I've been saying TR-49 took 9 months to make - while this is basically true (we began after Expelled when live), turns out the first code was actually 11 months ago. It's here:
gist.github.com/joningold/7c...
... and it's the basic ink for creating a text-indexed database. TR-49 grew out of this.
gist.github.com/joningold/7c...
... and it's the basic ink for creating a text-indexed database. TR-49 grew out of this.
A bare-bones implementation of the ink for a "database" style game.
A bare-bones implementation of the ink for a "database" style game. - database_game.ink
gist.github.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I've been saying TR-49 took 9 months to make - while this is basically true (we began after Expelled when live), turns out the first code was actually 11 months ago. It's here:
gist.github.com/joningold/7c...
... and it's the basic ink for creating a text-indexed database. TR-49 grew out of this.
gist.github.com/joningold/7c...
... and it's the basic ink for creating a text-indexed database. TR-49 grew out of this.
I'm so grateful to be a part of @inkle.co's incredible TR-49, and even moreso that the efforts of @rmcloughlin.bsky.social, @paulwarren.bsky.social, and myself, are being so warmly received. Not to mention, of course, the stellar work of the in-game authors'-narrations. What a special game.
January 28, 2026 at 11:33 AM
I'm so grateful to be a part of @inkle.co's incredible TR-49, and even moreso that the efforts of @rmcloughlin.bsky.social, @paulwarren.bsky.social, and myself, are being so warmly received. Not to mention, of course, the stellar work of the in-game authors'-narrations. What a special game.
🧨 Hidden Steam treasures getting noticed:
1. Escape from Ever After (20% off)
2. Wicked Seed (20% off)
3. TR-49 (10% off)
4. Halcyon Days at Taoyuan (10% off)
🎮 Explore more hidden Steam treasures → https://trendingnow.games/hidden-gems
#gaming #videogames #indiegame #Steam #indiedev #HiddenGems
1. Escape from Ever After (20% off)
2. Wicked Seed (20% off)
3. TR-49 (10% off)
4. Halcyon Days at Taoyuan (10% off)
🎮 Explore more hidden Steam treasures → https://trendingnow.games/hidden-gems
#gaming #videogames #indiegame #Steam #indiedev #HiddenGems
January 28, 2026 at 10:20 AM
🧨 Hidden Steam treasures getting noticed:
1. Escape from Ever After (20% off)
2. Wicked Seed (20% off)
3. TR-49 (10% off)
4. Halcyon Days at Taoyuan (10% off)
🎮 Explore more hidden Steam treasures → https://trendingnow.games/hidden-gems
#gaming #videogames #indiegame #Steam #indiedev #HiddenGems
1. Escape from Ever After (20% off)
2. Wicked Seed (20% off)
3. TR-49 (10% off)
4. Halcyon Days at Taoyuan (10% off)
🎮 Explore more hidden Steam treasures → https://trendingnow.games/hidden-gems
#gaming #videogames #indiegame #Steam #indiedev #HiddenGems
My literal favourite thing about running a small studio: we can make things better overnight.
- If you found the TR-49 screen uncomfortable to read / focus-on, try the new Reduce Glitches setting; it's significantly crisper / easier to read.
- And if you hate helpful games, try Reduce Hints mode.
- If you found the TR-49 screen uncomfortable to read / focus-on, try the new Reduce Glitches setting; it's significantly crisper / easier to read.
- And if you hate helpful games, try Reduce Hints mode.
⚠️ TR-49 -- CALIBRATION REVISION ⚠️
The TR-49 computer appears to have changed. We found two two new switches in Settings.
1) REDUCE GLITCHES: Reduces text animation for more comfortable reading
2) REDUCE HINTS: Deductive mode for self-directed play
See attached. Thank you for your observations.
The TR-49 computer appears to have changed. We found two two new switches in Settings.
1) REDUCE GLITCHES: Reduces text animation for more comfortable reading
2) REDUCE HINTS: Deductive mode for self-directed play
See attached. Thank you for your observations.
Steam :: TR-49 :: The CALIBRATION REVISION
Play your way, with deductive mode and accessibility features
steamcommunity.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:41 AM
My literal favourite thing about running a small studio: we can make things better overnight.
- If you found the TR-49 screen uncomfortable to read / focus-on, try the new Reduce Glitches setting; it's significantly crisper / easier to read.
- And if you hate helpful games, try Reduce Hints mode.
- If you found the TR-49 screen uncomfortable to read / focus-on, try the new Reduce Glitches setting; it's significantly crisper / easier to read.
- And if you hate helpful games, try Reduce Hints mode.
⚠️ TR-49 -- CALIBRATION REVISION ⚠️
The TR-49 computer appears to have changed. We found two two new switches in Settings.
1) REDUCE GLITCHES: Reduces text animation for more comfortable reading
2) REDUCE HINTS: Deductive mode for self-directed play
See attached. Thank you for your observations.
The TR-49 computer appears to have changed. We found two two new switches in Settings.
1) REDUCE GLITCHES: Reduces text animation for more comfortable reading
2) REDUCE HINTS: Deductive mode for self-directed play
See attached. Thank you for your observations.
