The Funtastic

What's that, just a casual FRONT PAGE OF THE FREAKING APP STORE!!

It came up in a recent interview: I distinctly remember baby me asking you for advice on music games and your response was "Run" and me totally ignoring it.

Should've listened 😅. But hey at least the world has one more ode to musical games!

Thank you so much! That was lovely!!

Cadence was born in the same game jam as Mini Metro. To see it on the same best of list, despite coming out more than a decade apart it's breaking my brain in the best way possible! 🤯

This is wonderful. A chill puzzler that at times feels like wiring up old synths, but in a manner that’s entirely approachable. Perfect fodder for fans of puzzles and/or people who like making chill audio loops. There’s also a built-in construction kit so you can fashion your own levels and melodies

@eddybox.bsky.social I don't think we've ever met at any events, but just wanted to say osmos is probably one of my favourite games from the early days of the app store... Was very influential on me as a baby game dev!

Also didn't realise you worked on Gibbon. A++ Execution!!

That's some great environmental storytelling! Hope you survive, emotionally and physically ;)

If my therapy bills are anything go by you made a wise choice to not chase the dragon! 😅

Glad you're enjoying the look of it!

You're not the only one! Ironically I'm actually an android user myself - but with my limited resources I want to make sure the game has an audience before I take on supporting the Android zoo of devices :)

This is like those EDM songs with Alan Watts talks layered in

I reached the end with just a few bonus levels left, mostly through trial and error and intuition. It's not a long game in that sense, and I don't have the mind for the sandbox, but it's serene, uplifting, and beautiful

Do check it out

Amazing! Thank you for still being around!

Sending an email to kickstarter backers is a good idea that's on my list! But my battery is running empty so might be a few days!

Probably not any universe any time soon... but I'm excited to see what the audio community does with it!

Oh damn, that's amazing! Thanks for being one of the OG followers!

Cadence on Steam Solve Problems. Make Music. Feel Nourished. Cadence is a minimalist puzzle game about solving circuits to create music. This is not a rhythm game, but a zen music sandbox that rewards curiosity and…

Cadence is available on:
- Steam: l.madewithmonsterlove.com/wishlist
- iOS: l.madewithmonsterlove.com/ios_preorder

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Cadence is out now!

Make music by solving circuits. It took 13 years to figure how to do this well!

Beyond the puzzles:
🐈‍⬛ Pet Ren, the cat!
📜 Enjoy Ren's life philosophy (all text is skippable)
🎹 Use the sandbox to make music
🧮 Or explore turing complete contraptions

Also had take away with a friend so feeling much more chill now. We go again tomorrow!

<3

Think it's the universe trying to teach about the illusion of control... or something :'D

So after managing to get hold of Valve turns out I found a recently introduced bug in their backend. It's fixed now but today as launch day has completely sailed...

Feels like the universe is trying to teach me a lesson here...

Though my changes yesterday were to the store page - and the store checklist is all green.

While workshop stuff is a steampipe setting. Have tried everything I can think of. Reuploading the image. Changing the image. Turning it on and off again... No dice :/

Yeepppp..... I think it's because updated a capsule image yesterday and clicked an option to clear a cache.

However, the "missing" asset is a workshop banner.

And here we can see said workshop banner, working perfectly fine on Steam...

Me: Spends 13 years making game.
Also me: Wakes up on release day to find the big RELEASE YOUR GAME button on Steam is no longer there...

AFAICT, I'm "missing" an image that I've had for six years?!? Waiting for a response to my support ticket and feeling very defeated right now...

Life long windows user (game dev).

M series was the thing that made me switch...

Btw this is also the exclusive premiere of the new trailer! I don't know if people still care about trailers anymore, but I gots one!

Irony: the game is the best its ever been! But interest has waned to it's lowest point.

Signal boosts hugely appreciated! :)

Solve Problems. Make Music. Feel Nourished. Cadence is a minimalist puzzle game about solving circuits to create music. This is not a rhythm game, but a zen music sandbox that rewards curiosity and… Cadence: Release Trailer

CADENCE HAS A RELEASE DATE!!

✅ Good shit puzzles!
✅ Makin' sick beats!
✅ Emotions & stuff!
✅ Pet the cat!
✅ 13 friggin' years in development! 🙀

Put it in your earholes 11 Feb 2026!
youtu.be/YIN-nrFr7EQ

Steam: l.madewithmonsterlove.com/wishlist
iOS: l.madewithmonsterlove.com/ios_preorder

I mean, AI commenters too right? Dead internet here we come...

Localising Cadence made me understand I was influenced by the East more than I consciously realised...

But also we're getting real close to shipped now!

Using Unity after several years absence: I've been pleasantly surprised to find state of most things is better than I remember it.

Unity's IAP Purchasing is not one of those. Message from my future self: Just use RevenueCat...

Google maps is so not the one for cycling!!

It only took 12 years, but I have just implemented THE most important feature in Cadence...

#PetTheCat

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2025 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to five thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: September 28th
More info 👇
grants.draknek.org