Chao
@chao-c.bsky.social
🧩 I make puzzle games
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure - Out Now! on Steam
🦊 Creator of Animal Planner.
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure - Out Now! on Steam
🦊 Creator of Animal Planner.
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Chao
@chao-c.bsky.social
· May 29
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure is out NOW! 🎉
Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!
So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com
Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! 🍻
#indiegamedev #puzzlegame #cozygame
Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!
So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com
Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! 🍻
#indiegamedev #puzzlegame #cozygame
Working on a puzzle game about a man-eating flower 😱
Would you feed it… or outsmart it? 🌸
#indiegame #gamedev #puzzle
Would you feed it… or outsmart it? 🌸
#indiegame #gamedev #puzzle
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Working on a puzzle game about a man-eating flower 😱
Would you feed it… or outsmart it? 🌸
#indiegame #gamedev #puzzle
Would you feed it… or outsmart it? 🌸
#indiegame #gamedev #puzzle
Made a Balatro inspired word-spelling adventure game for #ludumdare58 🦊
You collect letters and use them to fight monsters. The ultimate goal is to complete the alphabet collection.
lunardust.itch.io/letter-colle...
You collect letters and use them to fight monsters. The ultimate goal is to complete the alphabet collection.
lunardust.itch.io/letter-colle...
October 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Made a Balatro inspired word-spelling adventure game for #ludumdare58 🦊
You collect letters and use them to fight monsters. The ultimate goal is to complete the alphabet collection.
lunardust.itch.io/letter-colle...
You collect letters and use them to fight monsters. The ultimate goal is to complete the alphabet collection.
lunardust.itch.io/letter-colle...
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I wrote an Intro to Puzzle Design article🧩
This covers the usual points I discuss with people who are working on their first puzzle game. Given how some concepts can be quite abstract, I think a written piece allows everyone to digest it at their own pace.
www.ludipe.com/2025/08/18/i...
This covers the usual points I discuss with people who are working on their first puzzle game. Given how some concepts can be quite abstract, I think a written piece allows everyone to digest it at their own pace.
www.ludipe.com/2025/08/18/i...
Intro to Puzzle Design – Ludipe
www.ludipe.com
August 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I wrote an Intro to Puzzle Design article🧩
This covers the usual points I discuss with people who are working on their first puzzle game. Given how some concepts can be quite abstract, I think a written piece allows everyone to digest it at their own pace.
www.ludipe.com/2025/08/18/i...
This covers the usual points I discuss with people who are working on their first puzzle game. Given how some concepts can be quite abstract, I think a written piece allows everyone to digest it at their own pace.
www.ludipe.com/2025/08/18/i...
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We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉
The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org
The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org
August 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉
The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org
The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org
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Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 32 featuring @chao-c.bsky.social is out now! Topics include the development of the game, designing a sokoban with movable stages, and the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant.
pod.link/1777156468
pod.link/1777156468
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast
Join Alan and Syrenne from Draknek & Friends as they talk to developers of some of their favorite puzzle games, shedding light onto how games get made and the people behind them!
pod.link
July 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 32 featuring @chao-c.bsky.social is out now! Topics include the development of the game, designing a sokoban with movable stages, and the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant.
pod.link/1777156468
pod.link/1777156468
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Watch Joe play this cute sokoban about a bear on a mission to collect apples!
www.youtube.com/watc...
www.youtube.com/watc...
Kiko the bear makes the cutest noises in this apple-collecting sokoban! (Kiko's Apple Adventure)
Kiko's Apple Adventure was released during the Thinky Direct and to kick-off the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, so we just had to try it out. Turns out, it's a super cute and interesting sokoban game! The goal of each puzzle is to push the apples on to rafts, and you'll also use those rafts to navigate a
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Watch Joe play this cute sokoban about a bear on a mission to collect apples!
www.youtube.com/watc...
www.youtube.com/watc...
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Kiko's Apple Adventure by @chao-c.bsky.social, a sokoban puzzle game [PC]
Kiko the bear has one goal: bake the biggest apple pie ever! Send apples home on rafts and outsmart the lands and critters in your way.
