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Announcing the line-up for ThinkyCon 2025! 🎉 Tune in for 3 days of amazing talks from the makers of your favorite puzzly games!
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Orbyss is a time manipulation puzzle platformer with relaxing gameplay and an ethereal setting!
Orbyss review: An intricately crafted time manipulation puzzle platformer · Thinky Games
Orbyss combines relaxing gameplay and an ethereal setting in a dynamite package.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Orbyss is a time manipulation puzzle platformer with relaxing gameplay and an ethereal setting!
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November 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Support us by wishlisting: store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...
This is totally fine.
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This is totally fine.
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VOD is out! I requested a title change to be more precise and less ragebait than the old "Making a puzzle game with AI". Enjoy! I'm still eager to answer questions if you got 'em
Jagriff gave a talk about how he used a puzzle solver to design and test Gentoo Rescue!
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@jagriff.bsky.social
Using a puzzle solver to aid design, discovery, QA, and playtesting - Jagriff (ThinkyCon 2025)
Jagriff joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Making a puzzle game with AI"
Talk description: Despite the sensationalist title, this talk is about a puzzle solver AI agent - not generative AI. A puzzle solver can be a valuable tool for puzzle design, experimentation, testing, and more. H
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November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
VOD is out! I requested a title change to be more precise and less ragebait than the old "Making a puzzle game with AI". Enjoy! I'm still eager to answer questions if you got 'em
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If you liked The Roottrees Are Dead and want more games like it, you'll probably like A Case of Fraud, a very similar game that's nice and short and cute. I really enjoyed it store.steampowered.com/app/3036350/...
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A short non-linear detective adventure where every clue is hidden in plain sight. Carefully read and cross-reference documents to unravel a CEO’s disappearance and expose a case of fraud.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you liked The Roottrees Are Dead and want more games like it, you'll probably like A Case of Fraud, a very similar game that's nice and short and cute. I really enjoyed it store.steampowered.com/app/3036350/...
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Well worth your 15 minutes to watch this
In this lightning talk, Patrick Traynor goes over the programming of Patrick's Parabox: an award-winning recursive sokoban game!
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The Programming of Patrick's Parabox - Patrick Traynor (ThinkyCon 2025)
Patrick Traynor joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "The Programming of Patrick's Parabox"
Talk description: This talk covers a few specific programming implementations from the development of Patrick's Parabox, an award-winning recursive sokoban game released in 2022. Specific topics i
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November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Well worth your 15 minutes to watch this
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As a non-artist, I found this talk very insightful!
Who knew pen and paper puzzles could look this good? We got Wiebke Spieker to tell us all about the art of Nurikabe World!
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@wibswobs.bsky.social
Art of Nurikabe World - Wiebke Spieker (ThinkyCon 2025)
Wiebke Spieker joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Art of Nurikabe World: Bringing a pen-and-paper classic to life without ruining it"
Talk description: When we set out to make Nurikabe World our goal was to present the classic pen-and-paper puzzle as a 3D landscape. From the start, we
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November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
As a non-artist, I found this talk very insightful!
Who knew pen and paper puzzles could look this good? We got Wiebke Spieker to tell us all about the art of Nurikabe World!
@wibswobs.bsky.social
@wibswobs.bsky.social
Art of Nurikabe World - Wiebke Spieker (ThinkyCon 2025)
Wiebke Spieker joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Art of Nurikabe World: Bringing a pen-and-paper classic to life without ruining it"
Talk description: When we set out to make Nurikabe World our goal was to present the classic pen-and-paper puzzle as a 3D landscape. From the start, we
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November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Who knew pen and paper puzzles could look this good? We got Wiebke Spieker to tell us all about the art of Nurikabe World!
@wibswobs.bsky.social
@wibswobs.bsky.social
Anastasia Miliano, who runs Inkwell Games, discusses the unexpected outcomes of building a logic puzzle platform for grandparents!
We Built for Grandparents First, Then Discovered... - Anastasia Miliano (ThinkyCon 2025)
Anastasia Miliano joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "We Built for Grandparents First, Then Discovered We'd Built for Everyone"
Talk description: We built a daily logic puzzle platform specifically for people aged 60-80 who'd never played puzzle games—an underserved market with time, m
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November 10, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Anastasia Miliano, who runs Inkwell Games, discusses the unexpected outcomes of building a logic puzzle platform for grandparents!
A Case of Fraud is out now! Investigate the disappearance of a startup CEO who worked on a pet translation app.
