There's one week left to apply for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant ⏰‼️ If you're thinking of applying, make sure you get your applications in before next Sunday in order to be considered. Grant: $15,000 USD Deadline: Sept 28th Link: grants.draknek.org

There's one week left to apply for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant ⏰‼️ If you're thinking of applying, make sure you get your applications in before next Sunday in order to be considered. Grant: $15,000 USD Deadline: Sept 28th Link: grants.draknek.org

Here's the September edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye: thinkythirdthursday.com/september-2025

Only 4 days left before the Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle sale ends, and about $8,000USD away from hitting $100k USD. Please RT and help push this as far and to as many people as possible for this last stretch. Link: itch.io/b/2979/play-...

My mom called me last night about the Kimmel firing, saying "This is how Hitler got started!" I quickly responded, "By firing the late night tv hosts?" Turns out, mom was right.

Here's the September edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye: thinkythirdthursday.com/september-2025

[this is a subpost] there is a credible, democratically run left wing party in the UK. you can join it here: join.greenparty.org.uk

We are looking for a Godot consultant to help us investigate and fix an issue with long load times on iOS. It seems like Godot 4.5's shader baker might not be working on iOS only. If you're interested, please email [email protected] with your experience and rates. #godot #madewithgodot

Ta-Nehisi Coates on Charlie Kirk and the pundits and politicians sanitizing his legacy.

We've just released a free update for the Nintendo Switch version of Bonfire Peaks. Players on any model will notice enhanced visuals, and #NintendoSwitch2 players can now increase the framerate to a smooth 60 FPS in the settings menu. We hope you enjoy these enhancements to this wonderful game.

Funds are scarce for indies these days without selling your soul. So here's a few things to look at. Are you making a puzzle game? Want a grant to help make that puzzle game? Maybe you should try for the Draknek Puzzle Grant. grants.draknek.org @draknek.bsky.social

You could just plug Draknek puzzle games directly into my veins and I would be happy. Always delightful!

It's #TrailerTuesday and here's a look at our upcoming cozy puzzle game, Spooky Express. In this game you'll plan the train route and connect the denizens of Trainsylvania. Plot your route, lay the tracks, and don't let the monsters miss their stops. spooky.express

#GodotEngine 4.5 has finally arrived! 🎉 With this new release, we made meticulous efforts in order to amplify what is possible to do with our engine, guided by our goal of making gaming and game development for everyone! godotengine.org/releases/4.5/

Key Dates for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant: 📆 September 28th - Application Deadline 📆 December 16th - Selections Made, Grants Awarded 📆 December 2025 to December 2026 - A year's mentorship with genre experts, and community activities Apply Here: grants.draknek.org

This. This is the way to do it.

From the Ghoulish Graveyard to the Morbid Manor, connect every station on the Spooky express. Pulling into a station near you on October 21st 🚂🎃 Wishlist / Pre-Order Now: spooky.express

store.steampowered.com/bundle/59118... We're proud to announce the Gentookeeper Bundle in collaboration with @jagriff.bsky.social! Check out these cute but devilish meta puzzlers 😁 #indiegame #puzzlegame #godot

It's our longest episode by a significant margin because of how much fun we are having

friends, full disclosure: i have ZERO recollection of what we talked about when we recorded this. But I was hanging with Alan and Syrenne so I'm sure I had a good time. Go listen and be entertained? Educated? Who's to say, I guess. Go listen.

Very excited to announce that ThinkyCon is back for 2025! 🎉 Join us on 5-7 November for lots of wonderful talks about making thinky games - puzzle design, coding, production, and more. Everyone is welcome! Talk submissions are also now open 👀

This Mattie Lubchansky comic seems topical again.

Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 36 featuring @adamdegrandis.bsky.social is out now! Topics include the development of the games, his time teaching, a dive through some gaming history, and a surprisingly long tangent about music. draknek.org/podcast

#GodotEngine 4.5's second release candidate has arrived! This is your last chance to find and report critical regressions before the stable release: godotengine.org/article/rele...

You can grab it in the Steam sale (which lasts until tomorrow) celebrating 12 years of Draknek & Friends or get all their games in a bundle which benefits the Trevor Project charity!

A Monster's Expedition by @draknek.bsky.social is 5 years old today! It's a block-pushing game about a monster rolling logs around to explore a massive open-world archipelago with hidden paths!