Steam :: TR-49 :: The CALIBRATION REVISION
Play your way, with deductive mode and accessibility features
steamcommunity.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
⚠️ TR-49 -- CALIBRATION REVISION ⚠️
The TR-49 computer appears to have changed. We found two two new switches in Settings.
1) REDUCE GLITCHES: Reduces text animation for more comfortable reading
2) REDUCE HINTS: Deductive mode for self-directed play
See attached. Thank you for your observations.
The TR-49 computer appears to have changed. We found two two new switches in Settings.
1) REDUCE GLITCHES: Reduces text animation for more comfortable reading
2) REDUCE HINTS: Deductive mode for self-directed play
See attached. Thank you for your observations.
TR-49 coded
New: Unsealed court docs detail Big Tech’s yearslong, secret race to ingest the collective works of humanity, including Anthropic’s project to “destructively scan all the books in the world.”
Gift link: wapo.st/4rjXAMQ
Gift link: wapo.st/4rjXAMQ
How Silicon Valley built AI: Buying, scanning and destroying millions of books
Court filings reveal how AI companies raced to obtain more books to feed chatbots, including by buying, scanning and disposing of millions of titles.
wapo.st
January 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM
TR-49 coded
TR-49 is really good, and you're wise not to "just have a look at it for a few minutes" as I did on the day I finished it
January 28, 2026 at 7:51 AM
TR-49 is really good, and you're wise not to "just have a look at it for a few minutes" as I did on the day I finished it
just played TR-49 and really enjoyed it. short and sweet puzzle game in the obra dinn & her story oeuvre. easily worth 7 bucks store.steampowered.com/app/3838370/...
Save 10% on TR-49 on Steam
A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
store.steampowered.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:32 AM
just played TR-49 and really enjoyed it. short and sweet puzzle game in the obra dinn & her story oeuvre. easily worth 7 bucks store.steampowered.com/app/3838370/...
'Fake news and podcast drama inspired one of 2026's first great games' [a fascinating read on @inkle.co's equally fascinating TR-49].
▶️ Read it here: www.polygon.com/inkle-tr-49-...
▶️ Read it here: www.polygon.com/inkle-tr-49-...
Fake news and podcast drama led to one of 2026's first great games
What started as a library card mystery ended up being Inkle's best game launch yet
www.polygon.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:32 AM
'Fake news and podcast drama inspired one of 2026's first great games' [a fascinating read on @inkle.co's equally fascinating TR-49].
▶️ Read it here: www.polygon.com/inkle-tr-49-...
▶️ Read it here: www.polygon.com/inkle-tr-49-...
also, tr-49 which i fucking loved. thoughts on the ending in rot13 for spoilers. this is the sort of bite sized narrative game i wish more studios would make!!
January 28, 2026 at 4:09 AM
also, tr-49 which i fucking loved. thoughts on the ending in rot13 for spoilers. this is the sort of bite sized narrative game i wish more studios would make!!
We're live, it's a puzzle night!
We're playing the demo for The Button Effect by @frycandle.bsky.social, followed by some #TR-49 by @inkle.co!
#indiegames #twitch #live
We're playing the demo for The Button Effect by @frycandle.bsky.social, followed by some #TR-49 by @inkle.co!
#indiegames #twitch #live
January 28, 2026 at 3:37 AM
We're live, it's a puzzle night!
We're playing the demo for The Button Effect by @frycandle.bsky.social, followed by some #TR-49 by @inkle.co!
#indiegames #twitch #live
We're playing the demo for The Button Effect by @frycandle.bsky.social, followed by some #TR-49 by @inkle.co!
#indiegames #twitch #live
TR-49 was a fun time! great sign when I think I will split up game sessions over a week, and then I just play it all in one sitting. few bits of clunk imo (radio bits can drag on sometimes), but it scratched a deduction-narrative itch. love me a good inkle mystery :)
January 28, 2026 at 2:24 AM
TR-49 was a fun time! great sign when I think I will split up game sessions over a week, and then I just play it all in one sitting. few bits of clunk imo (radio bits can drag on sometimes), but it scratched a deduction-narrative itch. love me a good inkle mystery :)
I finished TR-49 btw and that game was fantastic. I'm now so ready for Incident at Galley House coming this year and my fingers are crossed that at least one of Sam Barlow's Projects will come out too!
January 28, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I finished TR-49 btw and that game was fantastic. I'm now so ready for Incident at Galley House coming this year and my fingers are crossed that at least one of Sam Barlow's Projects will come out too!
A completely tertiary note, but it looks like Tolkien's name is misspelled in the credits, but spelled correctly on the page itself.
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 AM
A completely tertiary note, but it looks like Tolkien's name is misspelled in the credits, but spelled correctly on the page itself.
Well, I reached an ending of TR-49, definitely going to do my best to crack the others. A great experience, Inkle's done it again.
January 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Well, I reached an ending of TR-49, definitely going to do my best to crack the others. A great experience, Inkle's done it again.