A Case of Fraud · Thinky Games
Investigate the disappearance of a startup CEO who worked on a pet translation app.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A Case of Fraud is out now! Investigate the disappearance of a startup CEO who worked on a pet translation app.
At this year's ThinkyCon, Corey Martin and John August told the story of how a multiplayer physical card game became Birdigo!
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@johnaugust.bsky.social
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Adapting a Word Game: How Alphabirds Became Birdigo - John August and Corey Martin (ThinkyCon 2025)
John August and Corey Martin join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Adapting a Word Game: How Alphabirds Became Birdigo"
Talk description: John and Corey discuss how AlphaBirds, a multiplayer physical card game, became Birdigo a single player deckbuilder video game. Topics include design c
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
At this year's ThinkyCon, Corey Martin and John August told the story of how a multiplayer physical card game became Birdigo!
@johnaugust.bsky.social
@toboggan.work
@johnaugust.bsky.social
@toboggan.work
Vexorian continues a conversation started by Don Camus' talk last year that involves the Gordian Knot story and how it relates to puzzle games!
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@vexorian.dev
People Hate Puzzle Games, but... - vexorian (ThinkyCon 2025)
vexorian joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "People Hate Puzzle Games, but..."
Talk description: A year ago I watched a ThinkyCon talk and learned some shocking revelations about Alexander the Great. It might be true that people hate puzzles, but maybe that's not the whole story...
Us
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November 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Vexorian continues a conversation started by Don Camus' talk last year that involves the Gordian Knot story and how it relates to puzzle games!
@vexorian.dev
@vexorian.dev
In this lightning talk, Patrick Traynor goes over the programming of Patrick's Parabox: an award-winning recursive sokoban game!
@cwpat.me
@cwpat.me
The Programming of Patrick's Parabox - Patrick Traynor (ThinkyCon 2025)
Patrick Traynor joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "The Programming of Patrick's Parabox"
Talk description: This talk covers a few specific programming implementations from the development of Patrick's Parabox, an award-winning recursive sokoban game released in 2022. Specific topics i
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
In this lightning talk, Patrick Traynor goes over the programming of Patrick's Parabox: an award-winning recursive sokoban game!
@cwpat.me
@cwpat.me
Jagriff gave a talk about how he used a puzzle solver to design and test Gentoo Rescue!
@jagriff.bsky.social
@jagriff.bsky.social
Using a puzzle solver to aid design, discovery, QA, and playtesting - Jagriff (ThinkyCon 2025)
Jagriff joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Making a puzzle game with AI"
Talk description: Despite the sensationalist title, this talk is about a puzzle solver AI agent - not generative AI. A puzzle solver can be a valuable tool for puzzle design, experimentation, testing, and more. H
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Jagriff gave a talk about how he used a puzzle solver to design and test Gentoo Rescue!
@jagriff.bsky.social
@jagriff.bsky.social
Craig G. Anderson, Zack Carpenter, and Nasim Eshgarf studied Baba Is You, interviewed 25 puzzle game developers, and spoke at ThinkyCon to share what they found!
Playful Puzzle Mechanics - Craig G. Anderson, Zack Carpenter, and Nasim Eshgarf (ThinkyCon 2025)
Craig G. Anderson, Zack Carpenter, and Nasim Eshgarf join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Playful Puzzle Mechanics - updates on puzzle game research"
Talk description: In this talk we will detail our research comparing onboarding approaches in Baba Is You - a pop-up tutorial, showcasing
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November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Craig G. Anderson, Zack Carpenter, and Nasim Eshgarf studied Baba Is You, interviewed 25 puzzle game developers, and spoke at ThinkyCon to share what they found!
JohnLee Cooper joined us at ThinkyCon to talk about making two puzzle games without an undo button!
@johnleeerg.bsky.social
@johnleeerg.bsky.social
Is a Puzzle Game Without An Undo Still A Puzzle Game? - JohnLee Cooper (ThinkyCon 2025)
JohnLee Cooper joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Is a Puzzle Game Without An Undo Still A Puzzle Game?"
Talk description: Going through two different puzzle games I've made that lack an undo feature, and seeing how and why the results varied, and examining how genre expectations colo
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November 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
JohnLee Cooper joined us at ThinkyCon to talk about making two puzzle games without an undo button!
@johnleeerg.bsky.social
@johnleeerg.bsky.social
Gwen C. Katz, who designs deduction games and curriculum, gave a talk on the similarities between puzzles and curriculum!
