The latest episode of the Draknek & Friends Official Podcast is out! We chat to Steven Lavelle (@increpare.bsky.social) about how Stephen's Sausage Roll started as an attempt to make a bad game, and making a level editor for Oeuf. Check it out wherever you get podcasts draknek.org/podcast

New game is coming along nicely.

New game: Play It By Trust (Sky Blue Super Mario Bros.) pippinbarr.com/play-it-by-t...

Puzzle Spy International is out now! I'll let the release trailer do the heavy lifting here, but if you're into fun wordplay puzzles and rules discovery and spies and flirting and mid-century modern art and cool spy music, check it out: It's on Steam ats.team/a/3406690 youtu.be/eLXt8glg07g?...

You know what I want to make? I may seem strange to you, but it is games. It seems strange to everyone else.

sTRANGE jIGSAWS

This looks really neat. A new game by the designer behind "System Syzygy"! If you haven't played "System Syzygy", it's a free game, and a spiritual sequel to "System's Twilight" by Andrew Plotkin, which is a spiritual sequel to "The Fool's Errand" by Cliff Johnson. It's old school and great.

The game I've been working on for the past couple of years is out now! 🥳 store.steampowered.com/app/4160210/...

"20 Small Mazes" is now available on Mac! store.steampowered.com/app/2570630/...

after dozens of hours researching, playing, and learning i now present my first ever mini indie game nature documentary: youtu.be/oogENt7XVbQ more to follow soon

The third game in a playful puzzle series, following 20 Small Mazes and Strange Jigsaws, has been announced!

My next game will be "20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes". It will be free. Wishlist it today! store.steampowered.com/app/4428890/...

The 3rd Annual Thinky Awards are now live! 🏆 thinkygames.com/even...

The Thinky Game Awards are tomorrow at 1pm ET. Check it out! thinkygames.com/events/awards/

👀 www.polygon.com/best-games-2...

Announcing the nominees for the 2025 Thinky Awards! 🎉

Some thoughts on who you might want to nominate: Blue Prince, The Roottrees are Dead, Gentoo Rescue, Lab Rat, Glowkeeper, Motion Rec, Ooo, Chrono Quartz, Puzzle Depot, Mr. Elevator, Spooky Express, and Only Sliding. There are many more I haven't played this year. What a year for puzzle games!

Hello indies! It's almost Thanksgaming 2025! If you have an unknown indie project in dev or just released, please could you email me at [email protected] with the subject "THANKSGAMING 2025", and a store page and YouTube link? I'll put as many as I can on Kotaku. Rules next. Reposts appreciated!

I loved Strange Jigsaws and I love Fleb www.polygon.com/strange-jigs...

New video! m.youtube.com/watch?v=1A1Q...

Solve these strange jigsaws: aftermath.site/solve-these-st...

Day 2 of ThinkyCon is live! thinkygames.com/even...

Come check out my talk on Donald Judd’s 1964 art essay “Specific Objects” and what it means to me, titled “What Donald Judd's 1964 Art Essay ’Specific Objects‘ Means To Me”

Reminder: Spooky Express is OUT NOW! 🚂🧟🧛 Take charge of the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania. Steam: s.team/a/3352310 itch: draknek.itch.io/spooky-express iOS: apps.apple.com/app/id673842... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

I have a new video out on YouTube. If I make a video over five minutes long, I explode.

Strange Jigsaws is full of heart, eureka moments, and disguised jigsaw puzzles!

Strange Jigsaws (gifted from @flebpuzzles.bsky.social ) is great! I’m having a great time streaming it with my kids and they even get inspired during the stream to make fan art 😆 www.twitch.tv/ambierona/cl...

Thank you everyone for playing!

I feel like this is the first day since launch that I could breathe. Whew! What a ride!

"It's a labor of love from someone with a deep appreciation for puzzles of all kinds, and you'll feel that same appreciation with every new puzzle you solve." - @michael.jagreview.com Read the full review for Strange Jigsaws here: jagreview.com/2025/08/07/s...

Okay, Strange Jigsaws is released. Have fun! store.steampowered.com/app/2702170/...

Strange Jigsaws tomorrow! In case it wasn't clear from the trailer, it's a game of strange jigsaws where you solve strange jigsaws. store.steampowered.com/app/2702170/...

New video! Touching grass (and making a puzzle out of it) I make a puzzle out of grass. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmnd...

Strange Jigsaws will release August 7th, 2025. I hope you enjoy it.

This is a very cool puzzle.

Here's another Starbattle.

Ah, the Nuri-Maze wasn't unique. I'll work on a replacement for this week sorry.

Strange Jigsaws will be releasing in the next few months. Almost there.

This week's puzzle is a Tapa puzzle.

This is a bit of an older puzzle... I actually wrote it five years ago! It is a Star Battle. puzz.link/p?starbattle...

This week's puzzle is a Choco Banana logic puzzle.

Thank you @flebpuzzles.bsky.social for sending in today's (Friday's) Akari puzzle! Really fun one. You can play on Daily Akari or via FLEB's original post below.

Here's a link that isn't editable whoops. puzz.link/p?icebarn/8/...

This week's puzzle is an Icebarn puzzle. puzz.link/p?icebarn_ed...

I uploaded a new section to my website, which has a list of all the logic puzzles that I post here, along with links to play them. I'm going to continue to post about one a week. They're fun to make!

Here's a Simple Loop.

I forgot to post a puzzle the last two weeks! Here's an Akari.

🎉 LAB RAT is out now!! 🎉 - A comedic puzzler that satirizes your favorite games - Over 100 puzzles - At least 10 good belly laughs 👇 Check it out Here 👇 store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/...

Strange Jigsaws is coming along well. I'm almost to the final puzzle, but not quite there yet. This week's puzzle is a Kurotto.