Thinky Games wrote a thoughtful feature on The Button Effect's demo! 💭

There's so much amazing work going on in the thinky space. If you are looking for a game to play, check out some of these titles nominated for the 2025 Thinky Awards!

Honored to see The Button Effect nominated in the Most Anticipated category in the upcoming Thinky Awards!! 🙌 Community voting is now open: thinkygames.com/events/award...

#pitchyagame / #screenshotsaturday I've been working on a puzzle game inspired by The Witness but instead of panels and wires every puzzle is a cluster of cryptic buttons... 😶‍🌫️ If you're curious - I have a demo out on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3563110/...

ThinkyCon 2025 is coming up in November 👀

I’ve just released a substantial video essay: “How Music Mirrors Game Design in Taiji, Trifoil, Braid, Patrick’s Parabox & Other Games” LINK IN THE REPLIES!

My (first ever) podcast interview with @gameengineering.bsky.social is out – we cover indie dev, puzzle design and The Button Effect :) #indiedev #puzzlegame youtu.be/e_o_uEPRWNM?...

The final demo I played in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase (thanks again @thinkygames.com) was The Button Effect. I love first person puzzle games and learning mechanics as you play so this was right up my alley. @frycandle.bsky.social very excited for the full release! www.youtube.com/watch?v=11YK...

ZOE Begone! is coming to PC and consoles on September 17th!

The simple task of pressing buttons comes with extra layers in The Button Effect Demo 🤔 Can I press them all? #let'splay #gamedemo #indiegame #puzzlegame youtu.be/60fGOxS-YZI?...

Playing with puzzle toys in The Button Effect by @frycandle.bsky.social!

The 5th Thinky Puzzle Game Jam starts in about 5 hours! 🎉 thinkygames.com/news...

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT! 🔥 Burn With Me — a narrative-driven roguelike deckbuilder soaked in cozy dread and forbidden rituals. Synergize creatures on the field to summon new ones for your deck, and burn old ones while discovering the depths of obsession. 🎮 store.steampowered.com/app/2954010/

The Button Effect by @frycandle.bsky.social Puzzle museum by way of satisfying button presses. A minimalist approach to instructions leads to some great "Aha!" moments.

The Witness + THE CORRIDOR + The Talos Principle + The Stanley Parable + Antichamber + the architecture of a modern arts museum I enjoyed = ? 🔴 The Button Effect Press the Wishlist button on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2299940 #PitchYaGame #puzzlegame #indiegame

played through the demo, the results are in: button effect good

VICE covered Thinky Direct – & The Button Effect! 😊

With Cerebral Puzzle Showcase going on, it's time for part 1 of my favorite demos from the event and a 🧵 shoutout youtu.be/_iWP_3uK2rA #indiegamedev

After a year of fulltime dev – this feels good! 💙 #indiegame #puzzlegame #indiedev #gamedev

I really enjoyed the demo! And it will be a VOD afterward. I also enjoyed the fact that it wasn't linear and there were totally optional areas that people could easily miss if they didn't work at it. That was a fun and rewarding demo & I'm jazzed for the full release!

Thanks Dogubomb! 💙

👉🔴 Demo Announcement 🔴👈 I've released the Steam demo for The Button Effect! A first-person #puzzlegame inspired by The Witness, The Talos Principle, THE CORRIDOR, Antichamber and the architecture of a modern arts museum I enjoyed. Wishlist = ❤️ store.steampowered.com/app/3563110/

Grateful to be featured in the upcoming Cerebral Puzzle showcase, which is about to kick off with Thinky Direct at 7PM CEST!! 👏 I may or may not be revealing a trailer of my own – if so I could use your support later today! @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social #puzzlegame #indiegame

12 hours to go! 👏👏

Trifoil's demo is out – it's full of interesting spatial puzzles! 👀

Demo reveal trailer this Thursday – in the very first Thinky Direct!! ✨️ (livestream linked below) #puzzlegame #indiegame

Steam demo incoming... 👀

4 days to go for Thinky Direct – and the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase on Steam! 👀

Last #screenshotsaturday before dropping my demo for The Button Effect!! 🦋 #indiegame #puzzlegame

