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  1. Feature
    Megan Bidmead, 18 December 2024

    How Lorelei and the Laser Eyes made its reality-bending story into one giant puzzle

    The story of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is a fantastic puzzle that is well worth the effort of solving.

  2. Feature
    Corey Hardt, 16 December 2024

    New thinky releases from November 2024

    There were some heavy hitters released this November: GMTK's big debut magnet game, the much anticipated Golden Idol sequel, Sudoku happening on 3D surfaces, sticky hedgehog puzzles, a Zachtronics-like logic programming game... the list goes on!

  3. Feature
    Dayten Rose, 16 December 2024

    How The Case of the Golden Idol developers made one of the decade’s best detective games, twice

    The Rise of the Golden Idol developer Color Gray Games followed their Obra Dinn-inspired detective puzzler by embracing player agency.

  4. Feature
    Emma Withington, 13 December 2024

    Meet the Final Fantasy XIV community creating their own puzzle escape rooms inside the game

    Final Fantasy XIV is a hugely popular MMO that's not known for its puzzles, so how is its community scratching that puzzle-solving itch?

  5. News
    Corey Hardt, 11 December 2024

    The highly anticipated LOK Digital is out now: slowly discover the language rules that govern this tiny world

    LOK originally released as a book of paper puzzles, and has been a fan-favorite of the community (and the Thinky Games team) for quite some time. After a surprise release today, you can now experience the new digital version of this wonderfully cryptic word game.

  6. Feature
    Rick Lane, 11 December 2024

    A Satisfactory result: How factory builders use logic puzzles to revolutionise the management genre

    Overseeing a system of interconnected machines is it's own type of logic puzzle

  7. News
    Corey Hardt, 10 December 2024

    The Talos Principle: Reawakened is a full remake of the original game including all-new content

    Developer Croteam just announced a big shiny overhaul of their first smash-hit first-person puzzle game The Talos Principle, featuring remastered graphics, new puzzles, and developer commentary.

  8. Feature
    Dayten Rose, 9 December 2024

    Mystery point-and-click adventure Phoenix Springs tells an experimental story with traditional puzzle mechanics

    This surreal mystery game proudly rejects classic point-and-click tropes but often feels at odds with itself.

  9. News
    Corey Hardt, 8 December 2024

    Solve a month-long cryptic crossword with new clues revealed every day

    Puzzlevent 2024 is a huge cryptic crossword authored by Daniel Peake, with new clues given out each day of December, letting you slowly fill in the sprawling grid.

  10. News
    Corey Hardt, 6 December 2024

    Get a boatload of big-name thinky games and support charity in the Jingle Jam 2024

    The "world's biggest games charity event" is back this December, and with a single charity donation you can get codes for 18+ commercial games, including some highly acclaimed thinky titles.

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