), making things, and a new lil challenge that I set for myself.
Would love if yall checked it out! pizzayeti-makes.kit.com/posts/fall-g...
Would love if yall checked it out! pizzayeti-makes.kit.com/posts/fall-g...
September 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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CIPHER ZERO by @zapdot.com challenges you with 300+ logic puzzles, evolving worlds, and a reactive soundtrack.
CODE GIVEAWAY 🎮🗝️ What game pushed your brain the hardest? We’ll drop codes to some of our favorite replies.
Available now! on.unity.com/3K36zS5
#MadeWithUnity #indiegame #gamedev
CODE GIVEAWAY 🎮🗝️ What game pushed your brain the hardest? We’ll drop codes to some of our favorite replies.
Available now! on.unity.com/3K36zS5
#MadeWithUnity #indiegame #gamedev
Save 15% on CIPHER ZERO on Steam
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
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September 10, 2025 at 7:46 PM
CIPHER ZERO by @zapdot.com challenges you with 300+ logic puzzles, evolving worlds, and a reactive soundtrack.
CODE GIVEAWAY 🎮🗝️ What game pushed your brain the hardest? We’ll drop codes to some of our favorite replies.
Available now! on.unity.com/3K36zS5
#MadeWithUnity #indiegame #gamedev
CODE GIVEAWAY 🎮🗝️ What game pushed your brain the hardest? We’ll drop codes to some of our favorite replies.
Available now! on.unity.com/3K36zS5
#MadeWithUnity #indiegame #gamedev
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From smoke tests to playtests, accessibility to empathy, QA for CIPHER ZERO was more than just bug-hunting.
Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.
#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog
notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...
Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.
#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog
notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...
September 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From smoke tests to playtests, accessibility to empathy, QA for CIPHER ZERO was more than just bug-hunting.
Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.
#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog
notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...
Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.
#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog
notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...
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We're honored to be part of the Games Against Living Miserably event on Steam!
From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).
zpdt.co/GALM2025
#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev
From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).
zpdt.co/GALM2025
#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev
September 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We're honored to be part of the Games Against Living Miserably event on Steam!
From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).
zpdt.co/GALM2025
#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev
From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).
zpdt.co/GALM2025
#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev
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Community items are now live!
Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!
Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!
Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero
Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!
Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!
Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Community items are now live!
Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!
Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!
Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero
Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!
Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!
Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero
From smoke tests to playtests, accessibility to empathy, QA for CIPHER ZERO was more than just bug-hunting.
Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.
#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog
notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...
Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.
#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog
notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...
September 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From smoke tests to playtests, accessibility to empathy, QA for CIPHER ZERO was more than just bug-hunting.
Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.
#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog
notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...
Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.
#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog
notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...
We're honored to be part of the Games Against Living Miserably event on Steam!
From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).
zpdt.co/GALM2025
#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev
From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).
zpdt.co/GALM2025
#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev
September 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
We're honored to be part of the Games Against Living Miserably event on Steam!
From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).
zpdt.co/GALM2025
#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev
From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).
zpdt.co/GALM2025
#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev
Community items are now live!
Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!
Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!
Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero
Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!
Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!
Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero
September 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Community items are now live!
Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!
Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!
Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero
Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!
Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!
Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero
September 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Our list is up.. If you launched an #IndieGame in 2025 and would like to be added, let us know! We'll be promoting our lists again, very soon. #indiegamedev
go.bsky.app/5xSoQoM
go.bsky.app/5xSoQoM
September 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Our list is up.. If you launched an #IndieGame in 2025 and would like to be added, let us know! We'll be promoting our lists again, very soon. #indiegamedev
go.bsky.app/5xSoQoM
go.bsky.app/5xSoQoM
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A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play
CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.
zpdt.co/playcz
#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX
❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play
CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.
zpdt.co/playcz
#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX
July 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?
❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play
CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.
zpdt.co/playcz
#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX
❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play
CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.
zpdt.co/playcz
#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX
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Nonograms with a twist in Cipher Zero!
September 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Nonograms with a twist in Cipher Zero!
August 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Our word puzzler LOK Digital is now part of a 20% discount “Rule Discovery Games” bundle on Steam together with Strange Jigsaws by @flebpuzzles.bsky.social , Linelith by @cwpat.me and @cipherzerogame.com !
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Save 12% on Rule Discovery Games on Steam
store.steampowered.com
August 29, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Our word puzzler LOK Digital is now part of a 20% discount “Rule Discovery Games” bundle on Steam together with Strange Jigsaws by @flebpuzzles.bsky.social , Linelith by @cwpat.me and @cipherzerogame.com !
store.steampowered.com/bundle/58431...
store.steampowered.com/bundle/58431...
We're in the Rules Discovery Games Bundle!
Get 20% off on:
🧩 Strange Jigsaws (@flebpuzzles.bsky.social)
🔳 LOK Digital (@letibus.bsky.social)
🔲 CIPHER ZERO (@cipherzerogame.com)
🪨 Linelith (@cwpat.me)
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#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev
Get 20% off on:
🧩 Strange Jigsaws (@flebpuzzles.bsky.social)
🔳 LOK Digital (@letibus.bsky.social)
🔲 CIPHER ZERO (@cipherzerogame.com)
🪨 Linelith (@cwpat.me)
zpdt.co/RDGBundle202
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev
August 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We're in the Rules Discovery Games Bundle!
