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Banner image for the Ada Lovelace Day Steam sale. It shows a messy workshop full of computers and other hardware, with a picture of Ada Lovelace in the background. Text Overlay: October 13-19 Ada Lovelace Day Sale 2025 Awesome games about coding, automation & engineering Hosted by Luden.io

It's Ada Lovelace Day!

She was the first person ever to publish a computer program, before we had transistors or thermionic valves and, in fact, before the first computer!

To celebrate, Hexahedra is currently 50% off in the #AdaLovelaceDay Steam sale.

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Banner image for the Ada Lovelace Day Steam sale. It shows a messy workshop full of computers and other hardware, with a picture of Ada Lovelace in the background. Text Overlay: October 13-19 Ada Lovelace Day Sale 2025 Awesome games about coding, automation & engineering Hosted by Luden.io

It's Ada Lovelace Day!

She was the first person ever to publish a computer program, before we had transistors or thermionic valves and, in fact, before the first computer!

To celebrate, Hexahedra is currently 50% off in the #AdaLovelaceDay Steam sale.

store.steampowered.com/app/1248420/...

Save 40% on Hexahedra on Steam Hexahedra is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Design and optimize factories to build cubes, used galaxy-wide as crates, musical instruments, even chic coffins. Rewind and replay the action to hu...

Hexahedra is in the Steam Autumn Sale!

If you're an efficiency nerd, you can now get a game all about efficiency at an efficient 40% off!

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A list of amazing stuff.

And remember, if you buy a thinky game and you enjoy it, please leave a review and tell your thinky game-enjoying friends!

Image showing that Hexahedra is part of the 2025 Cerebral Puzzle Showcase. The Hexahedra logo is in the centre, around the edges are characters and imagery from a variety of puzzle games.

A year after launch, Hexahedra is back at the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase on Steam, and it's a third off, which is its biggest discount ever.

Grab a copy to build delightfully efficient factories, and help Dantar and Octavius work out why the factory bots keep sabotaging everything!

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A puzzle from the Enclave 1 puzzle hunt. An Arduino with a digital display and an RFID reader is at the top, and below are 18 different squares, each with an RFID card hidden inside. A poster with a QR code linking to the web-based part of the puzzle is on the left.

If you're at @enclavelan.bsky.social this weekend, my mini puzzle hunt has gone live!

Hexahedra Puzzle Hunt at Enclave 1 I'm going to be running a mini puzzle hunt, with prizes, at Enclave 1 over Easter.

Details of the Hexahedra puzzle hunt at @enclavelan.bsky.social over Easter are now up - there will be puzzles, prizes, and stickers of Octavius!

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Petition: Ban artificial intelligence-produced imagery and art from being copyrighted For many artists, graphic designers and animators out there, I feel the rise of artificial intelligence taking over their jobs has grown to be a major concern. I think the thought of copyrighting AI i...

"Ban artificial intelligence-produced imagery and art from being copyrighted"

Go on - sign this one. All AI generated items are based on copyrighted work. Nothing generated should be protected, it was never theirs.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Promotional image with the Enclave logo and words "Play Hexahedra and you could win exclusive loot".

🚨Competition Alert! 🚨

It's time to try Hexahedra and potentially win some prizes while you are at it...

Check out the details including T&Cs over here:

www.sidequestninja.com/blog/hexahed...

There will also be some Hexahedra challenges to earn "LANnium" during the event! Give it a try!

Hexahedra is coming to Enclave 1, and I'll be giving stuff away In the run-up to Enclave 1 at Easter I'm running a contest for LAN attendees, for some Hexahedra merch.

Hexahedra is coming to @enclavelan.bsky.social at Easter! I'll be there running a puzzle hunt with prizes, but in the run-up there's another contest for LAN attendees. Details:

www.sidequestninja.com/blog/hexahed...

Copyright and Artificial Intelligence This consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together.

I spent lunchtime filling in the UK government's consultation on AI and copyright. It closes at midnight tonight, so if, like me, you're not wild about the government's current proposals, there's still time to fill it in:

www.gov.uk/government/c...

Hexahedra is 20% off during the Steam Winter Sale (19th December - 2nd January).

If you fancy some Christmas optimization between mince pies and endless turkey leftovers, now's your chance!

Hexahedra is 20% off during the Steam Winter Sale (19th December - 2nd January).

If you fancy some Christmas optimization between mince pies and endless turkey leftovers, now's your chance!

Hey @ozone.birb.house please could you label me as a Game Studio 👾

Promotional image for the Ada Lovelace Day Steam sale. 7th-14th October. "Awesome games about coding, automation & engineering".

Hexahedra, my game of programming, cubes, and tiny octopuses, has gone on sale for the first time as part of the Ada Lovelace Day sale on Steam - it's currently 20% off! Grab a copy here 👇

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Hexahedra screenshot of the level Megalaser Mishap, showing the Megalaser in action.

