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Pizza Yeti @pizzayeti.blacksky.app · 19d

My newsletter came out today! Talking about video games (@cipherzerogame.com, Frogsong by @frogteam.games, and others), making things, and a new lil challenge that I set for myself.

Would love if yall checked it out! pizzayeti-makes.kit.com/posts/fall-g...

Fall Got Here Way Too Soon - August & September 2025

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · 18d

Fall is here!

#CipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev

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Unity3D @unity.com · Sep 10

CIPHER ZERO by @zapdot.com challenges you with 300+ logic puzzles, evolving worlds, and a reactive soundtrack.

CODE GIVEAWAY 🎮🗝️ What game pushed your brain the hardest? We’ll drop codes to some of our favorite replies.

Available now! on.unity.com/3K36zS5

#MadeWithUnity #indiegame #gamedev

Save 15% on CIPHER ZERO on Steam

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Sep 9

From smoke tests to playtests, accessibility to empathy, QA for CIPHER ZERO was more than just bug-hunting.

Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.

#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog

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A close up of an office building from CIPHER ZERO's City biome. Three floors are shown, each with their own empty meeting rooms as a couple of trees poke up from the bottom of vision.

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Sep 8

We're honored to be part of the Games Against Living Miserably event on Steam!

From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).

zpdt.co/GALM2025

#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev

Ad for a charity event on a green and yellow gradient background with a video game controller on the right, done in a simple outline:

We're taking part in Games Against Living Miserably
8-15 Sep 2025
Campaign Against Living Miserably X Curve Games

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Sep 8

Community items are now live!

Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!

Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!

Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz

#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Sep 9

From smoke tests to playtests, accessibility to empathy, QA for CIPHER ZERO was more than just bug-hunting.

Join Emma and Rose as they lift the curtain on hundreds of hours of the care behind CIPHER ZERO.

#GameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #DevLog

notes.cipherzerogame.com/posts/06-whe...

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Sep 8

Presented by @curvegames.com and the suicide prevention charity, Campaign Against Living Miserably, 15% of our sales will go to CALM to ensure that their lifesaving work can continue on in the UK.

You can learn more about their work on their site: www.thecalmzone.net

#GLAM2025 #IndieDev

Suicide Prevention Charity

We’re the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM), a suicide prevention charity on a mission to help people end their misery, not their lives.

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Sep 8

We're honored to be part of the Games Against Living Miserably event on Steam!

From Sept 8-15, join us in recognizing the positive impact of gaming on mental health to mark World Suicide Prevention Day (Sept 10).

zpdt.co/GALM2025

#GALM2025 #SolveForX #IndieDev

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Sep 8

Community items are now live!

Collect all 7 trading cards and get yourself unique profile backgrounds, emoticons, and more!

Cards are retroactive! Launch the game and get the ones you've earned!

Save 15% from Sept 8-15! zpdt.co/playcz

#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #CipherZero

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Sep 5

Take that extra minute or five for yourself.

#BeLateForSomethingDay #CipherZero #IndieDev #SolveForX

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Sep 5

We'd love to be added! We launched our debut title CIPHER ZERO this July!

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Jul 22

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play

CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.

zpdt.co/playcz

#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

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Indie Games Developer Magazine @igdmag.com · Sep 5

Our list is up.. If you launched an #IndieGame in 2025 and would like to be added, let us know! We'll be promoting our lists again, very soon. #indiegamedev
go.bsky.app/5xSoQoM

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Jul 22

A minimalist logic game. Can you solve for 𝒙?

❓ Infer the rules of each glyph without hints
🧠 Over 300 handcrafted across evolving lands
🎶 Chill, reactive soundtrack as you play

CIPHER ZERO. Out Now.

zpdt.co/playcz

#PlayCipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · Sep 2

Nonograms with a twist in Cipher Zero!

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Aug 31

Today's a great day for a picnic.

#EatOutsideDay #CipherZero #GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev

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Blaž Urban Gracar (Letibus Design) @letibus.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our word puzzler LOK Digital is now part of a 20% discount “Rule Discovery Games” bundle on Steam together with Strange Jigsaws by @flebpuzzles.bsky.social , Linelith by @cwpat.me and @cipherzerogame.com !

store.steampowered.com/bundle/58431...

Save 12% on Rule Discovery Games on Steam

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Aug 29

We're in the Rules Discovery Games Bundle!

Get 20% off on:
🧩 Strange Jigsaws (@flebpuzzles.bsky.social)
🔳 LOK Digital (@letibus.bsky.social)
🔲 CIPHER ZERO (@cipherzerogame.com)
🪨 Linelith (@cwpat.me)

zpdt.co/RDGBundle202

#GameDev #IndieGameDev #IndieDev

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Aug 25

CIPHER ZERO is thrilled to be part of the Back to School Game Celebration from August 5th - September 1st, on Steam!

Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!

zpdt.co/czbts2025

#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Aug 27

Thanks for checking us out!

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PearDoll ~💚~ @peardoll.bsky.social · Aug 26

Is my brain big enough for this minimalist logic game? 🧠
Thanks to @pressengine.net & @zapdot.com for giving me access to @cipherzerogame.com!

twitch.tv/peardoll
youtube.com/@PearDoll

🍐🎨: #yummeiko

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Aug 25

CIPHER ZERO is thrilled to be part of the Back to School Game Celebration from August 5th - September 1st, on Steam!

Come prep for the school bells with games that teach and help you get through that work!

zpdt.co/czbts2025

#IndieGameDev #IndieDev #SolveForX #BackToSchool

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · Aug 19

Rule discovery requires a bit of trial and error!

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CIPHER ZERO @cipherzerogame.com · Aug 19

Thank you for checking us out as always!

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Thinky Games @thinkygames.com · Aug 19

This abstract logic puzzle game is a lot of fun and has very pretty art!

Discover the logic puzzle rules in an abstract industrial world (CIPHER ZERO)

CIPHER ZERO is certainly a very pretty implementation of abstract logic puzzles! It's really nice to see games like this and Nurikabe World being made, where they don't necessarily try to do something *bigger* than just logic puzzles (like Taiji or The Witness), but they do aim to make them really p

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