#indiegame
Kiko the bear has one goal: bake the biggest apple pie ever! Send apples home on rafts and outsmart the lands and critters in your way.
#indiegame
June 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Kiko's Apple Adventure by @chao-c.bsky.social, a sokoban puzzle game [PC]
Kiko the bear has one goal: bake the biggest apple pie ever! Send apples home on rafts and outsmart the lands and critters in your way.
#indiegame
Kiko the bear has one goal: bake the biggest apple pie ever! Send apples home on rafts and outsmart the lands and critters in your way.
#indiegame
Hello #PitchYaGame!
Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 is a cute puzzle game where you push apples onto floating rafts and trick your goofy enemies!
🧩 bite-sized puzzles
🐻 cartoony graphics
🎵 playful sounds
🍎 apple pie
Kiko released 1 week ago on Steam and itch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 is a cute puzzle game where you push apples onto floating rafts and trick your goofy enemies!
🧩 bite-sized puzzles
🐻 cartoony graphics
🎵 playful sounds
🍎 apple pie
Kiko released 1 week ago on Steam and itch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
June 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Hello #PitchYaGame!
Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 is a cute puzzle game where you push apples onto floating rafts and trick your goofy enemies!
🧩 bite-sized puzzles
🐻 cartoony graphics
🎵 playful sounds
🍎 apple pie
Kiko released 1 week ago on Steam and itch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 is a cute puzzle game where you push apples onto floating rafts and trick your goofy enemies!
🧩 bite-sized puzzles
🐻 cartoony graphics
🎵 playful sounds
🍎 apple pie
Kiko released 1 week ago on Steam and itch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
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My visual processing is so busted today. Until I read the description, I thought the bear on a raft was a three-armed cyclops with floppy ear, a wild mane of red hair, and tiny nub horns like a giraffe's ossicones, flailing around with its head above the water
There's a 15% launch discount runs for 2 weeks unitl June 12th :)
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
Save 15% on Kiko's Apple Adventure on Steam
Join Kiko the bear rafting through diverse islands, pushing apples onto rafts to solve puzzles. Cleverly dealing with enemies, for a fun and cozy apple pie adventure!
store.steampowered.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My visual processing is so busted today. Until I read the description, I thought the bear on a raft was a three-armed cyclops with floppy ear, a wild mane of red hair, and tiny nub horns like a giraffe's ossicones, flailing around with its head above the water
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Just tried out this cute puzzle game earlier today, only had a chance to play for about 15mins, but enjoyed it!
I really like how it combines sliding puzzle with classic box pushing. You have to put the apples on the rafts, where the apples are box-pushing and the rafts are sliding. Very satisfying
I really like how it combines sliding puzzle with classic box pushing. You have to put the apples on the rafts, where the apples are box-pushing and the rafts are sliding. Very satisfying
There's a 15% launch discount runs for 2 weeks unitl June 12th :)
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
Save 15% on Kiko's Apple Adventure on Steam
Join Kiko the bear rafting through diverse islands, pushing apples onto rafts to solve puzzles. Cleverly dealing with enemies, for a fun and cozy apple pie adventure!
store.steampowered.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Just tried out this cute puzzle game earlier today, only had a chance to play for about 15mins, but enjoyed it!
I really like how it combines sliding puzzle with classic box pushing. You have to put the apples on the rafts, where the apples are box-pushing and the rafts are sliding. Very satisfying
I really like how it combines sliding puzzle with classic box pushing. You have to put the apples on the rafts, where the apples are box-pushing and the rafts are sliding. Very satisfying
Only one day left!
I have 2 small cozy puzzlers in Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 🧩
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure
🦊 Animal Planner
I have 2 small cozy puzzlers in Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 🧩
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure
🦊 Animal Planner
June 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Only one day left!
I have 2 small cozy puzzlers in Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 🧩
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure
🦊 Animal Planner
I have 2 small cozy puzzlers in Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 🧩
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure
🦊 Animal Planner
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The #CerebralPuzzleShowcase is live on @steampowered.com now! Come join a celebration of the puzzle genre!
