Announcement: The 2024/25 cohort of the Draknek New Voices Puzzle Grant have now been selected!
https://grants.draknek.org/
We're excited to introduce you to the six indie thinky puzzle developers this year's grant and mentorship will be supporting, in the thread below 🧵
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The Petallix Games team from the USA/Canada with Backtrace
https://www.backtracegame.com/
Backtrace is a narrative puzzle game about retro computers featuring strong female characters. The player logs into their personal computer, only to be thrust into a whirlwind of internet espionage and unexpected friendships. The puzzles are based on a 2D programming language offering ample challenge to 'byte' into. Players can engage with the game for its story, puzzles, or ideally, both!
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Fahim Daysal (he/him) from Bangladesh, with Compress(space)
https://b-deshidev.itch.io/compressspace-expanded
Compress(space) is a 2D + ||D puzzle game where you bend space to cheat your way through puzzles.
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The PawPaw Games team from China/Finland, with Kiko’s Apple Adventure
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2916300/Kikos_Apple_Adventure/
Kiko’s Apple Adventure is a Sokoban game about a curious bear who loves tasty apples. Explore islands, move the finish line, and outsmart your enemies.
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The @pipapogames team from Germany with Map Map - A Game About Maps
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2702260/Map_Map__A_Game_About_Maps/
‘Map Map - A Game About Maps’ is a cozy puzzle exploration game with a unique cartography mechanic. You don't just follow the map, you make it yourself. Explore the world without distractions by actively engaging with the game world and not just following quest markers. Explore the island, find locations and pinpoint them as accurately as possible onto your map.
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The Dead Teapot team from New Zealand, with Shape Sender Deluxe
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2976470/Shape_Sender_Deluxe/
Solve physics puzzles with magnets, springs, portals, fans, and more while your new best friend Sendy helps you along the way! But maybe keep an eye on him, he’s been acting a little … strange, lately.
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Stuti Verma (she/her) from India with The Detective's Apprentice
https://darqwerful.itch.io/the-detectives-apprentice
The Detective's Apprentice is a "howdunnit" detective game inspired by games like Return of the Obra Dinn, Case of the Golden Idol and Ace Attorney. You play as Cleo, a young apprentice to Maya Lynch, a world-renowned detective. Together, you two solve all kinds of crimes, from robberies to murders. To solve each case, you must recreate the crime by entering every action taken by the culprit.
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The New Voices Puzzle Grant wouldn't be possible without help from these fantastic folk.
If you're interested in supporting the grant in 2025 and beyond, get in touch!
https://grants.draknek.org/
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