If you've played Cosmic Express, then you'll love Spooky Express. It's a follow-up to our award-winning thinky puzzle game. We've built on what worked best to make even more satisfying puzzles that scale with complexity. Oh, and it's got vampires too 🧛‍♀️🦇 spooky.express

Glowkeeper is really good y'all! I went to check it out briefly and ended up playing for two and a half hours straight :)

This is genuinely what a Labour government thinks terrorism looks like in the UK right now and I'm losing my god damn mind

I really loved this! justcamh.itch.io/snekcross

Working on water electricity interactions. Water can be used to complete any circuits. Wishlist on steam to follow development: store.steampowered.com/app/3664840/... #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #thinkygame #gamedev

Dismayed by the "I loathe Gl**ner but his arrest should scare us all" takes. The bar for arrest over a social media post *should be extremely high*, but a guy who's harassed trans people 19 hours a day for 8 years, telling his 600k fans to attack any trans women they see, clears that bar v easily?

The adorable puzzle-action bundle featuring the butter cat CATO and the bomb caterpillar Öoo is out now! Rumor has it… if you enter the secret code below in CATO, you can transform into the bomb caterpillar! ⬅️➡️➡️⬆️⬆️⬆️➡️⬆️⬆️⬅️⬆️⬅️ store.steampowered.com/bundle/58864...

It's #ScreenshotSaturday so here's a look at our upcoming puzzle game Spooky Express! All the passengers are dying to ride the Spooky Express! They may be monsters, but they still have places to be and people to eat – er, we mean meet! spooky.express

#GodotEngine 4.5 has reached the Release Candidate stage! With all planned features integrated and critical regressions fixed, it's production ready 🚀 Your help will be crucial, so give it a whirl (always make a backup!) and let us know if any issues went unnoticed godotengine.org/article/rele...

The 12th anniversary giveaway has now ended. If you're one of the lucky winners, we've sent you an email explaining how to choose your game. If you didn't win, don't worry! The Draknek & Friends sale continues until next week, featuring our deepest discounts yet!

The vampire needs to get to Pumpkin Patch, and the zombie is late for the Morbid Manor. Your job? Build the train tracks to keep them moving. All abord the Spooky Express Launching October 21st 👇 spooky.express

Giveaway ends tomorrow! giveaway.draknek.org We're giving away 12 games to celebrate 12 years of Draknek & Friends. If you'd like to enter, now's your last chance!

I couldn't be more proud to have my game join Thinky Games' award winners from the past two years: Maxwell's puzzling demon and Can of Wormholes. Get a 10% discount with the Gentoo's Demon Wormholes bundle! store.steampowered.com/bundle/58516... #indiegamedev #puzzlegame

The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is offering $15,000 USD to traditionally under-supported game developers working on thinky puzzle games. If this is you, we invite you to apply! Deadline: September 28th grants.draknek.org

Happy #WishlistWednesday ! Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania, whether you're probing the Pumpkin Patch, meandering through the Morbid Manor. store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/...

Look at this response from Polanski to Sophie Ridge's attempted gotcha on flags To *finally* have a mainstream political voice standing up for racialised & minoritised communities being intimidated by the violent fash on our streets It's really not that hard, is it?

here's a little singing saw I recorded for Spooky Express today!

Bonfire Peaks and many other great games are included in this charity bundle supporting UNRWA!

The Play for Peace: Games for Palestine charity bundle is now live! Nearly 400 games from creators all around the world, with proceeds going directly to Gaza relief efforts. Bundle link: itch.io/b/2979/play-... We made a launch trailer to celebrate this moment👇 Please RT.

Honored to be part of the LATAM PUZZLE BUNDLE with Sokobond Express by @draknek.bsky.social and Liquidum by Marvellous Soft! It also overlaps for one more day with our anniversary sale, so it's hecka cheap right now! store.steampowered.com/bundle/58372...

If you enjoyed Cosmic Express but thought "this could do with fewer aliens & more monsters", then I have a game for you. Spooky Express is even more approachable with deeper puzzles. If you didn't play Cosmic Express, don't worry! This is a standalone game. store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/...

I’m replaying Bonfire Peaks after several years because I realized I forgot to ever play the DLC and I am reminded what an absolutely delightful masterpiece this game is (cc @toboggan.work, @draknek.bsky.social)

You can get $15,000 in funding (plus mentorships) for your thinky game. No strings attached. You still have plenty of time before the deadline to start making a new prototype and apply with it.

And don't forget, we also have a Steam Publisher sale running for the next 2 weeks. The sale features some of our deepest discounts on Steam yet. Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/publisher/dr...