💸 300+ incredible puzzle games + discounts
🧩 50+ demos to try
📦 Exclusive showcase bundles
📺 4 days of livestreams
store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...
💸 300+ incredible puzzle games + discounts
🧩 50+ demos to try
📦 Exclusive showcase bundles
📺 4 days of livestreams
store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...
May 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The #CerebralPuzzleShowcase is live on @steampowered.com now! Come join a celebration of the puzzle genre!
💸 300+ incredible puzzle games + discounts
🧩 50+ demos to try
📦 Exclusive showcase bundles
📺 4 days of livestreams
store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...
💸 300+ incredible puzzle games + discounts
🧩 50+ demos to try
📦 Exclusive showcase bundles
📺 4 days of livestreams
store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...
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So many incredible games in this direct, I don't think Ive wishlisted so many games from the same showcase before (Except WG direct 🍰)
my highlights:
868-BACK (I still play 868-HACK on ios)
Kiko's Apple Adventure
Shape Sender Deluxe
Isles of Sea and Sky
my highlights:
868-BACK (I still play 868-HACK on ios)
Kiko's Apple Adventure
Shape Sender Deluxe
Isles of Sea and Sky
The first ever Thinky Direct was full of so many incredible puzzle games. Here's a recap of all the exciting announcements!
thinkygames.com/direct/
1/22
thinkygames.com/direct/
1/22
Thinky Direct · Thinky Games
The first ever Thinky Direct, with exclusive trailers and announcements for some of the most exciting thinky games.
thinkygames.com
May 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
So many incredible games in this direct, I don't think Ive wishlisted so many games from the same showcase before (Except WG direct 🍰)
my highlights:
868-BACK (I still play 868-HACK on ios)
Kiko's Apple Adventure
Shape Sender Deluxe
Isles of Sea and Sky
my highlights:
868-BACK (I still play 868-HACK on ios)
Kiko's Apple Adventure
Shape Sender Deluxe
Isles of Sea and Sky
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Kiko's Apple Adventure is so cool. A small puzzle game you should really try.
It just released on Steam for 5€.
It just released on Steam for 5€.
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure is out NOW! 🎉
Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!
So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com
Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! 🍻
#indiegamedev #puzzlegame #cozygame
Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!
So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com
Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! 🍻
#indiegamedev #puzzlegame #cozygame
May 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Kiko's Apple Adventure is so cool. A small puzzle game you should really try.
It just released on Steam for 5€.
It just released on Steam for 5€.
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure is out NOW! 🎉
Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!
So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com
Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! 🍻
#indiegamedev #puzzlegame #cozygame
Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!
So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com
Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! 🍻
#indiegamedev #puzzlegame #cozygame
May 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure is out NOW! 🎉
Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!
So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com
Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! 🍻
#indiegamedev #puzzlegame #cozygame
Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!
So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com
Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! 🍻
#indiegamedev #puzzlegame #cozygame
Steam Achievements ✅
Credits Page ✅
Kiko 🍎 is “almost” ready to launch 🚀
Coming May 29th on Steam!
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2916300
#indiegame #puzzlegame #cozygame
Credits Page ✅
Kiko 🍎 is “almost” ready to launch 🚀
Coming May 29th on Steam!
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2916300
#indiegame #puzzlegame #cozygame
May 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Steam Achievements ✅
Credits Page ✅
Kiko 🍎 is “almost” ready to launch 🚀
Coming May 29th on Steam!
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2916300
#indiegame #puzzlegame #cozygame
Credits Page ✅
Kiko 🍎 is “almost” ready to launch 🚀
Coming May 29th on Steam!
🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2916300
#indiegame #puzzlegame #cozygame
Loving how Kiko speaks so many languages! 🐻 🌍
Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 will launch on May 29th with 7 languages supported: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish, and French! 🥳
#indiegame #puzzle #cozygame #gamedev
Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 will launch on May 29th with 7 languages supported: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish, and French! 🥳
#indiegame #puzzle #cozygame #gamedev
May 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Loving how Kiko speaks so many languages! 🐻 🌍
Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 will launch on May 29th with 7 languages supported: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish, and French! 🥳
#indiegame #puzzle #cozygame #gamedev
Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 will launch on May 29th with 7 languages supported: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish, and French! 🥳
#indiegame #puzzle #cozygame #gamedev
Great trailer! This is soooooo exciting 🎉
🍎 Kiko will be part of Thinky Direct on May 29! Cheers!
