Gentle reminder that the voting deadline for the Thinky Awards is this Sunday at 23:59 UTC. The nominations are full of amazing games and content creators! thinkygames.com/events/award...

Will 2026 be the year of the Linux desktop?

A few months after releasing the MacOS version of my game, I just learned that it is broken on intel x86 macs. This explains the slightly higher uptick in refunds... I'm currently fighting against UE and xcode now to fix this. Hopefully I'll have something by the end of today!

And part 2 for games of this year, including Descent of King Hesper, Gentoo Rescue, Lingo 2, and more: aspeon.neocities.org/blog/2025-go...

I'm back! I'll be attempting to finish some games before 2026: - Silksong Steel Soul Any% (old speedrun route) - You Are The Code - Devil Daggers 500s www.twitch.tv/jagriff

I'm Mikan. Throughout 2025, I played many puzzle games, and continued posting playthrough videos daily. Collecting and sharing creative mechanics from others has been truly meaningful. I've also made some interesting puzzle games. Check them out. Anyway, happy #NewYear2026 !🍊

It's Thinky Awards season! The fine folks at @thinkygames.com invited me to be a juror again, so here's my brief impressions of all the nominees I played. There are a few days left in the Steam winter sale and many of these are discounted, so check them out! A 🧵 david.reviews/articles/thi...

(9/31) Gentoo Rescue (by @jagriff.bsky.social) is a mechanics-dense series of recursive ice sliding puzzles. I was impressed with how accessible it was, despite being pretty hard. There's been a lot of care put into the details! store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...

New video by GamesWithMorgan! Go smash that like button www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Ta...

Just one week left to cast your votes for the community choice categories in the Thinky Awards!

I've waited 3 years to make this post

I was MIA the last few days, and I missed this!

Merry Christmas! Here are some updates about my game Gentoo Rescue, with the following topics: - Thinky Awards - Puzzle Depot - Soundtrack - Winter Sale - Patches Learn more here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/283... #puzzlegame #indiegamedev

I just got a DM from someone that pirated my game. They said (paraphrasing) that with hindsight the game was absolutely worth the price, and were asking my preferred avenue for them to buy it (Steam vs Itch). I've gotten a lot of great DMs from players, but this one is probably my favorite.

I'm finishing up You Are The Code tonight! www.twitch.tv/jagriff #puzzlegame

Magnets, how do they work? Well we're about to learn quite a lot about that with the help of our penguins... We may just have to break the laws of physics in the process 👀 youtu.be/yVOUivxsnV8

Gentoo Rescue is a mind-bending sokoban on ice with adorable penguins and walruses and lots of rules to discover! @jagriff.bsky.social thinkygames.com/game... 3/10

1.1.4 out now! store.steampowered.com/news/app/283...

It's always satisfying to solve design problems. A small patch 1.1.4 should be coming tomorrow. It addresses a (minor, but still annoying) design issue with metapuzzles in a very obvious way. I can't believe it took me over 7 months to think of it!

Suddenly I have reached 'The End' of Gentoo Rescue... but there is still so much to learn! youtu.be/U-Ui6QuSrKY #indiegame #puzzlegame #letsplay

www.twitch.tv/jagriff Playing Silksong (Steel Soul Any%), then who knows? Maybe Gentoo Rescue (custom levels), You Are The Code, Diabotical Duels, or Devil Daggers.

The 3rd Annual Thinky Award nominees were announced today, and I'm absolutely thrilled and honored that Chroma Zero was nominated for Most Innovative Game. It's awesome to see it alongside all these wonderfully creative works. Thanks to all of you who sent in nominations!! ❤️

Thinky Awards 2025 nominations have been announced, and Gentoo Rescue has been nominated for: 🐧 Game of the Year 🐧 Best Challenging Game 🐧 Best Puzzle Design Please go vote here: thinkygames.com/events/award...

