In case anyone wishes to know, I've updated the escaperooms.social mastodon server, and also cleaned up 50 gigs of media.

The Cryptex Hunt starts today, and the theme is puzzles hidden in videos! If you like puzzles but not super competitive puzzle hunts, it's a good one to try because it's low-key and welcoming and eventually hints are released. I didn't make a puzzle this year, but I helped playtest it and there are some really creative and fun ones.

#puzzle #puzzlehunt #cryptexhunt

https://cryptexhunt.com/2023/

Here's an exciting Kickstarter for #puzzle fans:

Threads of Fate is a remastered version of PostCurious’ acclaimed debut game, The Tale of Ord, a narrative tabletop puzzle game.

I'm a big fan of their latest game The Emerald Flame, and never got to play The Tale of Ord before it went out of print, so I'm really looking forward to this one!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/postcurious/threads-of-fate-a-puzzletale-the-tale-of-ord-remastered

#Puzzles #Tabletop #TabletopGames #EscapeRooms #PuzzleGames #Kickstarter #PostCurious

Interested in the next frontier of #immersive #gaming, from inventing new mechanics to integrating live actors to designing #EscapeRooms for better replayability?

Join us at The Next Stage Immersive Summit 2023 in LA this June, where we'll be hosting folks from Hatch Escapes (creators of Lab Rat and Mother of Frankenstein, and current caretakers of The Nest), The Escape Game, and The Ministry of Peculiarities (Hope End)!

Badges on sale now. #EscapeRoom #EscapeGame #RoomEscape

https://www.immersiveexperience.org/updates/immersive-gaming-the-next-frontier

Helllooo, puzzle designers!

I've been getting into more situations where I want to recommend puzzle designers, whether it be for consulting, designing, interviewing, oxtail recipes, anything!

If you don't mind letting the world know you design puzzles, would you be willing to fill in this spreadsheet?

https://thecodex.ca/puzzlers

It's almost time... #EnigMarch starts in 24 hours!! We'll post each day's prompt the night before at 8pm ET, and then it's up to you to design a #puzzle based on that theme. We’re so excited to see what everyone creates this year! 🧩

We just updated the puzzle design resources on our website, so check out this page if you need tips, tools, or inspiration: https://enigmarch.com/resources/

You can also join us on Discord to talk with other EnigMarch participants and share your #puzzles! Here’s that link: https://discord.com/invite/HT4CzgtR9c

And feel free to tag us on Mastodon when posting your creations so we can boost some of the puzzles everyone's designing!

It's almost EnigMarch, which means it's that time of year when I start looking at everything as though it could be a puzzle and furiously typing oddball ideas into my phone...

EnigMarch being the daily puzzle design challenge I thought up last year that amazingly resulted in more than 30 participants creating 1000+ puzzles. So excited to see what this year brings!

https://enigmarch.com
#puzzle #puzzles #EnigMarch

It's #PuzzledPint day #today! I'll be hosting an event in Zurich, Switzerland, and there are plenty more around the world. So, if you fancy a spot of sociable puzzle solving then find your nearest group and solve the location #puzzle at http://puzzledpint.com/index.php?cID=1300 (or just drop me a line).

@CardamineGreen they are!! I'm so happy my daughter makes them for me. :D

@jillithd I'm working through #BadProsrcutor with my family! :) We are near the beginning. (My wife doesn't like sci/fi or fantasy, so I watch those with my daughter.)

@valen thank you so much! I will!

@valen she does not! It's just a daughter-dad thing she does because it's hard to buy me gifts. :)

I can wear a #Ghibli shirt every day, because my youngest daughter paints them for me for Christmas! (And my birthday)

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Simple systems.

EXTEN is out now for all web platforms that support HTML5.
There is a whole vault out there, and it's up to you to crack it.

Enjoy #Studio369 brand #RazuRazuContent

https://studio369.itch.io/exten

#puzzle / #puzzles
#PuzzleGame / #PuzzleGames
#PuzzleDesign
#ThinkyGames
#minimalism / #minimalist

@ghost @peteuplink oh wow! I admittedly haven't been to HOTU in years!

@peteuplink @ghost

That's my life right now. :D

@ghost @peteuplink And now ADOM is on sale with the winter sale.. really no reason to not buy it now.

I mean, other than the normal reason of me buying too many games during Steam Sales.

NarraScope, our little conference on narrative games and interactive fiction, is running *in person* in Pittsburgh in June 2023. (COVID policy notes: https://narrascope.org/2022/11/narrascope-2023-announce.html)

We started this event a few years back and, if I may say, we've had the most amazing lineup of talks and presentations. Video links: https://www.youtube.com/@interactivefictiontechnolo311/videos

*We are now accepting proposals for 2023 talks!* https://narrascope.org/pages/call.html

We wanna hear from you. Thanks! (Deadline Jan 20th.)

#InteractiveFiction #NarraScope

The best way to find every AA battery in your home is to need a pair of AAAs.

I left some cute drawings on my kid's blackboard.

Expectation: She'd love them and be pleasantly surprised.

Reality: She told me off for not tidying it up when I was done playing.

#parenting