For 1/35th of the price of a PS5 Pro you can get a copy of Hexahedra on Steam right now.

Hexahedra lets you use lasers to read the state of cubes in your factory, so unlike Sony I'm throwing in the optical drive for free.

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Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant The Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant is a grant opportunity for game developers from traditionally underrepresented groups and backgrounds who are interested in designing and developing puzzle games.

We're excited to announce that applications are open for the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant 2024 🎉

The grant will award $15,000 to 6 thinky puzzle game developers from all over the world, and a year's mentorship with genre veterans.

Deadline: October 7th
More Info: grants.draknek.org

Image advertizing GDLX on 9th August at Canary Wharf. Also includes my face.

Woop, I'm going to be speaking at GDLX on 9th August as part of the programming fireside chat! There'll also be an expo full of indie games.

They've given me a discount code you can use for £15 off tickets: GDLX15

See you there!

www.eventbrite.com/e/gdl-indie-...

AI in gaming: Developers worried by generative tech In a struggling games industry AI has been hailed as a possible saviour. But not everyone's convinced.

If you train a generative model on nothing but cave paintings, all it'll ever give you will be cave paintings.

It takes humans to get from there to the Sistene Chapel.

I spoke to the BBC about AI in games: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hexahedra banner set up at Stratlan

Hexahedra flyer found on desks at Stratlan, with competition details.

Hexahedra is returning to Stratlan! I ran a beta here back before the Steam demo came out, and now I'm back with a contest and some merch to win.

If you're coming, you'll find a flyer with details on your desk.

Come and find me in seat A4 if you've got any questions!

Hexahedra's launch discount ends in six minutes (!), so if you haven't grabbed a copy yet, head to Steam right now!

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I spoke to @lukeplunkett.com over at Aftermath about my time at Jagex and the huge number of different things that go into making an MMO work.

Yes, I slagged off JavaScript. Deal with it.

Image announcing that Hexahedra will be part of Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2024. The text below the Hexahedra logo reads: "A visual programming game of factories, cubes, and mechanical choreography". Below, Octavius the octopus with an arrow pointing at him and the text "(and a tiny octopus called Octavius)".

Hexahedra is part of this year's Cerebral Puzzle Showcase
@puzzleshowcase.bsky.social, which starts tomorrow - 23rd-30th May.

The launch discount will run throughout CPS, so get yourself to Steam, try the demo, ship some cubes, and see if you can find Octavius hiding about the place.

I played through the first two Steam Workshop puzzles uploaded by players, each of which has an interesting twist to it. 00:00 Supply Chain Issues 1:03:39 Courier Solving Steam Workshop puzzles on stream

I played through the first two Hexahedra puzzles uploaded to the Steam Workshop by players, and I had a lot of fun with them. I still can't see how to solve the first one in only 14 commands...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_dL...

Cerebral Puzzle Showcase May 23-30 on Steam

We're excited to announce that the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase will begin this Thursday on May 23-30!

Featuring discounts on a selection of excellent puzzle games, streams from our favorite streamers, demos for upcoming games & plenty more!

Links below 👇
www.cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com

Screenshot of past stream videos for Hexahedra on Twitch.

Thank you to everyone who's streamed Hexahedra since it launched, it's been great to hang out and watch you play! ❤️

@Electrondance plays Hexahedra by @SidequestNinja#thinkygames #puzzlegame #zachlike #gameThinkyGames.com is an initiative of Carina Initiatives, who may have... Hexahedra (Stream) - YouTube

Hexahedra (@sidequestninja.com) is a game in which you make cubes by building little factories and giving them the correct instructions. I was already struggling after a few levels with all the 3D shenanigans in my brain! Watch my struggle on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watc...

#puzzlegame

@Electrondance plays Hexahedra by @SidequestNinja#thinkygames #puzzlegame #zachlike #gameThinkyGames.com is an initiative of Carina Initiatives, who may have... Hexahedra (Stream) - YouTube

Hexahedra is a programming puzzle game from @sidequestninja.com in which you make boxes. It was released just a few days ago so, naturally, we assigned @electrondance.bsky.social to assemble some boxes for us. You can watch him explain how it’s done: www.youtube.com/watc...

Save 10% on Hexahedra on Steam Hexahedra is an open-ended programming puzzle game. Design and optimize factories to build cubes, used galaxy-wide as crates, musical instruments, even chic coffins. Rewind and replay the action to hu...

I've released the first post-launch patch for Hexahedra. Inevitably, more eyes on the game meant people spotting things I'd missed.

So if you'd found ghost panels in your Panel Storers, or you finished level 26 and were congratulated on completing the demo, that's fixed!

#gamedev

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