Joseph Mansfield

Today's new series is Sokogram, an excellent mash-up of sokoban and nonogram puzzles. You're effectively using the nonogram (aka Picross) clues to create sokoban puzzles, but those clues alone aren't enough - you also have to ensure the sokoban puzzle is solvable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9pD...

Rest in peace, Corey 🪦

MONOMOON, my non-linear game about exploration and discovery launches on Steam November 11th! With no proper instructions, you must deduce and achieve your goals as you solve puzzles, find mysterious items, and uncover secrets hiding right under your nose.

Season 4 of Thinky Dailies has begun! 🎉 Our hero is setting off to the big city, but we've got to pack our bags first - which of course means solving our first ever Spiral Galaxies puzzle! Join the daily puzzle adventure here: thinkygames.com/dail...

We just hit 10k members on our Discord! 🎉 It's a shockingly chill place for having so many people in it. Lots of great conversations about puzzles and games. Thanks for being a great community! Oh and if you want to join: thinkygames.com/disc...

We're now taking talk submissions for ThinkyCon 2026! 🎉

Puzzled Pint is tomorrow! Have loved going to these and solving puzzles with friends. It's a lot of fun! If you're curious about attending one of the 80+ locations (or starting one near you!), check out this beginner's guide from @mairispaceship.com. thinkygames.com/features/puz...

Lovely new article from Rachel about Big Walk and the joy of solving puzzles with friends. 💛 thinkygames.com/features/big...

We're streaming tomorrow! Oooo, ahhh! Checking out Sokogram, Blobs, Sudoku Mansion, and Néro & Sci ∫ Integral Edition. 7am PDT, 10am PDT, 3pm BST, 4pm CEST See you there! twitch.tv/thinkygames

Love this Mystlikes analysis from Devin, looking at ways Myst continues to inspire modern puzzle games and what we can expect from the genre going forward!

Me and the thinky pals checking out this new puzzle book prototype from @portponky.bsky.social 👀

✨⭐ Announcement time! ⭐✨ I'm super excited to announce FORWARD THINKING SHOWCASE, a puzzle videogames event happening in January 2027, and applications are open! If you are a developer/publisher working on a puzzle or 'think-ahead' game, consider submitting it here: forms.gle/arXVRoxtYK6y...

Our last guest game tomorrow is... Thinky Dailies by @thinkygames.com! Local boy (and Technical Lead and Design) @josephmansfield.uk will be showing off the light-hearted daily game which introduces you to all sorts of handcrafted puzzles! A few free tickets left: buytickets.at/mdesingames/...

The game is out NOW! Go play it, and please consider giving us a steam review if you like it. It's the best way for the game to get visibility.

We've been very excited for this Type Help remaster, and today is the day! Check out Megan's review of The Incident at Galley House from @eviltrout.com and William Rous 👇

Every once in a while I return to @josephmansfield.uk 's Abdec playthrough series to watch the highlights (Parts 9 and 10 are such feel-good moments for me as the designer 😅) and I feel like this screenshot of the playlist describes Abdec better than any review 🙃

We interviewed two developers from Purple Sloth Studio who worked on Trails for this week's Pride Month feature!

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month Thinky gamers!!🏳️‍🌈 For the first in a series of interviews with LGBTQ+ video game developers, we talked with Ashe, the game director of Blobun!

Season 3 of Thinky Dailies has begun, taking our hero on an adventure to the Solver's mountain outpost! ✍️ Handcrafted puzzles every day 🧩 A journey through many kinds of puzzle 🗓️ Catch up on seasons 1 and 2 any time thinkygames.com/dail...

A very special video (!) episode of the Draknek & Friends Official Podcast is out! We chat to @josephmansfield.uk and @mairispaceship.com to discuss the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase 2026 and the recently premiered Thinky Direct. Now available wherever you get your podcasts youtu.be/7xR-GP0XOoM

Reveal grayed-out maps and fight bosses in these sudoku games!

