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ThinkyCon 2024

On 4th to 6th April 2024, Thinky Games held the very first ThinkyCon, a new online conference for creators of thinky games. Featuring talks from many amazing minds in the thinky developer community, ThinkyCon 2024 was absolute treasure trove of insights about the craft of puzzle design, art, development, production, and much more.

All of the talks from ThinkyCon 2024 were recorded and can be watched below in full.

For the latest ThinkyCon event, see ThinkyCon 2025.

Day 1

  1. Playful Problem Solving - What Puzzle Game Research Teaches Us About Player Problem Solving

    Dr. Craig G Anderson & Dr. David DeLiema

    Playful Problem Solving - What Puzzle Game Research Teaches Us About Player Problem Solving

  2. How We Make New Games at The New York Times

    Jeff Petriello

    How We Make New Games at The New York Times

  3. Editor tooling for A Monster's Expedition

    Alan Hazelden

    Editor tooling for A Monster's Expedition

  4. Bingo! The thrill of solving puzzle game localization challenges

    Diana Díaz Montón

    Bingo! The thrill of solving puzzle game localization challenges

  5. Emotional Environmental Puzzle Design

    Tori Smith

    Emotional Environmental Puzzle Design

  6. Rewinding - moving time backwards in planning-based games

    Chris Knowles

    Rewinding - moving time backwards in planning-based games

  7. Thinking Vibes in Thinky Games

    Murray Somerwolff

    Thinking Vibes in Thinky Games

  8. How to break out of the Puzzle Niche

    Lenophie

    How to break out of the Puzzle Niche

  9. Playtesting for better puzzles - measuring challenge

    Dr Meg Pusey

    Playtesting for better puzzles - measuring challenge

Day 2

  1. The Art and Craft of Puzzle Design

    Samarth Hattangady

    The Art and Craft of Puzzle Design

  2. Making Messier Games, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying So Much About Possibility Spaces

    Tom Methven / Amicable Animal

    Making Messier Games, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying So Much About Possibility Spaces

  3. Puzzle games and alternative controllers

    Kalinarm

    Puzzle games and alternative controllers

  4. Stop Developing Thinky Games for Other Thinky Developers

    Xalavier Nelson Jr.

    Stop Developing Thinky Games for Other Thinky Developers

  5. Mathematics for Puzzles

    chaotic_iak

    Mathematics for Puzzles

  6. How we put 10,000 handmade puzzles in Islands of Insight

    Elyot Grant

    How we put 10,000 handmade puzzles in Islands of Insight

  7. The Case for Procedural Generation in Puzzle Games

    Jonah Segree

    The Case for Procedural Generation in Puzzle Games

  8. Tips to make programming your game less hellish

    Caroline Clark

    Tips to make programming your game less hellish

  9. Baba is Cool: the journey of level design in the classroom

    Isi Cano

    Baba is Cool: the journey of level design in the classroom

Day 3

  1. Interaction charts: How to know and pace what your players know.

    B-DeshiDev

    Interaction charts: How to know and pace what your players know.

  2. Beyond the Screen: Tracing the Interplay Between Video Games and Modern Escape Room Phenomenon

    Mairi Nolan

    Beyond the Screen: Tracing the Interplay Between Video Games and Modern Escape Room Phenomenon

  3. Puzzles Are For Supervillains

    Dom Camus

    Puzzles Are For Supervillains

  4. Starting a Thinky Studio With a Stranger

    Kate Killick

    Starting a Thinky Studio With a Stranger

  5. Pitching Your Thinky Game

    Rachel Heleva

    Pitching Your Thinky Game

  6. Art for tech people

    Ferran Ruiz Sala

    Art for tech people

  7. The Beautiful State Graph of Microban 1

    knexator

    The Beautiful State Graph of Microban 1

  8. Artisanal Procedurality: Using Classic Literature for Procedural Puzzles in Dear Reader

    Alexander King

    Artisanal Procedurality: Using Classic Literature for Procedural Puzzles in Dear Reader

  9. Introduction to Crossword Construction

    Clara Fernandez-Vara

    Introduction to Crossword Construction

  10. Ways to Make Your Game Friendly to Let's Players

    Alex Diener

    Ways to Make Your Game Friendly to Let's Players

  11. Say no to text based tutorials! - Textless Tutorialization in Isles of Sea and Sky

    Jason Newman

    Say no to text based tutorials! - Textless Tutorialization in Isles of Sea and Sky

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