Chao

I made a tower defense game without building towers.
The caravan follows the path you draw. 🐪
As a cunning bandit, spend as little money as possible to design the perfect robbery!

🔗 lunardust.itch.io/shanzhai

#indiegame #towerdefense #puzzle

Working on a puzzle game about a man-eating flower 😱
Would you feed it… or outsmart it? 🌸

#indiegame #gamedev #puzzle

Made a Balatro inspired word-spelling adventure game for #ludumdare58 🦊

You collect letters and use them to fight monsters. The ultimate goal is to complete the alphabet collection.

lunardust.itch.io/letter-colle...

I wrote an Intro to Puzzle Design article🧩

This covers the usual points I discuss with people who are working on their first puzzle game. Given how some concepts can be quite abstract, I think a written piece allows everyone to digest it at their own pace.
www.ludipe.com/2025/08/18/i...

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

Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Join Alan and Syrenne from Draknek & Friends as they talk to developers of some of their favorite puzzle games, shedding light onto how games get made and the people behind them!

Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 32 featuring @chao-c.bsky.social is out now! Topics include the development of the game, designing a sokoban with movable stages, and the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant.
pod.link/1777156468

Kiko's Apple Adventure was released during the Thinky Direct and to kick-off the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, so we just had to try it out. Turns out, it's a super cute and interesting sokoban game! The goal of each puzzle is to push the apples on to rafts, and you'll also use those rafts to navigate a Kiko the bear makes the cutest noises in this apple-collecting sokoban! (Kiko's Apple Adventure)

Watch Joe play this cute sokoban about a bear on a mission to collect apples!
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Kiko's Apple Adventure logo with Kiko the brown bear surfing on a log raft with apples all around

Kiko sleeps, waiting to begin a puzzle with two rafts and two apples on ice bricks

Kiko looks at a hole in the ground that leads to a separate thin island with rafts on the left and right. Two apples are on the top left and bottom right corners of the slightly larger island Kiko is on.

Kiko's Apple Adventure⁣ by @chao-c.bsky.social, a sokoban puzzle game [PC]

Kiko the bear has one goal: bake the biggest apple pie ever! Send apples home on rafts and outsmart the lands and critters in your way.

#indiegame

Hello #PitchYaGame!

Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 is a cute puzzle game where you push apples onto floating rafts and trick your goofy enemies!

🧩 bite-sized puzzles
🐻 cartoony graphics
🎵 playful sounds
🍎 apple pie

Kiko released 1 week ago on Steam and itch!
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...

My visual processing is so busted today. Until I read the description, I thought the bear on a raft was a three-armed cyclops with floppy ear, a wild mane of red hair, and tiny nub horns like a giraffe's ossicones, flailing around with its head above the water

Just tried out this cute puzzle game earlier today, only had a chance to play for about 15mins, but enjoyed it!

I really like how it combines sliding puzzle with classic box pushing. You have to put the apples on the rafts, where the apples are box-pushing and the rafts are sliding. Very satisfying

Only one day left!

I have 2 small cozy puzzlers in Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 🧩

🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure
🦊 Animal Planner

The #CerebralPuzzleShowcase is live on @steampowered.com now! Come join a celebration of the puzzle genre!

💸 300+ incredible puzzle games + discounts
🧩 50+ demos to try
📦 Exclusive showcase bundles
📺 4 days of livestreams

store.steampowered.com/sale/Cerebra...

So many incredible games in this direct, I don't think Ive wishlisted so many games from the same showcase before (Except WG direct 🍰)

my highlights:

868-BACK (I still play 868-HACK on ios)
Kiko's Apple Adventure
Shape Sender Deluxe
Isles of Sea and Sky

So sweet! Thanks for the help during the development of Kiko!

Kiko's Apple Adventure is so cool. A small puzzle game you should really try.

It just released on Steam for 5€.

Thank you! Our sound designer will be super happy to hear that, he puts lots of effort on it! I love the sounds as well :)

Save 15% on Kiko's Apple Adventure on Steam Join Kiko the bear rafting through diverse islands, pushing apples onto rafts to solve puzzles. Cleverly dealing with enemies, for a fun and cozy apple pie adventure!

There's a 15% launch discount runs for 2 weeks unitl June 12th :)
store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/...

🍎 Kiko's Apple Adventure is out NOW! 🎉

Come help Kiko collect apples to make the biggest apple pie ever!

So happy Kiko was included in the amazing Thinky Direct earlier today @thinkygames.com

Thanks everyone for the support! Hope you enjoy the game! Cheers! 🍻

#indiegamedev #puzzlegame #cozygame

Steam Achievements ✅
Credits Page ✅
Kiko 🍎 is “almost” ready to launch 🚀
Coming May 29th on Steam!

🔗 store.steampowered.com/app/2916300

#indiegame #puzzlegame #cozygame

Loving how Kiko speaks so many languages! 🐻 🌍
Kiko's Apple Adventure 🍎 will launch on May 29th with 7 languages supported: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, German, Spanish, and French! 🥳

#indiegame #puzzle #cozygame #gamedev

Great trailer! This is soooooo exciting 🎉

🍎 Kiko will be part of Thinky Direct on May 29! Cheers!

Pup Champs, our newest game is out now!

🐶Control a team of soccer-playing dogs,
⚽Pass the ball and score over 100 goals,
🧩For puzzle novices and experts alike,
💬Cute story told through interactive comic books,

Get on Steam, App Store & Google Play: afterburn.games/pup

New logo for Kiko! A curious bear 🐻 who loves tasty apples 🍎

#indiegame #gamedev #puzzle #cozy

Double Trip is OUT NOW!!

Thanks for the support throughout the development of the game, we hope you enjoy it ❤️

Check it out here: store.steampowered.com/app/3414480/...

#indiedev #gamedev #puzzle #indiegames

Announcing Spooky Express!

Plan the train route for the world’s spookiest theme park! Pick up the monsters & drop them at their destinations. But be careful! Don’t let them bite the passengers or you’ll have a grave problem.

store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/...

Adding new NPCs to my game.🐻Kiko will be happy to meet them🍎
#indiedev #cozygame #puzzlegame

Here are 22 upcoming Sokoban games for fans of box pushing puzzlers · Thinky Games Do you love a box-pushing puzzle game? Make sure to add these 22 Sokoban games to your wishlist.

Here's a roundup of some upcoming sokoban games!
thinkygames.com/feat...

This was one of my favorite Next Fest demos! Go check out the new one now!

Kiko is part of #Steam #BoxPushing #Fest! Here is a lovely feature of the new demo, apple counting! If you like #cozy #puzzlegame, checkout the demo!

🍎 Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3288470/

#indiegame #indiegamedev