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Return of the Obra Dinn

A grisly detective mystery aboard a ghost, merchant ship.

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

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

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

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

Explore a solar system and unravel its mysteries.

Find a path through colors to match a given pattern.

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

A tricky puzzle game about changing the rules.

Pilot your mech squad through puzzly tactical encounters.

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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.
Rodocodo: Code Hour
Guide the cat to the finish line in this gentle introduction to 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.
A=B
A programming game with only one instruction.
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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