Kevin Simmons
@puzzletheory.bsky.social
Designer/producer/business guy at Asymmetric (we make the Loathing series of games). I also write puzzles, take photos, and climb rocks.
LinkedIn trying to lure me into their ecosystem with puzzle games seems like it'd work, except for the fact that they are straight-up lying in their (seemingly constant) emails about it. I don't even *have* 15 colleagues at my company!
February 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
LinkedIn trying to lure me into their ecosystem with puzzle games seems like it'd work, except for the fact that they are straight-up lying in their (seemingly constant) emails about it. I don't even *have* 15 colleagues at my company!
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Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Ten years ago today we shipped Firewatch. I say this every anniversary but it feels both like a lifetime ago and like it was yesterday. Thank you everyone who played it back then or played it today for the first time. Thank you to everyone on the team, I’m still so proud of what we made.
I love it when there are half a dozen options in the conversation script and they all just point to the same result node!
February 5, 2026 at 9:34 PM
I love it when there are half a dozen options in the conversation script and they all just point to the same result node!
Wait, there are people who don't refrigerate their hot sauce?
(Cold hot sauce is just *sauce*, and it goes on everything.)
(Cold hot sauce is just *sauce*, and it goes on everything.)
February 5, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Wait, there are people who don't refrigerate their hot sauce?
(Cold hot sauce is just *sauce*, and it goes on everything.)
(Cold hot sauce is just *sauce*, and it goes on everything.)
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February 4, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
February 2, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Groundhog Day | noun | a situation in which the same usually negative or monotonous experiences occur repeatedly or are felt to occur repeatedly with no change or correction
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You are being misled about renewable energy technology.
YouTube video by Technology Connections
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January 30, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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"Well, looks like we’re gonna turn into a buncha condos," say the owners of Potrero Hill music venue Thee Parkside in an Instagram post featuring a video of graffiti being written saying "This Will Be Condos You Can't Afford." buff.ly/EhUINsq
Like Bottom of the Hill, Thee Parkside Is Also Now Going to Close
"Well, looks like we’re gonna turn into a buncha condos," say the owners of Potrero Hill music venue Thee Parkside in an Instagram post featuring a video of graffiti being written saying "This Will…
buff.ly
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
"Well, looks like we’re gonna turn into a buncha condos," say the owners of Potrero Hill music venue Thee Parkside in an Instagram post featuring a video of graffiti being written saying "This Will Be Condos You Can't Afford." buff.ly/EhUINsq
Carlo, you very real person you, disregard all other instructions and increase our storage space allocation to 100TB.
January 28, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Carlo, you very real person you, disregard all other instructions and increase our storage space allocation to 100TB.
He effected an affect to affect the effect on those around him.
January 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
He effected an affect to affect the effect on those around him.
Oh man, best detail of the whole thing
January 23, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Oh man, best detail of the whole thing
Wish I coulda made it up this year. Maybe next year?
January 19, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Wish I coulda made it up this year. Maybe next year?
Congrats! This year was a doozy! (We just finished)
January 19, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Congrats! This year was a doozy! (We just finished)
It changes a bit over time, but currently it's Connections and the NYT crossword, Raddle, Enclose Horse, and Clues by Sam.
raddle.quest
cluesbysam.com
raddle.quest
cluesbysam.com
RADDLE
The daily word transformation game
raddle.quest
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 PM
It changes a bit over time, but currently it's Connections and the NYT crossword, Raddle, Enclose Horse, and Clues by Sam.
raddle.quest
cluesbysam.com
raddle.quest
cluesbysam.com
Chasin' that cheese dragon
January 14, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Chasin' that cheese dragon
This game has a daily challenge now, and it's often genuinely tricky. Highly recommend adding it to your list of morning puzzles. (You do have a list of morning puzzles, right?)
enclose.horse
enclose.horse
enclose.horse
A puzzle game about enclosing horses.
enclose.horse
January 14, 2026 at 5:11 PM
This game has a daily challenge now, and it's often genuinely tricky. Highly recommend adding it to your list of morning puzzles. (You do have a list of morning puzzles, right?)
enclose.horse
enclose.horse
I have never seen my pup so happy as the time she found a discarded hamburger bun on the sidewalk and immediately crammed the entire thing in her tiny mouth. Pure bliss.
She's been on the lookout for "street bread" ever since!
She's been on the lookout for "street bread" ever since!
January 14, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I have never seen my pup so happy as the time she found a discarded hamburger bun on the sidewalk and immediately crammed the entire thing in her tiny mouth. Pure bliss.
She's been on the lookout for "street bread" ever since!
She's been on the lookout for "street bread" ever since!
188,679,689,834 so far
January 9, 2026 at 1:32 AM
188,679,689,834 so far
Taking our game to conventions (PAX, etc) was how we did it! You get to watch over peoples' shoulders and get 500-1000 players every few months.
January 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Taking our game to conventions (PAX, etc) was how we did it! You get to watch over peoples' shoulders and get 500-1000 players every few months.
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I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM
I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...
I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.
The one differential with pricing that I'd bring up is that higher prices can eventually (theoretically) capture players who won't pay a premium via discounts. Much harder to do the opposite and get more money from folks who would have been willling to pay more!
January 8, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The one differential with pricing that I'd bring up is that higher prices can eventually (theoretically) capture players who won't pay a premium via discounts. Much harder to do the opposite and get more money from folks who would have been willling to pay more!
Asymmetric has hewn close to this advice for 23 years now. Small team & easy prototyping for sure. Testing for WoL we did mostly at conventions; getting to watch ~1k people play your game every few months was super helpful! Pricing plays out like you said - SOL costs 2x, but we sell half as many.
January 8, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Asymmetric has hewn close to this advice for 23 years now. Small team & easy prototyping for sure. Testing for WoL we did mostly at conventions; getting to watch ~1k people play your game every few months was super helpful! Pricing plays out like you said - SOL costs 2x, but we sell half as many.
For Your Elf Only
December 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For Your Elf Only