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thinkygames, 17 days ago to random

Criss-crossed timelines, a strongman sokoban, origami puzzles, and some brand new Ludum Dare entries – take a look at these great free thinky games released in April!

https://thinkygames.com/news/free-and-experimental-games-from-april-2024/

thinkygames, 19 days ago to random

Check out the demo for Wax Heads if you love chatting with eccentric customers, deductive puzzle-solving, and music industry drama! https://thinkygames.com/features/wax-heads-preview

thinkygames, 1 month ago to random

All 29 of our amazing ThinkyCon 2024 talks are now on YouTube - an absolute treasure trove for game devs interested in puzzle design and creating thinky games.

Thank you so much to our wonderful speakers for sharing their experience and insights. 💛

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmXSCHB6QsEuEJDmoaf0KMjEy7tmyDLv6

thinkygames, 1 month ago to random

Announcing the schedule for ThinkyCon 2024! ⭐️

We have 29 amazing talks from so many wonderful thinky devs - topics like puzzle and game design, art, production, and more.

Join us April 4th-6th. It's going to be amazing!

https://thinkygames.com/thinkycon/

thinkygames, 3 months ago to random

The eighth of the 12 THINKY GAMES THAT I LOVE is now on YouTube, that classic brainbuster Stephen's Sausage Roll from Stephen Lavelle. Have fork? Will grill sausages. At least, that's what you thought you were doing.

Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFPAXSecJIc

thinkygames, 3 months ago to random

🚨 STREAM ALERT 🚨

Today Electron Dance will be streaming "Twelve Games I Love"! Snakebird (Noumenon Games) is one of his favourites, but what are the other eleven?

Fri 09 Feb at
> 9PM UK
> 10PM CET
> 4PM EST
> 8AM Sydney

https://twitch.tv/thinkygames

thinkygames, 4 months ago to random

It's time for the most stacked game awards ever (if I do say so myself)...

Announcing the nominees for the Thinky Awards! 🏆

https://thinkygames.com/news/and-the-nominees-for-the-inaugural-thinky-awards-are/

thinkygames, 5 months ago to random

Have you all been playing the Confounding Calendar games? Amazing variety this year. Any standout favourites so far?

https://confoundingcalendar.itch.io/

thinkygames, 5 months ago to random

I know there's lots of amazing Confounding Calendar puzzles to play, but here's 3 games from last month you should try out!

Uncover the heir to a large fortune, find secret letters in cryptic videos, and guide an ancient dragon to the gates of nirvana.

https://thinkygames.com/news/free-and-experimental-games-from-november-2023/

thinkygames, 6 months ago to random

Wow, 100 people have joined our detective game jam so far!

We know detective games are new territory for many devs, so we've just updated the page with more @gmtk videos about detective games and some references about abductive reasoning!

https://itch.io/jam/the-case-of-the-thinky-game-jam

thinkygames, 6 months ago to random

Cryptic notes. Mysterious devices. A shadowy society of (very friendly) game devs. Announcing…

🕵️ The Case of the Thinky Game Jam 🔍

With a kick-off talk from Case of the Golden Idol devs, @colorgray7! Join us on @itchio, Dec 1-17, to make some detective games!

Join the jam here: https://itch.io/jam/the-case-of-the-thinky-game-jam

thinkygames, 7 months ago to random

Later today, we'll be sending out the 24th edition of our Thinky Games Club newsletter!

You can sign up here for the latest thinky news and a free thinky web game: https://thinkygames.com/newsletter

Here's a few samples from our previous edition to give you an idea of what it's like!

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thinkygames, 7 months ago to random

Our fave box-pushing puzzle designer extraordinaire, Alan Hazelden (aka @draknek) has launched a newsletter featuring his thinky highlights!

Want to know what's in it? Well, what's this we have here... 👇
https://thinkygames.com/features/alan-hazeldens-thinky-third-thursday/

thinkygames, 8 months ago to random

Magicube knows what's up. 😎

thinkygames, 9 months ago to steam

Announcing the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, a celebration of the puzzle genre coming to Steam on August 3rd!

🧩 200+ curated puzzle games for you to discover! 40+ demos to play!

Follow us so you know when we're live on #Steam next week!

#indiegames #puzzlegames #gamedev #indiedev

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