π± Chomp Garden π± is out on @itch.io
A short puzzle game about guiding plants with your light.
Explore a garden full of strange plants π±
solve puzzles π§©
and find your lost dog πΆ
Play it here: lunardust.itch.io/chomp-garden
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This has been a hard secret to keep: we're publishing the remarkable He Who Watches on Steam!
He Who Watches is a unique, first-person puzzle game with a fundamental twist - a casual disregard for gravity!
Play the demo and wishlist today!
store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...
Adding secrets under flower pots in my puzzle game.
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Watching my plants grow toward light gave me the idea for this puzzle gameπ±
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The Steam page for my game Chomp Garden is now live! π±
Venture into a dangerous garden full of strange plants, solve puzzles, and find your lost dog.
Wishlist on Steam β
π s.team/a/4457150
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I made a tower defense game without building towers.
The caravan follows the path you draw. πͺ
As a cunning bandit, spend as little money as possible to design the perfect robbery!
π lunardust.itch.io/shanzhai
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Working on a puzzle game about a man-eating flower π±
Would you feed itβ¦ or outsmart it? πΈ
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Made a Balatro inspired word-spelling adventure game for #ludumdare58 π¦
You collect letters and use them to fight monsters. The ultimate goal is to complete the alphabet collection.
lunardust.itch.io/letter-colle...
I wrote an Intro to Puzzle Design articleπ§©
This covers the usual points I discuss with people who are working on their first puzzle game. Given how some concepts can be quite abstract, I think a written piece allows everyone to digest it at their own pace.
www.ludipe.com/2025/08/18/i...
We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 π
The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.
Deadline: September 28th
More info π
grants.draknek.org
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 32 featuring @chao-c.bsky.social is out now! Topics include the development of the game, designing a sokoban with movable stages, and the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant.
pod.link/1777156468
Watch Joe play this cute sokoban about a bear on a mission to collect apples!
www.youtube.com/watc...
Kiko's Apple Adventure logo with Kiko the brown bear surfing on a log raft with apples all around
Kiko sleeps, waiting to begin a puzzle with two rafts and two apples on ice bricks
Kiko looks at a hole in the ground that leads to a separate thin island with rafts on the left and right. Two apples are on the top left and bottom right corners of the slightly larger island Kiko is on.
Kiko's Apple Adventureβ£ by @chao-c.bsky.social, a sokoban puzzle game [PC]
Kiko the bear has one goal: bake the biggest apple pie ever! Send apples home on rafts and outsmart the lands and critters in your way.
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Hello #PitchYaGame!
Kiko's Apple Adventure π is a cute puzzle game where you push apples onto floating rafts and trick your goofy enemies!
π§© bite-sized puzzles
π» cartoony graphics
π΅ playful sounds
π apple pie
Kiko released 1 week ago on Steam and itch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
My visual processing is so busted today. Until I read the description, I thought the bear on a raft was a three-armed cyclops with floppy ear, a wild mane of red hair, and tiny nub horns like a giraffe's ossicones, flailing around with its head above the water
Just tried out this cute puzzle game earlier today, only had a chance to play for about 15mins, but enjoyed it!
I really like how it combines sliding puzzle with classic box pushing. You have to put the apples on the rafts, where the apples are box-pushing and the rafts are sliding. Very satisfying
Only one day left!
I have 2 small cozy puzzlers in Cerebral Puzzle Showcase π§©
π Kiko's Apple Adventure
π¦ Animal Planner
The #CerebralPuzzleShowcase is live on @steampowered.com now! Come join a celebration of the puzzle genre!
πΈ 300+ incredible puzzle games + discounts
π§© 50+ demos to try
π¦ Exclusive showcase bundles
πΊ 4 days of livestreams
store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...
So many incredible games in this direct, I don't think Ive wishlisted so many games from the same showcase before (Except WG direct π°)
my highlights:
868-BACK (I still play 868-HACK on ios)
Kiko's Apple Adventure
Shape Sender Deluxe
Isles of Sea and Sky
So sweet! Thanks for the help during the development of Kiko!
Kiko's Apple Adventure is so cool. A small puzzle game you should really try.
It just released on Steam for 5β¬.
Thank you! Our sound designer will be super happy to hear that, he puts lots of effort on it! I love the sounds as well :)
There's a 15% launch discount runs for 2 weeks unitl June 12th :)
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...
π Kiko's Apple Adventure is out NOW! π
Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!
So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com
Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! π»
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Steam Achievements β
Credits Page β
Kiko π is βalmostβ ready to launch π
Coming May 29th on Steam!
π store.steampowered.com/app/2916300
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Loving how Kiko speaks so many languages! π» π
Kiko's Apple Adventure π will launch on May 29th with 7 languages supported: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish, and French! π₯³
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Great trailer! This is soooooo exciting π
π Kiko will be part of Thinky Direct on May 29! Cheers!
Pup Champs, our newest game is out now!
πΆControl a team of soccer-playing dogs,
β½Pass the ball and score over 100 goals,
π§©For puzzle novices and experts alike,
π¬Cute story told through interactive comic books,
Get on Steam, App Store & Google Play: afterburn.games/pup
New logo for Kiko! A curious bear π» who loves tasty apples π
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Double Trip is OUT NOW!!
Thanks for the support throughout the development of the game, we hope you enjoy it β€οΈ
Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3414480/...
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