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DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder

Designed as an introduction to DROD, solve turn-based combat puzzles as Beethro's grandfather, Gunthro.

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

A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.

Set sail on an adventure through Escher-like perspective puzzles and optical illusions.

Split and merge to rescue your Starpuffs in this simultaneous-movement puzzler.

Turn invisible and eliminate your targets in the margins of a school notebook.

Battle monsters and level up your dicey heroes in this roguelike strategy game.

Help DadHog bring his hedgehog children home by sticking together (literally) and rotating through grid-based puzzles.

A genre-defining adventure across enigmatic worlds.

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

Platform:

Linux

Nintendo Switch

Web

Xbox Series X|S

iPhone

Genre:

Programming

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

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