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Zach Gage
@stfj.net
artist
game maker
co-created puzzmo
this game rob made is so simple and good you will be sure it must have existed before but somehow it didn’t. and it’s a really fun party game
Looking for a party game that combines social deduction with the pleasant absurdity of rating animals, films, and the weather on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★? And it's just a simple deck of cards? AND it's live on Kickstarter now?!?! Guess what, STARFRIENDS has launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks
A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.
www.kickstarter.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
these just continue to be absolute bangers
October 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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1X111 by @abagames.bsky.social
one of the classic japanese game hobbiests, Kenta Cho recently tied together 111 of his single-button games into an old-school wario-ware you can play on your phone (he's been making tiny free games since the 80s)

abagames.itch.io/1x111
August 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Happy 15th birthday to Super Crate Box! Ask your grandparents what it was like when the game first came out. supercratebox.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Looking for a party game that combines social deduction with the pleasant absurdity of rating animals, films, and the weather on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★? And it's just a simple deck of cards? AND it's live on Kickstarter now?!?! Guess what, STARFRIENDS has launched! www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...
Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks
A party game where you get into your friends' heads. Kinda like a blend of Wavelength and Letterboxd that fits into a deck of cards.
www.kickstarter.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
still feeling like beast claw is the most underrated crest in the game
October 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
we’re three days in on the mini and it’s all bangers. checkout today’s (and all the previous ones) in this thread:
🏃 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #3: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
October 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
@puzzmo.com just launched a free mini crossword by Brooke.

🐸 bonus: it's amazing

🍕 double bonus: it will teach you how to solve full-size crosswords

🍔 triple bonus: even if you are a crossword pro you will love this mini, each one is exquisite.

play it ⇢ www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
2 years ago: @stfj.net says puzzmo will never run minis
6 months ago: @orta.io and i brainstorm how i might design a mini that could change zach's mind
today: @puzzmo.com's first mini

join us for 30 days of minis that teach you how to solve crosswords. start here:

www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
October 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
one thing i’m really proud of with puzzmo is that almost every time someone starts a game, they finish it (80-90%!)
September 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
doubtless you have already heard, but Bennett Foddy, Gabe Cuzzillo, and Maxi Boch's new game is out today and it's really good. store.steampowered.com/app/1281040/...
Baby Steps on Steam
Play as Nate, an unemployed failson with nothing going for him, until one day he discovers a power he never knew he had… putting one foot in front of the other.
store.steampowered.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:28 PM
man the last few days of circuits have been firing on all cylinders!
September 22, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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On this hallowed launch anniversary of UFO 50, we have some big news to share for those who missed our epic live finale last night!
(VOD here, with an extra :30 of warmup: www.twitch.tv/videos/25690... - to be trimmed and posted as audio soon...)

In order of escalating coolness, news in thread:
September 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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AND WE’RE LIVE

twitch.tv/eggplantshow
September 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
um holy shit what CMYK is publishing MAGICAL ATHLETE with an updated design by Richard Garfield !??! This is one of the stone cold unpurchasble classics. how the heck did they manage to track down the rights to this???? instant order from me. cc @jessefuchs.bsky.social www.cmyk.games/products/mag...
Magical Athlete
Magical Athlete is a chaotic racing game where anything can happen. Recruit a team of absurd racers—Centaur, Egg, Rocket Scientist—then just roll your die and move that many spaces. Except each racer ...
www.cmyk.games
September 16, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Reminder! We're doing a big LIVE finale show this week!
Guests! News! Exclamation marks!

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games Presents: A Year of UFO 50 Finale Eggstravaganza - LIVE!

09/17 at 5:30pm PST @ twitch.tv/eggplantshow
Twitch
Twitch is the world
twitch.tv
September 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
really cruised through the circuits today! puzzmo.com/play/circuit...
@helvetica's finished Circuits #701
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
puzzmo.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Saman just put together a great writeup on what it took to create Circuits Royale and how we did it.
September 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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September 1, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This monday we launched Circuits, designed by Jacob Land, on Puzzmo ( www.puzzmo.com/play/circuits/ ). Circuits is an amazing game that was first shared with me by Josh Wardle. As soon as I played it I knew that Puzzmo would be perfect to help get the news out about this incredible game.
August 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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303. Bit Pilot

Probably the best use of a touchscreen for action game controls that I have ever seen. Made me a lifelong fan of @stfj.net.

#365games
August 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I’ll post a bunch more tomorrow, but i hope you didn’t miss that in addition to circuits royale we launched… circuits! It’s an incredible game by a first time game developer (Jacob Land). We’ve been working so hard to bring it to @puzzmo.com and do it right. puzzmo.com/play/circuit...
@helvetica's finished Circuits #682
Re-imagined mainstays like the daily Crossword Puzzle, modern classics like Really Bad Chess and SpellTower, and even a few brand new puzzles.
puzzmo.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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this is still one of the best games ever made, a must play imo
How could we have forgotten Flywrench's birthday?? 10 years ago we launched this crazy space platformer on Steam and PS4. You can try the demo yourself and see what the "Very Positive" reviews are talking about store.steampowered.com/app/337350/F...
August 26, 2025 at 6:27 AM
To celebrate the launch of Circuits on Puzzmo we designed and shipped massively multiplayer live Circuits game called Circuits Royale!

Play now: royale.circuitsgame.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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new game !! out now ! this one is called

✨ WIZARD'S FOLLY ✨

adamatomic.itch.io/wizards-folly

🏰 Rebuild lost ruins !!
🍄 Create NEW fungus PROBLEMS
📈 HI scores ??? - Refine your builds and your MIND
🧱 Inspired by Falling Block Jam, which didn't start yet !! oops
August 24, 2025 at 5:08 PM
some late night noodling on a sound toy (computer/tablet only. phone doesnt seem to turn on the audio) — sweet-pudding-8d4e85.netlify.app
August 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM