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Return of the Obra Dinn

A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.

Plan a route through bite-sized dungeons and survive tactical combat encounters.

Strategically plant trees to create regions of similar shape and color.

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

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

Uncover the hidden language of the LOK through letter-based logic puzzles.

Ascend a tower, deciphering the languages of its inhabitants.

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

Pilot your mech squad through puzzly tactical encounters.

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

Platform:

Linux

PlayStation 5

Windows

Xbox Series X|S

Genre:

Programming

TIS-100
Study the TIS-100 technical manual and write assembly programs for its a highly-parallel CPU architecture.
Star Stuff
Code and work alongside helpful bots to bring power back to their star factory.
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.
ABI-DOS
Build and optimize complex circuits to fix corrupted files and recover lost images.
EXAPUNKS
Read hacking zines and code viruses to infiltrate banks, universities, and even your own body.
A=B
A programming game with only one instruction.
Silicon Zeroes
Build complex electronics from simple components at Silicon Valley's first start-up.
Craftomation 101
Automate your survival on a frozen planet with visual programming.
Hexahedra
Program box-building machinary to assemble, rotate, and paint the galaxy's most important commodity.

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