🍎 Kiko will be part of Thinky Direct on May 29! Cheers!
May 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Great trailer! This is soooooo exciting 🎉
🍎 Kiko will be part of Thinky Direct on May 29! Cheers!
🍎 Kiko will be part of Thinky Direct on May 29! Cheers!
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Pup Champs, our newest game is out now!
🐶Control a team of soccer-playing dogs,
⚽Pass the ball and score over 100 goals,
🧩For puzzle novices and experts alike,
💬Cute story told through interactive comic books,
Get on Steam, App Store & Google Play: afterburn.games/pup
🐶Control a team of soccer-playing dogs,
⚽Pass the ball and score over 100 goals,
🧩For puzzle novices and experts alike,
💬Cute story told through interactive comic books,
Get on Steam, App Store & Google Play: afterburn.games/pup
May 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Pup Champs, our newest game is out now!
🐶Control a team of soccer-playing dogs,
⚽Pass the ball and score over 100 goals,
🧩For puzzle novices and experts alike,
💬Cute story told through interactive comic books,
Get on Steam, App Store & Google Play: afterburn.games/pup
🐶Control a team of soccer-playing dogs,
⚽Pass the ball and score over 100 goals,
🧩For puzzle novices and experts alike,
💬Cute story told through interactive comic books,
Get on Steam, App Store & Google Play: afterburn.games/pup
May 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Double Trip is OUT NOW!!
Thanks for the support throughout the development of the game, we hope you enjoy it ❤️
Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3414480/...
#indiedev #gamedev #puzzle #indiegames
Thanks for the support throughout the development of the game, we hope you enjoy it ❤️
Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3414480/...
#indiedev #gamedev #puzzle #indiegames
May 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Double Trip is OUT NOW!!
Thanks for the support throughout the development of the game, we hope you enjoy it ❤️
Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3414480/...
#indiedev #gamedev #puzzle #indiegames
Thanks for the support throughout the development of the game, we hope you enjoy it ❤️
Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3414480/...
#indiedev #gamedev #puzzle #indiegames
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Announcing Spooky Express!
Plan the train route for the world’s spookiest theme park! Pick up the monsters & drop them at their destinations. But be careful! Don’t let them bite the passengers or you’ll have a grave problem.
store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/...
Plan the train route for the world’s spookiest theme park! Pick up the monsters & drop them at their destinations. But be careful! Don’t let them bite the passengers or you’ll have a grave problem.
store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/...
May 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Announcing Spooky Express!
Plan the train route for the world’s spookiest theme park! Pick up the monsters & drop them at their destinations. But be careful! Don’t let them bite the passengers or you’ll have a grave problem.
store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/...
Plan the train route for the world’s spookiest theme park! Pick up the monsters & drop them at their destinations. But be careful! Don’t let them bite the passengers or you’ll have a grave problem.
store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/...
May 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Here's a roundup of some upcoming sokoban games!
thinkygames.com/feat...
thinkygames.com/feat...
Here are 22 upcoming Sokoban games for fans of box pushing puzzlers · Thinky Games
Do you love a box-pushing puzzle game? Make sure to add these 22 Sokoban games to your wishlist.
thinkygames.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Here's a roundup of some upcoming sokoban games!
thinkygames.com/feat...
thinkygames.com/feat...
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This was one of my favorite Next Fest demos! Go check out the new one now!
Kiko is part of #Steam #BoxPushing #Fest! Here is a lovely feature of the new demo, apple counting! If you like #cozy #puzzlegame, checkout the demo!
🍎 Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3288470/
#indiegame #indiegamedev
🍎 Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3288470/
#indiegame #indiegamedev
April 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This was one of my favorite Next Fest demos! Go check out the new one now!