Morgan started Gentoosday by finding a secret world early this morning! It continues with Fyda's stream: www.twitch.tv/fydatech And then Brungo's later: www.twitch.tv/thebrungo

Solving puzzles by attaching rockets to penguins in the latest video from Gentoo Rescue. I also finally managed to get into one of the 'inaccessible' areas and got to experience a whole new level of brain pain 😜 youtu.be/EasLW_llYR4 #indiegame #puzzlegame

I got my first Leviathan kill in Devil Daggers today! I may finally be able to beat the game so I can play other things. In other news, Brungo is live with Gentoo Rescue! www.twitch.tv/thebrungo

Update 1.1.3 is out! Full patch notes here: store.steampowered.com/news/app/283... #indiegamedev #puzzlegame

I just randomly stumbled onto Lords of the Realm II, a game I adored as a kid. It's 80% off for a price of ~60 cents. Instant buy! store.steampowered.com/app/397350/L...

Going live now to test the next Gentoo Rescue patch! I will speedrun some main-game stuff and then play custom levels. www.twitch.tv/jagriff #puzzlegame

Time for even more puzzles where we give penguins dangerous tools! 💣🐧 youtu.be/cPn5vMtZgVc #indiegame #puzzlegame

If you're excited about The Order of the Sinking Star announcement at The Game Awards, check out my puzzler from May. It also has: - World of nested puzzles - Focuses on combining interesting mechanics - Non-simul, multi-agent movement - Many secrets... store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...

The original games at the core of Order of the Sinking Star are: * The Heroes of Sokoban series: by @ostroffj.bsky.social * The Promesst series: by @nothings.bsky.social * Mirror Isles: by me * Skipping Stones to Lonely Homes: by me

TheBrungo is starting his playthrough! www.twitch.tv/thebrungo #puzzlegame #twitch

Starting in a few minutes! Come and ask your questions in the chat for atallfrog and Lu, it'll be trippy! 🍄🚌🐌

Herd is now finally out. Available as a physical game and as print files. Physical version is also part of the Letibus Bundle for 10% off. There are 100 free community copies of print files on Itch.io. blazgracar.com/herd

Gentoo Rescue Part 3 by @gameswithmorgan.bsky.social is out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCHk...

After a day of travel, I've finally been able to watch Aliensrock's final Gentoo Rescue video. Please like and comment, as usual :) I cannot overstate the amount of gratitude I owe towards Aliensrock for this series. My game is actually on the map now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHTP...

Getting a bit violent with the penguins 🐧🔨, but it's not my fault @jagriff.bsky.social made me do it 😝 youtu.be/yAHe3eLeO9c?... #gentoorescue #indiegame #puzzlegame

Shoutout to that one itch user who purchased my game back in August but never actually downloaded it. I thought that was a Steam gamer thing.

Resuming my You Are The Code playthrough! @thinkwithgames.bsky.social www.twitch.tv/jagriff

It's great reading youtube comments recognizing the nuances of the Seinfeld reference I put into my game.

When you hear "vector", which one do you think about first? (a) A vector is something with a magnitude and direction. (b) A vector is a pair, triplet, or quadruplet of floats. (c) A vector is dynamically sized array. (d) A vector is an element of a vector space. (e) What's our vector, Victor?

My puzzle board game Herd will release next Tuesday, on December 9th. Be notified about the release: mailchi.mp/0ea8882f064d...

A player created a custom levelpack with intentionally bad and annoying levels. Here's me solving one of the scarier looking ones: www.twitch.tv/jagriff/clip... Accessibility options ftw!

This surprised me. I expected to be all the way left at "Online", but apparently 3 posts per day is more "Offline" than "Online"? What?! On the other hand, my top emoji was no surprise at all 🐧

Your reviews are so so important to indie games. 500 reviews may not seem like a lot, but to the vast majority of indies it's a ton. Your reviews largely make or break discoverability for a game.

I would be honored to see Gentoo Rescue nominated! I think it fits 4-5 categories. Does anyone else agree?

It's finally here! Aliensrock has reached Exfiltration 🐧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZFW... #indiegamedev #puzzlegame #content #YouTube

Oh, I missed this! @gameswithmorgan.bsky.social released a Gentoo Rescue video a few days ago 🐧 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpLo...

Time for more Gentoo Rescue! How will my brain break this time? www.twitch.tv/charcoal190