I am saving TR-49 for the weekend but the temptation is huuuuge
January 27, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I am saving TR-49 for the weekend but the temptation is huuuuge
TR-49, but a little melancholy, kinda like Blue Prince?
January 27, 2026 at 10:06 PM
TR-49, but a little melancholy, kinda like Blue Prince?
SPOILERS
ROT13:
TR-49 - genc. VATBYQ V FRR LBH!
V fjrne vs V tbg gur gjvfg guvf rneyl ol glcvat bhg gur anzr bs gur tnzr sbe n cbfg gung jbhyq or irel shaal.
ROT13:
TR-49 - genc. VATBYQ V FRR LBH!
V fjrne vs V tbg gur gjvfg guvf rneyl ol glcvat bhg gur anzr bs gur tnzr sbe n cbfg gung jbhyq or irel shaal.
January 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
SPOILERS
ROT13:
TR-49 - genc. VATBYQ V FRR LBH!
V fjrne vs V tbg gur gjvfg guvf rneyl ol glcvat bhg gur anzr bs gur tnzr sbe n cbfg gung jbhyq or irel shaal.
ROT13:
TR-49 - genc. VATBYQ V FRR LBH!
V fjrne vs V tbg gur gjvfg guvf rneyl ol glcvat bhg gur anzr bs gur tnzr sbe n cbfg gung jbhyq or irel shaal.
my favourite mechanic in TR-49 is failing upwards because of a typo lmao
January 27, 2026 at 9:40 PM
my favourite mechanic in TR-49 is failing upwards because of a typo lmao
The entirety of TR-49 takes place from a first-person perspective as you sit in front of a kind of Steampunk-infused computer terminal. #InteractiveFiction #Inkle
arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...
arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...
TR-49 is interactive fiction for fans of deep research rabbit holes
Dense narrative deduction game tells a compellingly academia-tinged sci-fi tale.
arstechnica.com
January 27, 2026 at 9:31 PM
The entirety of TR-49 takes place from a first-person perspective as you sit in front of a kind of Steampunk-infused computer terminal. #InteractiveFiction #Inkle
arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...
arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/...
You should all hop on TR-49 peak game. Short analog puzzle box experience a blast to play
January 27, 2026 at 9:27 PM
You should all hop on TR-49 peak game. Short analog puzzle box experience a blast to play
TR - 49 , one of 2026 first great games , was inspired by fake news
Please like, share, follow, and reply.
What do you think about this? #news
https://www.polygon.com/inkle-tr-49-2026-puzzle-game
Please like, share, follow, and reply.
What do you think about this? #news
https://www.polygon.com/inkle-tr-49-2026-puzzle-game
January 27, 2026 at 8:15 PM
TR - 49 , one of 2026 first great games , was inspired by fake news
Please like, share, follow, and reply.
What do you think about this? #news
https://www.polygon.com/inkle-tr-49-2026-puzzle-game
Please like, share, follow, and reply.
What do you think about this? #news
https://www.polygon.com/inkle-tr-49-2026-puzzle-game
Tegnap csak belenéztem, ma beleugrott majd' három óra a TR-49-be és csak a szokásos elképesztő inkle minőség.
Ami külön vicces: a játék egyetlen képernyőből áll, ebből és a mostanában elég népszerű nyomozó játékmenetből raktak össze valami lebilincselően fantasztikusat!
Ami külön vicces: a játék egyetlen képernyőből áll, ebből és a mostanában elég népszerű nyomozó játékmenetből raktak össze valami lebilincselően fantasztikusat!
January 27, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Tegnap csak belenéztem, ma beleugrott majd' három óra a TR-49-be és csak a szokásos elképesztő inkle minőség.
Ami külön vicces: a játék egyetlen képernyőből áll, ebből és a mostanában elég népszerű nyomozó játékmenetből raktak össze valami lebilincselően fantasztikusat!
Ami külön vicces: a játék egyetlen képernyőből áll, ebből és a mostanában elég népszerű nyomozó játékmenetből raktak össze valami lebilincselően fantasztikusat!
L'année 2026 ne pouvait pas commencer sans une #SelectionGSS de @cactussinger.bsky.social.
TR-49 est une réussite pour @inkle.co et saura satisfaire les gros cerveaux par ici.
gamesidestory.com/tr-49-linter...
TR-49 est une réussite pour @inkle.co et saura satisfaire les gros cerveaux par ici.
gamesidestory.com/tr-49-linter...
TR-49, l'interface Homme-Machine - Game Side Story
Un nouveau jeu d’Inkle Ltd est toujours un petit événement, surtout lorsque les auteurs de Heaven's Vault et Overboard! proposent un bien étrange concept :
gamesidestory.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:38 PM
L'année 2026 ne pouvait pas commencer sans une #SelectionGSS de @cactussinger.bsky.social.
TR-49 est une réussite pour @inkle.co et saura satisfaire les gros cerveaux par ici.
gamesidestory.com/tr-49-linter...
TR-49 est une réussite pour @inkle.co et saura satisfaire les gros cerveaux par ici.
gamesidestory.com/tr-49-linter...