There's a new craze in the world of paper logic puzzles: taking after the metroidvania genre of videogames, ambitious creators are making huge, sprawling sudoku puzzles that you slowly uncover and learn new mechanics as you explore.
Welcome to Thinky Third Thursday, curated by Alan Hazelden of Draknek & Friends – a monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught my eye.
Mark your calendars: next Thursday, May 28th, over 40 trailers and game reveals are going to fill up your wishlist when our annual Thinky Direct presentation goes live.
Another June is fast approaching, and that means one of the biggest community jams centered around the genre of games we love is right around the corner.
Developer Croteam and publisher Devolver Digital made a big announcement this week: the third and final game in the Talos Principle series (not counting one remake) is on its way, and the series appears to be going cosmic for the first time.
By overlapping segments of top-down levels to create paths to all the required checkpoints, you'll solve levels inside a strange operating system infected with a bizarre virus.
Now's your chance to get a discount on any card-driven games you've had sitting on your wishlist: the latest big Steam event is focused on deckbuilders and the adjacent roguelite genre.
For a few reasons, the end of May has become a sort of deadline by which many puzzle and thinky games set their launch dates. This year is no exception, and several much-anticipated titles have already announced their impending releases.
Season 2 of Thinky Dailies is now over! While we take a short break for season 3, let's take a look at some of the recent happenings and what we've got planned.
Catching us a little off guard, a new game that's only days away from release was announced this week. U.V.S. Nirmana is the latest programming game from Coincidence, makers of Kaizen and carriers of the Zachtronics torch.
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