Jagriff - Gentoo Rescue dev
@jagriff.bsky.social
Solo dev of open-world penguin puzzler Gentoo Rescue (steampowered.com/app/2830480/)
Other interests: 1v1 AFPS, RTS, platform fighters, cs+math (PhD), ergo keyboards, PC hardware, baseball, piano, Esperanto, and cats
https://www.twitch.tv/jagriff
Other interests: 1v1 AFPS, RTS, platform fighters, cs+math (PhD), ergo keyboards, PC hardware, baseball, piano, Esperanto, and cats
https://www.twitch.tv/jagriff
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Hello #PitchYaGame!
Discover mysteries, solve puzzles, and then solve meta puzzles in GENTOO RESCUE 🐧
🧩 Explore an open-world of nested puzzles
🔨 Break the rules with item interactions
♾️ Use infinity and recursion to save the penguins
store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
#indiegames
Discover mysteries, solve puzzles, and then solve meta puzzles in GENTOO RESCUE 🐧
🧩 Explore an open-world of nested puzzles
🔨 Break the rules with item interactions
♾️ Use infinity and recursion to save the penguins
store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
#indiegames
Maybe the puzzle editor was a mistake?
Here's a Gentoo Rescue puzzle by player Adthor that takes 776,363,187,600 moves to win. Their full explanation is in the alt text.
Here's a Gentoo Rescue puzzle by player Adthor that takes 776,363,187,600 moves to win. Their full explanation is in the alt text.
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Maybe the puzzle editor was a mistake?
Here's a Gentoo Rescue puzzle by player Adthor that takes 776,363,187,600 moves to win. Their full explanation is in the alt text.
Here's a Gentoo Rescue puzzle by player Adthor that takes 776,363,187,600 moves to win. Their full explanation is in the alt text.
Reposted by Jagriff - Gentoo Rescue dev
In just one week, this puzzle-packed advent calendar will be back for a 5th year!
The Confounding Calendar returns this December: a new tiny puzzle game surprise each day of the month, taking submissions now · Thinky Games
The most puzzle-packed Calendar around is back for a 5th year running: The Confounding Calendar is a big community event that takes place every November-December and involves everyone getting together to make bite-sized, single-level puzzle treats that are then slowly released over the course of a month.
thinkygames.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
In just one week, this puzzle-packed advent calendar will be back for a 5th year!
I actually have time for normal length stream today. Devil Daggers, Gentoo Rescue, maybe some competitive games.
www.twitch.tv/jagriff
www.twitch.tv/jagriff
Jagriff - Twitch
Game dev, competitive 1v1 game (AFPS, RTS, platform fighters), cs+math (PhD), ergo keyboards, PC hardware, baseball, piano, Esperanto, and cats
www.twitch.tv
November 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I actually have time for normal length stream today. Devil Daggers, Gentoo Rescue, maybe some competitive games.
www.twitch.tv/jagriff
www.twitch.tv/jagriff
Part 8 🐧Aliensrock found recursion and played one of my favorites, Deeper.
I'm also pleased to see custom thumbnails being created in the puzzle editor!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Tp...
#YouTube #puzzlegame
I'm also pleased to see custom thumbnails being created in the puzzle editor!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Tp...
#YouTube #puzzlegame
R E C U R S I O N
YouTube video by Aliensrock
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Part 8 🐧Aliensrock found recursion and played one of my favorites, Deeper.
I'm also pleased to see custom thumbnails being created in the puzzle editor!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Tp...
#YouTube #puzzlegame
I'm also pleased to see custom thumbnails being created in the puzzle editor!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=37Tp...
#YouTube #puzzlegame
November 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
November 22, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I'm hearing that the Reflex Arena developer is back working on the game for the first time in 7 years. They're rebuilding matchmaking and going F2P soon!
Maybe I'll have to start playing this during my usual Diabotical sessions.
store.steampowered.com/app/328070/R...
Maybe I'll have to start playing this during my usual Diabotical sessions.
store.steampowered.com/app/328070/R...
Reflex Arena on Steam
Reflex is a competitive Arena FPS that combines modern tech with the speed, precision and freedom of a 90s shooter. If you sunk countless hours into the Quake or Unreal series, Reflex will feel like a...
store.steampowered.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I'm hearing that the Reflex Arena developer is back working on the game for the first time in 7 years. They're rebuilding matchmaking and going F2P soon!
Maybe I'll have to start playing this during my usual Diabotical sessions.
store.steampowered.com/app/328070/R...
Maybe I'll have to start playing this during my usual Diabotical sessions.
store.steampowered.com/app/328070/R...
