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Alan Hazelden's Thinky Third Thursday — October 2025 (Next Fest Highlights) · Thinky Games Welcome to Thinky Third Thursday, curated by Alan Hazelden of Draknek & Friends – a monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught my eye.

Thank you to @thinkygames.com for featuring Vexcell! 🥳 🎉

For their thoughts on the demo and more thinky Next Fest recs, check out the article here: thinkygames.com/features/ala...

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Thinky Third Thursday - October 2025 (Next Fest highlights) Monthly game recommendations from the puzzle experts at Draknek & Friends

Here's the October edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye: thinkythirdthursday.com/october-2025
This is an extra special one, marking the two year anniversary of this newsletter! This month we're focusing on games from Steam Next Fest.

...levels, levels, levels...

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remember: sanding off all the rough edges leaves you with nothing to hold on to

Vexcell is taking part in GALM!

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I just remembered that we did the Key Art animation and scene transition of our demo trailer in Unity. 🤣

Mainly because I don't know how to use any of those fancy editing softwares.💀😭

Anyone else use this forbidden technique for their trailers?👻👹

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incomprehensible post incoming

Vexcell's demo now has a *positive* rating on steam!!! (rather than being unrated)

Thank you so much to everyone who has played and reviewed!

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This is a hard issue with no good answer.

This pricing makes Silksong more accessible more easily to more players. I think that is a good thing.

Then again, your point is very much valid.

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A huge thank-you to everyone who has played and reviewed the Vexcell demo in its first 24 hours! 💖

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Dive deep into Vexcell, an elegant minimalist puzzle game by Joseph Bremer, where intuition meets abstraction. In this episode of GameDev Feedback, we break ... GDF: Vexcell | The Birth of Abstraction Core Games

New Gamedev Feedback of Vexcell and the birth of "Abstraction Core" games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB_1YDxxflQ

🧩🧩 Vexcell's demo is out now! ❤️⭐✨😁🧩

Please, give it a try! store.steampowered.com/app/3943780

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Vexcell's first demo comes out 💖TOMORROW💖

Wishlist it to get notified right away when it comes out!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3845510

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YouTube video by Game Developers Conference The 'TUNIC' Audio Talk

FMOD, which has been generally great!!! (with a few gripes...)
The absolute best resource I found for using it was this GDC talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCIK...

Thank you so much! The music+sound is by me :)
The demo is launching tomorrow, so give it a look if you want to check out its adaptive music/sfx!!!!

the only software that should purport to be smarter than its users are compilers

🎉2 DAYS🧩 Until Vexcell's first demo drops!

Wishlist it here to get notified when it comes out!!! store.steampowered.com/app/3845510

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When a player suggests something that exists beyond the logic and physics of a story, the dm pushes them towards reasonability.

When they suggest something stupid, or risky, or ridiculous- but maybe, just maybe, it will work? We submit ourselves to the will of the dice.

A 20 is a success.
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Being a DM often requires coaxing players from the realm of impossibility into the realm of improbability.

D&D flattens the curve of possibility- something that is impossible *is* impossible, but something that is nearly impossible (almost) always has a 5% chance of working.

Ok in all seriousness- here are my thoughts on this.

There are several nuances you could be pointing out here. No, a natural 20 does not permit the impossible. But neither should a dm! If an action would not succeed on a natural 20, I don't believe it should be an available option.

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💖3 DAYS✨ until Vexcell's first demo releases! 🧩🧩❤️

Wishlist here to get notified when the demo drops: store.steampowered.com/app/3845510

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You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

— Maya Angelou

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**4 DAYS** until Vexcell's first demo comes out! 🎉🥳🧩

Wishlist here to get notified when the demo drops: store.steampowered.com/app/3845510

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Wishlist Vexcell here!!! ✨💖 store.steampowered.com/app/3845510

I'm happy to announce that Vexcell's first demo will launch in 5 days, on *August 29*! 🎉🎉🥳

Vexcell is a simple, unique, sokoban-esque puzzle game. 🧩

Wishlist Vexcell to get notified when the demo comes out!

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