Last year, miHoYo copied my puzzle game Ouros in Zenless Zone Zero. Because they are a recognized, billion-dollar studio and my game isn't well known, some people are now assuming that their version is the original, and mine is the clone. I hope this video clears that up.

🎉 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/

Do you think in 3D? In He Who Watches, you're not confined to the floors - climb walls and ceilings and shift gravity as you manipulate your surroundings. store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...

🎉 Yes, it's true! Thinky Direct is returning for 2026, with a whole new line-up of exclusive trailers and reveals for the most amazing thinky games. Keep an eye out for more info very soon! Puzzle sicko content creators and journalists, reach out! More info below 👇

I made a small 1-level puzzle game about recursive bubbles! A variation on the mechanics of Patrick's Parabox, COCOON, Recursed, etc. I wanted to explore letting you easily visualize and modify the nested structure of rooms. Hope you enjoy! :) patrickgh3.itch.io/bubble-sort

Our database has over 1000 games! 🎉

The latest episode of the Draknek & Friends Official Podcast is out! We chat to Steven Lavelle (@increpare.bsky.social) about how Stephen's Sausage Roll started as an attempt to make a bad game, and making a level editor for Oeuf. Check it out wherever you get podcasts draknek.org/podcast

Today, A Monster's Expedition is on a special daily deal featuring! 🪵🌳 To celebrate Stephen's Sausage Roll's 10th birthday, all three games in the Baba's Sausage Expedition - Puzzle Game Masterpieces are on special offer throughout the week. store.steampowered.com/bundle/16473...

Happy 10th Birthday to Stephen's Sausage Roll! 🎉

🎉Tezzel: The Tilemaker’s Tale is now live on Steam!!!!!!! Around 100 puzzles, cozy visuals, and a lot of care put into every level. Check it out below: store.steampowered.com/app/3703730/... #indiegame #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #puzzlegame #steam

The April 2026 edition of Jeux Vidéo Magazine includes an interview with me, with a very flattering subhead calling me "the pope of puzzles"!

I've just seen that Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee is on BBC iPlayer. If you haven't seen it yet and you like panel shows, I highly recommend it. It's probably my favourite current panel show.

✨ 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

This has been a hard secret to keep: we're publishing the remarkable He Who Watches on Steam! He Who Watches is a unique, first-person puzzle game with a fundamental twist - a casual disregard for gravity! Play the demo and wishlist today! store.steampowered.com/app/1070500/...

I've started playing The Artisan of Glimmith and it's brilliant. Just fantastic logic puzzle design. I have to pull myself away from it because it's incredibly moreish.

🎉 Season 2 of Thinky Dailies starts now! Join our daily adventure of bite-sized puzzles as our hero learns more about the mysterious Solvers. Catch up on Season 1 any time! thinkygames.com/dail...

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...

These articles are always incredible! Thank goodness we have Sergiu in the thinky community, haha.

Guess what now has a Steam page: Deductopia THE FULL GAME! If you like supporting indie devs then smash that wishlist button because Steam visibility is everything for us small devs. store.steampowered.com/app/4429720/...

My next game will be "20 More, Somehow Even Smaller, Mazes". It will be free. Wishlist it today! store.steampowered.com/app/4428890/...

Our stream is starting now!

5 games for today's stream, including my thoughts on Loophole which I finished and loved! Will be a fun one.

Help a bunch of mining dwarves build and optimize complex train routes in Upalu Mundi!

The developer of Maxwell's Puzzling Demon has released a demo for their upcoming game, Tiling Town, and looks like folks are enjoying it a lot!

All of my puzzle games are now directly available in NYC! You can get Herd, Workworkwork, LOK and Abdec in The Brooklyn Strategist store, at 148 Pierrepont St. in Brooklyn :)

👾 ANNOUNCING 868-BACK! Dismantle capitalism one server at a time in this computer-hacking strategy roguelike game by Michael Brough! Play the free demo in Steam Next Fest on Feb. 23rd! Wishlist on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3304110/...

Enjoyed this and looking forward to the full game. Has the same "you figure out the rules" vibe that I really enjoyed with Cipher Zero last year, with a distinct and elegant art style too.