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@gwenckatz.bsky.social
Puzzle Design through Curriculum Design - Gwen C. Katz (ThinkyCon 2025)
Gwen C. Katz joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Puzzle Design through Curriculum Design"
Talk description: Puzzles have a lot in common with curriculum: They both present you with novel information, teach you to generalize it in new situations, and create “Aha!” moments. But while the
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November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Gwen C. Katz, who designs deduction games and curriculum, gave a talk on the similarities between puzzles and curriculum!
@gwenckatz.bsky.social
@gwenckatz.bsky.social
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Absolutely loved this one, really cool ideas about how to make and iterate on small games!
@adamatomic.bsky.social has created a *lot* of small games, and we were delighted for him to join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to share how he approaches it.
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
Adam Saltsman joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "CorgiSpace, or, short legs on purpose, or, my approach to making small games"
Talk description: I've made and released 14 games in the last 12 months, all in my very limited free time, and had a super fun time doing it, even though I al
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November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Absolutely loved this one, really cool ideas about how to make and iterate on small games!
There are 6 days left of the ThinkyCon Jam!
The ThinkyCon Game Jam is currently underway! · Thinky Games
Come make a small game over the course of a week, taking inspiration from one of the talks at this year's ThinkyCon, and potentially even participate in some interesting university research.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
There are 6 days left of the ThinkyCon Jam!
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Chroma Zero will be released on PS5 next month! Please let your PC-deprived friends know :)
store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
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Chroma Zero
Explore a mysteriously connected world
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November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Chroma Zero will be released on PS5 next month! Please let your PC-deprived friends know :)
store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
store.playstation.com/concept/1001...
@adamatomic.bsky.social has created a *lot* of small games, and we were delighted for him to join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to share how he approaches it.
My approach to making small games - Adam Saltsman (ThinkyCon 2025)
Adam Saltsman joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "CorgiSpace, or, short legs on purpose, or, my approach to making small games"
Talk description: I've made and released 14 games in the last 12 months, all in my very limited free time, and had a super fun time doing it, even though I al
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
@adamatomic.bsky.social has created a *lot* of small games, and we were delighted for him to join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to share how he approaches it.
Next up, we were joined by returning speaker @lineygames.bsky.social for an insightful exploration of thinky games as emotional experiences.
Thinky games are emotional experiences - Caroline Clark (ThinkyCon 2025)
Caroline Clark joins us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Thinky games are emotional experiences, and designing with those emotions in mind will help you build better games"
Talk description: Games are emotional experiences. This is very clear in genres like first person shooters or adventure
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November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Next up, we were joined by returning speaker @lineygames.bsky.social for an insightful exploration of thinky games as emotional experiences.
Here's the first video from ThinkyCon 2025, a beautiful 5-minute talk from @flebpuzzles.bsky.social about the art essay "Specific Objects".
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What Donald Judd's 1964 Art Essay "Specific Objects" Means To Me - FLEB (ThinkyCon 2025)
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November 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Here's the first video from ThinkyCon 2025, a beautiful 5-minute talk from @flebpuzzles.bsky.social about the art essay "Specific Objects".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMc...
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An overview of how to make complicated PowerPoint slides in our Windows 95 PowerPoint factory game.
You can sign up to the beta running in a few weeks here: subscribepage.io/C1erpq
#indiegame #gamedev
You can sign up to the beta running in a few weeks here: subscribepage.io/C1erpq
#indiegame #gamedev
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 AM
An overview of how to make complicated PowerPoint slides in our Windows 95 PowerPoint factory game.
You can sign up to the beta running in a few weeks here: subscribepage.io/C1erpq
#indiegame #gamedev
You can sign up to the beta running in a few weeks here: subscribepage.io/C1erpq
#indiegame #gamedev
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Rita’s taking part in Steam’s Animal Fest! 🐤✨
Solve word puzzles, explore a story that spans generations, and watch the world change with every answer 🧩
Play the demo now & don't forget to wishlist!
🔗⤵️
Solve word puzzles, explore a story that spans generations, and watch the world change with every answer 🧩
Play the demo now & don't forget to wishlist!
🔗⤵️
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Rita’s taking part in Steam’s Animal Fest! 🐤✨
Solve word puzzles, explore a story that spans generations, and watch the world change with every answer 🧩
Play the demo now & don't forget to wishlist!
🔗⤵️
Solve word puzzles, explore a story that spans generations, and watch the world change with every answer 🧩
Play the demo now & don't forget to wishlist!
🔗⤵️