Tim (Frycandle)

Today I've made the difficult decision to push The Button Effect's launch back to Q1 2027 – there's a lot left to tweak, test and polish. I need more time. ⌛️ store.steampowered.com/news/app/229...

If I seem inactive here... it's because I'm working hard to finish up my first-person puzzle game! 🧩 store.steampowered.com/app/2299940/...

Merci beaucoup! 🧩

Thanks for the shout-out Jesse!

I'm 1 of 5000 devs nervously waiting for Steam Next Fest to start – TWO hours from now! 🤞 Good luck to my fellow #puzzlegame devs! 🧩 #indiegame #gamedev #steamnextfest

Witness the last #screenshotsaturday before my puzzle game enters #steamnextfest on Monday! 😶‍🌫️ Play the Steam Demo: store.steampowered.com/app/3563110/

Burn With Me is participating in Steam Next Fest! We've polished our demo, and are so ready. Our game is turning to be something special, and we're happy to see people falling in love with our eerie narrative deckbuilder - maybe you're next? store.steampowered.com/app/2954010/... #SteamNextFest

The Button Effect will be joining #SteamNextFest from June 15 – 22 with a ~2400 second long demo!! 🧩✨ If you're into cryptic first-person puzzle games: store.steampowered.com/app/3563110/

Announcing: Hidden Folks 2 - New themes and areas. - Improved graphical quality. - Second (not text!) clue. - Lots of new mouth sounds. - Various quality-of-life improvements. - Made in #godot. Get an email when it releases: hiddenfolks.com Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4480060

This is the second to last #screenshotsaturday before my puzzle game enters Steam Next Fest – am I ready for it? Wishlist on Steam to find out: store.steampowered.com/app/2299940/ #indiegame #puzzlegame

Buttons + Puzzles + Architecture = The Button Effect #pitchyagame 🔴 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2299940/

I recently tried the demo of this on Steam, and I’m very excited for the release. It gave me the same feeling as Antichamber, where things start simple but become increasingly interesting and creative in a really satisfying way.

🔴 Join us! youtu.be/X05GKCUGR90 ☀️ #BIGSummerShowcase

The Button Effect will be featured in tomorrow's #BIGSummerShowcase on YouTube and Steam! ☀️ Showcase link: youtu.be/X05GKCUGR90 #indiegames #puzzlegame

New #screenshotsaturday – new angle of The Button Effect's puzzling museum spaces... 📷 Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2299940/ #indiegame #puzzlegame

Very happy to announce my next game: Trooops! A puzzle-tactics roguelite with block-matching elements. Travel from island to island, form squads against distorted monsters, grow your crew, and amass your fortunes. Wishlist now: store.steampowered.com/app/3699510/...

Consider me curious about this game: Red Frame 🟥

Thinky Direct is live!! 👀🧩

Been a while since I "clicked" with a first-person puzzler, so I'm very much looking forward to seeing if this one can push... my buttons.

I am so incredibly hype for this game! Shaking with excitement to press some buttons. There's a demo you should try out right now

👉⚪️ Release Month Trailer ⚫️👈 The Button Effect is launching August 2026 on Steam! I've put a lot of myself and what I love about puzzle games into this – and I can't wait to share it with people. Pressing [wishlist] matters: store.steampowered.com/app/2299940

T-🎱 hours...

EMUUROM by @borbware.itch.io is finally out! Discover curious creatures and explore a retro, pixel art land in this metroidbrainia with layers of secrets!

In other news: I'm playing EMUUROM this eve 👀

I have (trailer-worthy) news tomorrow – just in time for the upcoming Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, BIG Summer Showcase and Steam Next Fest June! ⌛️ @puzzleshowcase.bsky.social @clemmygames.bsky.social 🔔 Trailer premiere tomorrow at 7PM CEST: youtu.be/AyaU4BaiZOA

I'm dropping a ✨️ trailer ✨️ for The Button Effect next week – so let's do a #screenshotsaturday to tease new puzzle spaces! 👋 #indiegame #puzzlegame

One week to go until the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase! It's always a pleasure organising and hosting this puzzle event on Steam. This year will be our 5th edition! Tune in for Thinky Direct, exclusive bundles, and more discounts and demos than ever before. www.cerebralpuzzleshowcase.com

The Hidden Folks team is working on something and we'll announce it soon. If you want to make sure you don't miss the news, sign up here to get an email: hiddenfolks.com

Thrilled to announce that TRIFOIL will be part of @thinkygames.com ThinkyDirect this year! 📺 Watch live on Thursday May 28 🕕 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST thinkygames.com/direct2026/ Wishlist TRIFOIL: store.steampowered.com/app/3085710/... #puzzlegame #thinkygame #thinkydirect

🎉 Aw yeaaah, Thinky Direct is back for 2026! Over 40 exclusive trailers for upcoming puzzle and problem-solving games! It's gonna be freakin amazing! 📺 Watch live on Thursday May 28 🕕 10am PDT / 1pm EDT / 6pm BST thinkygames.com/direct2026/

EMUUROM arrives... in TEN days!

Warming up with a #screenshotsaturday for The Button Effect – sharing some news later this month!

games are made by people with complex feelings and dumb thoughts and complicated relationships in different political climates with the urge to create and the need to play and we should want to see all of that in videogames

✨ A Little Perspective is out now! ✨ I put my all into this strange, experimental game, and I'm so excited to finally let you all experience it for yourselves. Head over to the Steam store to buy it now (10% off for the first week). store.steampowered.com/app/3485300/... #indiegame #puzzle

Accidentally added some cheese to my puzzle game.

The Button Effect is a first person puzzle game all about buttons, which you hit and experiment with to explore a museum of dense, interwoven architecture #BIGSpringShowcase

Definitely recommend checking out The Artisan of Glimmith, the puzzle design is smooth and the art direction is gorgeous! It's out now on Steam! 🧩

I genuinely love the game I'm making – it's coming together! Running around in the levels on a daily basis makes me appreciate my growth as a puzzle-, level- and game designer :)

Pushing boxes around in an Escher-like world. 🟥🟧 A Little Perspective comes to Steam on April 3! store.steampowered.com/app/3485300/... #indiegame #puzzle

Oeuf just launched!🥚

The Button Effect will be featured in tomorrow's #BIGSpringShowcase on YouTube and Steam! 🌺 Showcase link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgAI...

Thinky Dailies is now available for everyone to play — no sign-in needed! 🧩 Every day, a new handcrafted puzzle with different rules. 📖 Catch up on the adventure so far before season 2 begins next week! thinkygames.com/dail...

I just received the music for the game's finale and can't stop listening to it – imagining the cutscenes and player experience is giving me goosebumps.

More kind words in this Chinese (google translated) article:

store.steampowered.com/app/3831080/... Oeuf demo released! Enjoy! #OeufGame

oho this is good stuff - was sold very quicly in the demo

It seems that not everyone has seen, heard, touched, tasted, or smelled the sublime witnesslike Sensorium. store.steampowered.com/app/1307870/... (by the @rbdjellyfish.bsky.social )

Figured I'd make a pinned post that covers both the fact that I am an artist and that I'm very interested in indies and puzzle games. I also have a Steam curator page (which I should update more), in case anybody has overlapping interests store.steampowered.com/curator/2700...