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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

LRP I didn't feel like doing the 9 games meme because I've done a few variants on it in the past, but there's some overlap here.

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Echtrae @echtrae.itch.io · 27/09/2026

📝 The Rule-Discovery Paper Puzzle Game Jam has officially ended ✨ Thank you to everyone who participated, and a big congratulations to everyone who submitted! Take some time to try out the games, show the creators some support, and leave some feedback. itch.io/jam/rule-dis...

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The Rule-Discovery Paper Puzzle Game Jam

A game jam from 2026-09-18 to 2026-09-27 hosted by Echtrae. Welcome to the Rule-Discovery Paper Puzzle Game Jam! Your goal: to create and submit a rule-discovery paper puzzle within the length of the ...

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

New paper puzzle thing for the Rules-Discovery Paper Puzzle Jam, loosely me trying to turn the old board game Clue: The Great Museum Caper into a logic puzzle: aspeon.itch.io/my-museum-se...

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My Museum Security Internship by aspeon

Logical counter-heisting

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

With the power of generative AI, Level 5 can delay Decapolice faster than ever before.

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Seattle Indies @seattleindies.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Join us at the Seattle Indies Expo (SIX) 12-9pm on Sunday at the Hotel Motif in Seattle or watch online! ow.ly/uiY750ZGZZW It's only a short walk away from PAX! Don't know what SIX is? Check out this video! ow.ly/oZL350ZGZZV

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Thinking some more about trying to bridge the gap from little game jam things to bigger projects... the other day I semi-jokingly referred to my philosophy as "make it exist first, then forget to make it good", but maybe there's something real to that?

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Emmy @emmfoolery.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Hi! I just launched a new three month DOS jam! Don't have enough free time to contribute to a standard game jam? This one's E X T E N D E D. Please feel free to join in, even (especially!) if you have no experience! It's a very casual vibe, and there are even a few assets to help start you off!

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MS-TRES

A game jam from 2026-08-31 to 2026-12-01 hosted by Emmfoolery. It's time for another three month DOS jam! This is a casual, lighthearted jam, to encourage skill-building, community links, and the crea...

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Alexander King @literallyaking.com · 22/08/2026

It is similar to Void Stranger and Animal Well (the press doc explicitly calls those out), But it reminded me very much of an older euro-game design tradition, the 80s/90s flick-screen puzzle platformer worlds like Jet Set Willy and the Dizzy series. Or Below the Root, tho that's American.

A screen from Dizzy 3, although this is actually from the Commodore 64 version, is that sacrilege?

Below the Root, it's kind of a chore to play but hoo boy there's some cool ideas in this

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Credentials, Dan @dancredentials.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Me, nodding knowingly: The beaks.

Headline of paleontology news article: Crocodiles can't fly. Birds can. Scientists have finally figured out why

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

*puts leg around back of chair* You know what other game lets you wander around a virtual space with your friends solving Myst-like puzzles? mystonline.com/en/

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Myst Online: Uru Live - Home

Myst Online: Uru Live is an open-sourced massively multiplayer online adventure game.

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Can't wait for the video essays about friction in Big Walk, like when you slide down a slope too fast and drop all your stuff.

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✺ 𝕸𝖔𝖙𝖍 ✺ @mothsprout.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

✷ Magpie Archaeopteryx ✷

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sylvie @sylviefluff.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

outer wilds fans when they learn information "this is just like outer wilds"

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

@bitkin.org On Chrome, all the clues on page 04 are weirdly cut off (fortunately Firefox works and it's easy to transfer progress).

Bitkin screenshot of a windmill with 4 boxes on it, and letters "show off the most" around the edges

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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borb 🐌 play EMUUROM already @borbware.itch.io · 29/07/2026

just so you know, this is the first time i see this flower ammo in la-mulana using the same graphics for [REDACTED] in EMUUROM was a coincidence i swear!!

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 26/07/2026

bring back brad dourif for myst vi #bringbackbraddourifformystvi

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Andrew Plotkin @eblong.com · 20/07/2026

Someone has (anonymously) reposted Cliff Johnson's _The Fool and his Money_ (2012) as a browser-playable game. www.the-fool-and-his-money.com My thoughts, going on a bit: blog.zarfhome.com/2026/07/the-...

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The Fool and his Money

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

If I had a nickel for every obscure mystery game that got a sequel this year about mermaids...

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I've been on the "people interested in video game design should play more board games" train for a while, but I think that's no longer a sufficiently radical position.

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Disc changes? Villain explaining their backstory via stained glass? Mr Bones is Riven.

