I'm furious I only started playing this after setting up my GOTY lists for the year. It's the ultimate sicko game. It is a perfect machine for both being a genius and God's most hated jester. It's incredible.

Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words. But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.

I don't exactly love how Valve has gained this messianic reputation among Gamers™ but goddamn this is the most excited I've felt about gaming hardware in years

Cipher Zero is great because for me anyway I either solve a puzzle in like 10 seconds or spend 20 mins agonising over it theres no in between

Join Annie (@nyanfood.bsky.social) and Saul (@saulamander.bsky.social) in how they brought the moon — a constant, ever-shifting presence during your journey — to life in the sky above CIPHER ZERO's worlds. notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/05-fra... #GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog

On this week's Crewcast, a slew of small indies get a shoutout, Danny races downhill in MAVRIX by Matt Jones, Frank recounts time with Anamanaguchi, and the crew discuss the case of censorship and payment processors on Steam and itch.io. youtu.be/x9SJTqFdFj4

A huge thanks to everyone who’s taken the time to leave a review for CIPHER ZERO! We're sitting at Very Positive on Steam thanks to you! If you’ve played but haven’t left a review yet, we’d love to know what you thought! zpdt.co/playcz #CipherZero #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

CIPHER ZERO is now Steam Deck Verified ✅ Take your logic puzzles on the go! No settings to tweak, just pure brain-bending bliss. 🎮 zpdt.co/playcz #SolveForX #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev

HE WORKED ON THIS AND DID A REALLY GOOD JOB I WAS THERE Please buy it so we can make more cool stuff together

It's out! It's live! Please play~

Let's do this. :)

This is why my imposter syndrome is going into that kiln. No one can say anything to me anymore.

I WORKED ON THIS IT'S VERY COOL PLEASE BUY IT SO I CAN MAKE MORE COOL STUFF

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙? ❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints 🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands 🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play CIPHER ZERO. Out Now. zpdt.co/playcz #PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

We're going to be sharing stories and techniques over the next coming weeks to give you a peek into the development of CIPHER ZERO! First up: an interview with our designers! How DO you design over 300+ puzzles? notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/00-sta... #GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog

We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers. The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙? zpdt.co/playcz CIPHER ZERO. July 22, 2025. Wishlist now. #PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

🎉 We're excited to announce our very first Thinky Direct! Yep, we'll be sharing brand new trailers and exclusive reveals for lots of exciting thinky games! 📺 Watch live on Thursday, May 29! 👉 thinkygames.com/direct/

Join us as CIPHER ZERO heads to the #CerebralPuzzleShowcase this Thursday, May 29th at 6pm BST/10am PDT/1pm EDT. It kicks off with the first ever #ThinkyDirect, with news and announcements! www.youtube.com/watch... #PlayCipherZero #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

We're thrilled to be part of the Thinky Direct next week! We can't wait to show you what we've been working on. Stay tuned for updates! #PlayCipherZero #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

Hey! Do you like... • Puzzle games? • Chill music? • Minimalistic art? Drop me a reply, a DM, or tag someone you know who would love to play @cipherzerogame.com! You can check out the demo now on Steam: zpdt.co/playcz #indiedev #indiegame

Play Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance on Nintendo GameCube: Nintendo Classics for Nintendo Online plus Expansion Pack with my Nintendo Switch 2

The (low) number of people in the game industry that have played INDIKA is very apparent in all the awards shows I have been to this year. What the heck y'all

oh hey Final Fantasy XIII is 15 years old as of yesterday If you ever wondered how the hell that game looked so good, here's a thread where I spent like two weeks going through it in renderdoc figuring out how the renderer works: twarchive.thew.nu/threads/Fina...

Do any phones still let you use your wired headphones as an FM antenna? That was always such a cool piece of tech

Monster Hunter can never be game of the year as long as the colon is missing

Avowed is great! For me, the star of the show is this little low-poly rat i love him

Now live: : the conversation I need to have. ChatGPT, Gertrude Stein, Stephen King, and the mythy mountain. You are a better writer than AI. (Yes, you.) youtu.be/V5wLQ-8eyQI

Four games with 10/10 soundtracks Jeremy Soule's Elder Scrolls soundtracks are legendary, but Brad Derrick's work on ESO consistently rises to the challenge

WipEout Pure having a "Time Spent Looking at Stats" stat at the waaay bottom of the scrolling list got a big laugh out of me

The PSP is still an amazing little machine

"We invested all this time and effort into this so that you could have three minutes of wow in your day, and a real sense of joy about other humans in the world; that's a really precious commodity" SAY IT LOUDER youtu.be/MOEULOSVNK4?...

There's something magical about a smaller handheld device that these bigger ones lack. Like, you're telling me a whole interactive world fits inside a Gameboy? a DS? a PSP? The closer the device resembles a laptop, the less of that mystery it can evoke for me

Kind of a bummer that the Switch 2 is getting bigger (and probably heavier) without changing the ergonomics at all. I love my Steam Deck but that thing is only holdable because of the comfy grips.

So happy to see INDIKA on this list. Easily one of my favorite games I played last year

I bought myself a PSP for the holidays and I am SO mad I didn't have one of these as a kid

AGDQ is such a treat to watch in the background for a whole week It always sneaks up on me and is such a fun surprise

something something the uncomfortable duality of end-of-year wraps and their parallels with user data collection/selling something something

I've been really enjoying Infinity Nikki! I have a pretty high tolerance for gacha nonsense so it's just been a nice casual brain-off exploration game I think the biggest draw for me is just how beautiful the world can be; they've done a really nice job encouraging photography in-game

Give me a single screenshot from a video game that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head.

lmao this is such an unnecessary fluid sim flex bottle full of red paint

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it's only been like 10 minutes and I think I already love this Indiana Jones game

omg spotify wrapped is here ☺️🎉

I got an old B&W printer from 2007 working on my network in under an hour last night. My ego could not be more inflated right now

Got some very cool books the other day