Get 20% off on:
🧩 Strange Jigsaws (@flebpuzzles.bsky.social)
🔳 LOK Digital (@letibus.bsky.social)
🔲 CIPHER ZERO (@cipherzerogame.com)
🪨 Linelith (@cwpat.me)
zpdt.co/RDGBundle202
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev
Get 20% off on:
🧩 Strange Jigsaws (@flebpuzzles.bsky.social)
🔳 LOK Digital (@letibus.bsky.social)
🔲 CIPHER ZERO (@cipherzerogame.com)
🪨 Linelith (@cwpat.me)
zpdt.co/RDGBundle202
#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev
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CIPHER ZERO is thrilled to be part of the Back to School Game Celebration from August 5th - September 1st, on Steam!
Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!
zpdt.co/czbts2025
#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool
Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!
zpdt.co/czbts2025
#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool
August 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
CIPHER ZERO is thrilled to be part of the Back to School Game Celebration from August 5th - September 1st, on Steam!
Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!
zpdt.co/czbts2025
#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool
Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!
zpdt.co/czbts2025
#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool
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Is my brain big enough for this minimalist logic game? 🧠
Thanks to @pressengine.net & @zapdot.com for giving me access to @cipherzerogame.com!
twitch.tv/peardoll
youtube.com/@PearDoll
🍐🎨: #yummeiko
Thanks to @pressengine.net & @zapdot.com for giving me access to @cipherzerogame.com!
twitch.tv/peardoll
youtube.com/@PearDoll
🍐🎨: #yummeiko
August 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Is my brain big enough for this minimalist logic game? 🧠
Thanks to @pressengine.net & @zapdot.com for giving me access to @cipherzerogame.com!
twitch.tv/peardoll
youtube.com/@PearDoll
🍐🎨: #yummeiko
Thanks to @pressengine.net & @zapdot.com for giving me access to @cipherzerogame.com!
twitch.tv/peardoll
youtube.com/@PearDoll
🍐🎨: #yummeiko
CIPHER ZERO is thrilled to be part of the Back to School Game Celebration from August 5th - September 1st, on Steam!
Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!
zpdt.co/czbts2025
#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool
Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!
zpdt.co/czbts2025
#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool
August 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
CIPHER ZERO is thrilled to be part of the Back to School Game Celebration from August 5th - September 1st, on Steam!
Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!
zpdt.co/czbts2025
#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool
Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!
zpdt.co/czbts2025
#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool
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Rule discovery requires a bit of trial and error!
August 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Rule discovery requires a bit of trial and error!
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This abstract logic puzzle game is a lot of fun and has very pretty art!
Discover the logic puzzle rules in an abstract industrial world (CIPHER ZERO)
CIPHER ZERO is certainly a very pretty implementation of abstract logic puzzles! It's really nice to see games like this and Nurikabe World being made, where they don't necessarily try to do something *bigger* than just logic puzzles (like Taiji or The Witness), but they do aim to make them really p
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August 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
This abstract logic puzzle game is a lot of fun and has very pretty art!
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A huge thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to leave a review for CIPHER ZERO! We're sitting at Very Positive on Steam thanks to you!
If you’ve played but haven’t left a review yet, we’d love to know what you thought!
zpdt.co/playcz
#CipherZero #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX
If you’ve played but haven’t left a review yet, we’d love to know what you thought!
zpdt.co/playcz
#CipherZero #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX
July 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A huge thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to leave a review for CIPHER ZERO! We're sitting at Very Positive on Steam thanks to you!
If you’ve played but haven’t left a review yet, we’d love to know what you thought!
zpdt.co/playcz
#CipherZero #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX
If you’ve played but haven’t left a review yet, we’d love to know what you thought!
zpdt.co/playcz
#CipherZero #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX
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New podcast out now! redcircle.com/33888f45-ee1...
The main review is #WheelWorld — a game of two halves, in a pretty unusual way — and there's some chat about Haste, Bananza, Cipher Zero, Death Stranding 2, and a bunch of new games that have joined my to-play list.
The main review is #WheelWorld — a game of two halves, in a pretty unusual way — and there's some chat about Haste, Bananza, Cipher Zero, Death Stranding 2, and a bunch of new games that have joined my to-play list.
August 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
New podcast out now! redcircle.com/33888f45-ee1...
The main review is #WheelWorld — a game of two halves, in a pretty unusual way — and there's some chat about Haste, Bananza, Cipher Zero, Death Stranding 2, and a bunch of new games that have joined my to-play list.
The main review is #WheelWorld — a game of two halves, in a pretty unusual way — and there's some chat about Haste, Bananza, Cipher Zero, Death Stranding 2, and a bunch of new games that have joined my to-play list.
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August 14, 2025 at 8:41 AM