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Jay Tholen @jaytholen.net · 08/07/2026

Would YOU attend a live Hypnospace concert with a real band playing music + as many of the original artists as can perform? Fill out this survey if you would, we need to know where to take it: forms.gle/rzkjR6t4SsWc...

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Would you attend a live Hypnospace Outlaw concert?

Hello! Would you want to experience the music of Hypnospace Outlaw, live? I'm Jay Tholen, the creator of Hypnospace Outlaw, and along with Mike Rose from our publishing label No More Robots, we're c...

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

New game! For the Thinky Puzzle Game Jam, a first-person mappy puzzle: aspeon.itch.io/garden-of-th...

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Garden of the Compass Rose by aspeon

A first-person puzzle

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 25/06/2026

It is an actual crime that Full Bore is still at under 100 user reviews after 12 years. An excellent block-puzzling platform puzzler about uplifted pigs unraveling the mystery of why humanity went extinct. If you like puzzles, it's ~$2 now and very good.

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Save 85% on Full Bore on Steam

Deep underground lies a reminder of Boarkind’s darkest hours. All it takes is one little boar to dig it back up. A block puzzler with an exploratory twist, Full Bore throws the player into an open wor...

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Transparency @transparency.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I need to inform everyone of the enchanting mascot for the MSX-fan magazine.

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two @two.critter.cafe.ap.brid.gy · 18/06/2026

finally getting around to doing this thing where i play and review bird games from my spreadsheet. first up, Death's Door: twotwos.nekoweb.org/posts/door.html this post has bonus content in the form of a story about being a bird, which you might like if you are bird therian or something.

Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I was semi-lazy and limited myself to <150 Steam reviews so I could mostly overlap with the previous deep cuts meme.

9 Steam Games I Want to Spread: Eigengrau, Leaf's Odyssey, Glowkeeper, Full Bore, DROD: Gunthro and the Epic BLunder, Project RyME, Puzzle Spy International, Madorica Real Estate, Beast Breaker

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inkle @inkle.co · 10/06/2026

Okay, so this is massive and we're terrified. Partnering with @play.breakthrought1d.org in the fight against diabetes, the ENTIRE inkle catalogue is on Humble Bundle right now for $20 -- including TR-49, all four novels, both Overboard! games, 80 Days, all four parts of Sorcery! ... everything.

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The Complete Inkle Library

Adventure awaits in these beloved classics and new favorite games from Inkle! Get them at the price of your choice and support Breakthrough T1D!

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Also on my "cool games developed by mice" list.

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I guess in honor of the Link's Awakening anniversary I'll post the prototype I've been messing with- expanding a jam game from last summer to be a slightly more featureful PICO-8 bird-archer Zelda.

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Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 06/06/2026

The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening first launched on Nintendo Game Boy 33 years ago today! Are you a fan of Link's Awakening? Where does it rank in the series for you?

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

It's good to see more turn-based AAA games.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

finished the latest patch of Terraformental on my lunch break and man, game good. Genuinely might be one of my favourite "idle(but not really)" games at this point. Smart, puzzly, interesting little time loop/time management narrative thing. store.steampowered.com/app/3762790/...

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Terraformental on Steam

Waking up alone in a derelict terraforming facility on an unknown (and distinctly not terraformed) planet, it's up to you to find a way to survive, learn what happened to the people who lived here and...

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · 01/06/2026

Season 3 of Thinky Dailies has begun, taking our hero on an adventure to the Solver's mountain outpost! ✍️ Handcrafted puzzles every day 🧩 A journey through many kinds of puzzle 🗓️ Catch up on seasons 1 and 2 any time thinkygames.com/dail...

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Aspeon @anosep.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

I'm starting to wonder if I should put "Not inspired by Dark Souls!" on all my game descriptions. Even the Sokobans.

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August the Dodecalope @ Ringoid Labs @ringoidlabs.com · 29/05/2026

The subject of Osiris and Anubis acting like the Taskmaster and Assistant came up during a stream I was watching and I had to draw it. Ended up trying to draw them in a hybrid of the modern suits and the Book of the Dead illustrations.

Osiris, seated on a throne to the right, and Anubis, dressed in a suit jacket and holding a tablet with ankh symbol on it. A text bubble reads "All the information is on the papyrus".

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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Cursed couples outfit idea

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gate @gate.itch.io · 05/05/2026

got a new pull quote for Derelict Star courtesy of Jonathan Blow. thank you so much for playing my game!

Reviews

"I seriously cannot recommend this game enough"
Raigan Burns

"It is absolutely lovely"
Daniel Linssen

"The intro level made me rage quit"
Jonathan Blow

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