Our #DICEAwards nominees in Outstanding Achievement in Game Design are: Arc Raiders, Embark Studios Blue Prince, @dogubomb.bsky.social Hades II, @supergiantgames.bsky.social Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, @warhorsestudios.bsky.social Öoo, @namataka.bsky.social

Writers sometimes know my game better than I do myself.

I like the gitch bear meme.

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Leap Year is now available on Nintendo Switch! www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro...

Öoo won BEST PUZZLE DESIGN at the Thinky Awards 2025 🎉

You only recognize great design after experiencing bad design.

Beat CAIRN! My palms were sweating like crazy. The courage to grab onto a gap that looks only a few pixels wide…

Thinky Awards winners will be announced on February 4! Öoo is nominated for Game of the Year and Best Approachable Game 🐛 @thinkygames.com

I had the chance to be in a space that felt almost unreal, like a dream.

store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/... Due to the large amount of attention the game has received, we have retranslated the Steam store page in all supported languages through a professional localization company.

It’s the most fun making a game when I don’t even know if I can actually finish it.

I’m planning to go to GDC, but I heard there are some extremely dangerous areas nearby. People say you can often hear gunshots coming from there. Honestly, I’m really scared.

Here's the January edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye: thinkythirdthursday.com/january-2026 This time we're covering our favourite games from 2025!

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Voting for the IGF Audience Award is open. If you’d like, I’d really appreciate your vote for Öoo 🙏 informa-tech.formstack.com/forms/igf202...

Following yesterday’s news, here’s another happy update. Öoo has been nominated for IGF Awards Excellence in Design. IGF has been one of my goals for a long time, so this really makes me happy😭

Once again, Öoo has been nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Game Design at the D.I.C.E. Awards! Huge thanks to @official-aias.bsky.social for the honor, and to everyone who has supported the game. #DICEAwards

Öoo has been nominated for the D.I.C.E. Awards!! One of the four major GOTYs!! This is insane!!

When I’m looking for good inspiration, it’s fine to follow trends, but analyzing myself feels more helpful for development.

Cutting features feels like throwing away work, but after experiencing a time when it actually worked out, cutting features has turned into a guilty pleasure.

I am not a gorilla.

The first sunrise

happynewyear🎊

This year was a happy year for me.

The Collaboration Bundle featuring Öoo and Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story is now available! In addition, an arranged track by Tsuyomi will be added to Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story in an upcoming update. Check it out! store.steampowered.com/bundle/65853/

The game you want to make and the game that’s fun to make aren’t always the same.

Really appreciate the collaboration. Thank you!

And the “Puzzle Pals Bundle”, a great-value collection of unique and cute puzzle games, is now available! Wrap yourself in cuteness and enjoy some puzzles this holiday season store.steampowered.com/bundle/64639...

“Öoo” is currently 20% off on Steam! Players say it makes you feel like a genius when everything clicks. Perfect to play during the year-end and New Year holidays store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...

Öoo has been nominated for three categories at the Thinky Awards! Thank you so much! ✨ ・Game of the Year ・Best Approachable Game ・Best Challenging Game If you like the game, I’d really appreciate your vote! 🙌 thinkygames.com/events/award...

Why isn’t there a Best Puzzle category at TGA?

Over the weekend I played #ElecHead and #Öoo back to back. Öoo in particular was fantastic! #FanArt #IndieGames

I’m playing Metroid Prime 4 right now. I just wish it trusted the player a little bit more.

The Indie Live Expo Sale is now on! Öoo is 20% off, and ElecHead is 50% off! store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...

At Indie Live Expo, Öoo was selected as “One of the Best Games of the Year” by Keiichiro Toyama, the creator of SIREN and GRAVITY DAZE, and received the award🎉

#INDIELiveExpo is just around the corner! Lots of exciting new game announcements are coming up, so be sure to check them out! www.youtube.com/live/nEey0hu...

We were hit by a strange issue that made it impossible to nominate Öoo for the Steam Awards… it was pretty disheartening 😢 But it looks like the problem has finally been fixed! If you have a moment, I’d really appreciate your vote 👍 🔗 store.steampowered.com/steamawards/...

Öoo has been selected as a Best Game finalist at the GameMaker Awards 2025! 🎉

Thank you, Derek-san!

An article from a Japanese conference where I talked in detail about the development philosophy behind Öoo is now available! It’s in Japanese, but translation tools should still make it readable. Hope you find it helpful!

"Öoo" has been nominated for Gameplay Design at The Indie Game Awards🎉 @indiegameawards.gg I’m honestly shaking to be listed among such legendary creators. With almost no marketing power, this was only possible thanks to your word of mouth. Thank you so much.

Lots of people asking for stuff to check out before we barrel into GOTY season, if you haven't already played Ooo, get on it before all the cool people you follow start shouting about it. Even if you're allergic to puzzle games, this is gold! store.steampowered.com/app/2721890/...