Streamer Rat 🎮🐀 Ink and highlighter on a sketchbook I found in the trash. #rattober #rattober2025 #traditionalart #weezer #weasel

I featured 150 browser games on my blog this year and just dropped my personal top 10 www.bontegames.com/2025/12/2025...

Every time there's a small quirk in the mechanics for a puzzle game this happens.

It's that time of the year again

Announcing the nominees for the 2025 Thinky Awards! 🎉

New game! I made today's entry for the Confounding Calendar: a one-screen puzzle about digging deep: aspeon.itch.io/energy-excav...

My vote on the discourse is to count as an indie game you have to have a lower budget than last year's Indie Game of the Year cost. And I mean cost to buy, not to make: you have $50.

If you see this, post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation if you feel like it.

can they be in the same bedroom

enjoying this thread of good birds.

Going through my shortlist for my annual top 10 got 25 2025 indie games, so I'll call that a nice round number: 1. Angeline Era 2. Blue Prince 3. Deltarune 4. The Descent of King Hesper 5. The Electrifying Incident 6. Expelled 7. Gentoo Rescue 8. Glowkeeper 9. Hades 2 10. Hell Clock

la mulana

NEW: I spoke to the creator of Blue Prince about what's next for the game, why he won't option it for a film, whether he'll ever say what happened to Mary, player obsession, and much more. Here's a very fun, spoilery chat about one of the year's best games: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

The reveal in today's Confounding Calendar puzzle, Showy Homes, is soooo goood. confoundingcalendar....

incredible sentence here

"oh, don't forget to highlight, in bright red, the two-letter word in the tagline! the two letter word that's kind of the whole point of this clever ad campaign! the two letter word that links this show to the horror movie of the same name!" "no problem boss. i'm on it"

Wild to talk about game of the year before [Metroid Prime 4|Angeline Era] has a chance to come out. (Please only read the version of this post that matches your preferences)

We booted into City Trial and spent a good hour just putting Rick in situations.

and my apologies for obviously not using the superior version

With the collapse of AAA games on the horizon for is time for the Sorcerian-like to return. Give me four little guys to make stand in a tidy line and go on modular adventures to pulsing synth rock. Give me a thousand options for jobs they can take during down time. Don’t worry about if it’s “good”

Since Tunic is more descended from Zelda than Castlevania or Metroid, it'd be more accurate to call it a "braction-adventure."

Puzzles made of puzzles! We love a good metapuzzle, and in this talk, Aspeon explores the concept through both puzzle hunts and video games.

Beano #2176, March 31, 1984

I'm always saying this about Super Mario Brothers.

this is beautiful but they also look like a touhou bullet pattern tarot deck

I've been putting off posting about it because I've been a little nervous- but ThinkyCon starts tomorrow! And I'll be talking at it on Thursday! Last year was really interesting, so I hope people will find my stuff useful.

the "leopards ate my face" tweet is a classic cautionary tale about how even the most grounded and reasonable expectations can backfire

Announcing the line-up for ThinkyCon 2025! 🎉 Tune in for 3 days of amazing talks from the makers of your favorite puzzly games! thinkygames.com/even...

Announcing that Rhythm Doggo has a steam page now! It'd be super helpful if you wishlist it! store.steampowered.com/app/4090240/... Key art by @1neila1.bsky.social

Roguelike Celebration is going places I wasn't expecting.

A year and a half ago, I wrote a snarky post titled "Microsoft cancels next surprise hit game". (blog.zarfhome.com/2024/05/surp...) > With its new focus on reliable, brand-tested IP and safe genres, the company can be certain that the only surprises in the next few years will be surprise failures.

Golvellius is the kind of game that unlocks a secret cave if you kill 34 enemies on a specific screen, only for the fairy in that cave to scold you for grinding That's what I like to call "The Good Stuff"

Here's my Annual Ghost Town Pumpkin Festival pumpkin (in the escape room mansion in the Mysterious World)

I just need everyone to experience this moment from Lux-Pain. It's very very important

What I would like to see: - bury Columbus Day - celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day - add a new, separate holiday: Columbo Day

“Bite-Sized Puzzle Exploration” is out now! 🎉 ・Öoo ・Linelith ・Leap Year A collection of approachable puzzle exploration games that share a strong focus on knowledge and discovery. The perfect entry point for puzzle newcomers — the ultimate bundle awaits! 🧩✨ store.steampowered.com/bundle/59151...

Repeating this week's Myst news: a remaster of the “Making of Myst" video that was released (as a super-squished Quicktime file) on the 1993 Mac Myst CD-ROM. blog.zarfhome.com/2025/10/maki... www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBtL...

X-YZE is out now, for free! chrislsound.itch.io/x-yze X-YZE is a bump combat action game with a mysterious short story. Cool bonus stuff is available for $10+! Trailer by @alixesque.itch.io #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #godot #GodotEngine #solodev #pixelart #bumpcombat #bumpslash #bumpygame

Yeah I've been playing that big indie game sequel that ends with an S (not counting numerals) this month.

New game- my entry for #PizzaJam, a puzzle platformer about avoiding hidden traps: aspeon.itch.io/check-for-tr...

Yeah I'll be playing that big indie game sequel that starts with an S this month.

every adult should have at least one really obscure ds game that they're obsessed with

I’m sorry I put Virtual Boy on my bingo card instead of “Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 for less than $70” 🙇‍♂️

probably one of the funniest tiktoks of all time

Crow Time - Flat [Part 1/3]

If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up

My vote's still that you go around and upgrade things, so it's an upgrade-'em-around.