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The Case of the Golden Idol

The story of a mysterious artefact told through twelve whodunits.

Build and optimize complex circuits to fix corrupted files and recover lost images.

A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.

Explore a world of mystery, color, energy, and movement with knowledge-based progression.

Program a transmutation engine to concoct potions and poisons.

Discover a hidden language in this digital adaptation of the logic puzzle book, LOK.

The rooms are items and the items are rooms in this recursive platformer.

Jigsaws and arithmetic are combined in this cat-powered circuitry-building game.

Find a path through colors to match a given pattern.

Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.

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Programming

TIS-100
Study the TIS-100 technical manual and write assembly programs for its a highly-parallel CPU architecture.
Human Resource Machine
Program office workers to solve algorithmic puzzles.
Last Call BBS
Boot up a retro computer and explore a compilation of 8 strange puzzle games.
SHENZHEN I/O
Build circuits and write assembly code in this open-ended programming game.
EXAPUNKS
Read hacking zines and code viruses to infiltrate banks, universities, and even your own body.
Rodocodo: Code Hour
Guide the cat to the finish line in this gentle introduction to programming.
Hexahedra
Program box-building machinary to assemble, rotate, and paint the galaxy's most important commodity.
Craftomation 101
Automate your survival on a frozen planet with visual programming.
Silicon Zeroes
Build complex electronics from simple components at Silicon Valley's first start-up.

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