Gentoo Rescue is out now: store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/... Thanks for the love and support everyone has given. I hope the game brings you as much joy as it has me! There is a 10% launch discount that will run for 2 weeks until June 5. #indiegamedev #puzzlegame #solodev #sokoban #metroidvania

I'm thrilled to reveal that The Button Effect (and the demo) will be featured in the first edition of THINKY DIRECT! 👏 Hosted by @thinkygames.com 🧩 #puzzlegame #indiegame #thinkygame

I'm releasing a demo within the next 10-ish days! 🙌 #indiegames #puzzlegames #screenshotsaturday

This "simple" puzzle is proving to be one of the hardest to solve in the upcoming demo for The Button Effect... 🧩 #indiegame #puzzlegame

Two weeks from now (the 26th) – I'll press the 'release demo' button on Steam! #indiegame #puzzlegame #screenshotsaturday Steam demo info: store.steampowered.com/app/3563110/...

Been working fulltime on this first-person puzzler for over a year now! Can't wait to drop the demo soon.. 👀 Wishlist to get notified: store.steampowered.com/app/2299940/... #gamedev #indiedev #puzzlegame #indiegame

Rift Riff is OUT NOW!! Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/... Buy it Try it Review it Repost the heck outa’ this!!1! … and here's a feature trailer explaining what I think is noteworthy about our tower defense game! youtu.be/ePCOuvXU-t0

Rift Riff just released! ⚫⚫⚫⚫⚫💥🔫🏰

Ciao! The Button Effect is part of Indie Assemble in the upcoming games category! Cool to see an Italian based initiative support indies across the globe – grazie mille! store.steampowered.com/curator/4471... Hosted by Excaliber: excaliber.it/en/ #indieassemble #wishlistwednesday #indiegames

Steam Playtests all went nice and smoothly – my very first Steam demo is ready for launch at the end of May! 🧩 (three weeks from now) #indiegame #puzzlegame #gamedev #buttons

Curious about what's in store for the Thinky Puzzle Game Jam this June? Take a look at the highlights from last year! thinkygames.com/feat...

Announcement! Rift Riff releases on May 9. Steam link: store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/... It's a tower defense game with a strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and merciful mechanics. Jump a rift, fight off monsters, and plunder their world. #gamedev #godotengine

Happy #Wishlistwensday Ihad the pleasure of playing the upcoming Button Effect demo by @frycandle. Cannot recommend this more, a must play for any puzzle game fans. Smash that Wishlist button. store.steampowered.com/app/2299940/Th…#puzzlegamem#thebuttoneffectc#puzzlel#thinkygameme

Just dropped a brand new demo for He Who Watches! It's a part of Steam's Sokoba- I mean Box-Pushing Festival that starts today. Huge thanks to all the playtesters that helped with the demo 😀 Check it out: store.steampowered.com/app/2381760/...

Steam's box-pushing fest starts today! Sadly Valve does not think A Little Perspective is enough of a sokoban to participate. Oh well. Will drop the demo another day! #indiegames #puzzle

The Button Effect is part of the Minimal & Chill Showcase by @unikat-label.com under upcoming games! 👀 (the demo releases in May – playtesting sign-ups are open) #puzzlegames #indiegames #steamgames

A highly anticipated release, a few sokobans, and some exciting news in this month's Thinky Third Thursday! thinkygames.com/feat...

Lab Rat is out! The first game I worked on when I started working full time on game dev, this is sort of a full circle moment. Enjoy some brainy puzzles packaged with top-notch humor, so much care has been put in every single moment I can't wait for you to see.

Last day to get 25% off & free shipping on all my art prints: www.inprnt.com/gallery/jack...

Happy #screenshotsaturday! You could use some light-hearted fun, right? RIGHT!?!? Lab Rat launches in 10 days. Check it out :) 📢Wishlist HERE📢 store.steampowered.com/app/1304610/...

The Steam demo for The Button Effect is *almost* ready for play-testing! If you like first-person puzzlers and want to help out, let me know? (the actual demo launch is planned for late May) 🧩 #screenshotsaturday #puzzlegame #indiegame