Reposted by Jagriff - Gentoo Rescue dev
i know its common knowledge but I always get surprised that some awards are pay-to-enter (DICE awards)
$1000 entry fees, $250 if you're indie
$1000 entry fees, $250 if you're indie
November 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
i know its common knowledge but I always get surprised that some awards are pay-to-enter (DICE awards)
$1000 entry fees, $250 if you're indie
$1000 entry fees, $250 if you're indie
Part 7 is out! 🐧 Please like, comment, and share
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDpR...
#puzzlegame #indiegamedev #YouTube #content
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDpR...
#puzzlegame #indiegamedev #YouTube #content
My Brain Has Leveled Up
YouTube video by Aliensrock
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Part 7 is out! 🐧 Please like, comment, and share
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDpR...
#puzzlegame #indiegamedev #YouTube #content
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDpR...
#puzzlegame #indiegamedev #YouTube #content
If I had a nickel for every sliding puzzle metroidvania released in 2025...
Beautiful Sliders,
Sliding Hero is now officially available!
Slide out of a Carnival Mystery, and help Luca unmask his destiny in this odd mix of ice movement and #metroidvania exploration!
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #indiegames #pixelart #ドット絵 #倉庫番 #sokoban
Sliding Hero is now officially available!
Slide out of a Carnival Mystery, and help Luca unmask his destiny in this odd mix of ice movement and #metroidvania exploration!
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #indiegames #pixelart #ドット絵 #倉庫番 #sokoban
Save 10% on Sliding Hero on Steam
Sliding Hero is a top-down puzzle Metroidvania where movement is key—think carefully, as once you start sliding you won’t stop until you hit something! Imprisoned in a sinister 1700s Venetian villa, e...
store.steampowered.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If I had a nickel for every sliding puzzle metroidvania released in 2025...
#FeedbackWanted
Now that my game is getting a lot of attention, I'm wanting to add some more visual polish and improve the marketing materials. Any ideas? I have a few of my own (replies), but skeptical of my capabilities to pull them off.
store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
#indiegamedev
Now that my game is getting a lot of attention, I'm wanting to add some more visual polish and improve the marketing materials. Any ideas? I have a few of my own (replies), but skeptical of my capabilities to pull them off.
store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
#indiegamedev
Gentoo Rescue on Steam
A puzzler about sliding penguins and walruses. Pick up items to push, pull, bounce, swap, stop, steal, or explode. Uncover surprising twists hidden in a world of puzzles inside puzzles inside puzzles.
store.steampowered.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
#FeedbackWanted
Now that my game is getting a lot of attention, I'm wanting to add some more visual polish and improve the marketing materials. Any ideas? I have a few of my own (replies), but skeptical of my capabilities to pull them off.
store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
#indiegamedev
Now that my game is getting a lot of attention, I'm wanting to add some more visual polish and improve the marketing materials. Any ideas? I have a few of my own (replies), but skeptical of my capabilities to pull them off.
store.steampowered.com/app/2830480/...
#indiegamedev
Reposted by Jagriff - Gentoo Rescue dev
Yep, I actually did this.
Joe played all 4000 games on CrazyGames in search of thinky gems!
I played all 4000 games on CrazyGames, here are the thinkiest · Thinky Games
We’ve partnered with CrazyGames to introduce Thinky Games to those nerdy kids who love puzzles and problem solving as much as we do.
thinkygames.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Yep, I actually did this.
Reposted by Jagriff - Gentoo Rescue dev
Folks have been enjoying the more difficult levels in Puzzle Depot's endgame! Are you up to the challenge?
A true Puzzle Sicko might even find all the secrets...
📦❓📦
Puzzle Depot is still 10% off for launch!
store.steampowered.com/app/3108190/...
#puzzlegame #sokoban #indiegame #indiedev
A true Puzzle Sicko might even find all the secrets...
📦❓📦
Puzzle Depot is still 10% off for launch!
store.steampowered.com/app/3108190/...
#puzzlegame #sokoban #indiegame #indiedev
November 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Folks have been enjoying the more difficult levels in Puzzle Depot's endgame! Are you up to the challenge?
A true Puzzle Sicko might even find all the secrets...
📦❓📦
Puzzle Depot is still 10% off for launch!
store.steampowered.com/app/3108190/...
#puzzlegame #sokoban #indiegame #indiedev
A true Puzzle Sicko might even find all the secrets...
📦❓📦
Puzzle Depot is still 10% off for launch!
store.steampowered.com/app/3108190/...
#puzzlegame #sokoban #indiegame #indiedev
fydaTECH - Twitch
Gentoo Rescue | Gentoosday! Finally back to penguins & yap! | session 22
www.twitch.tv
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Reposted by Jagriff - Gentoo Rescue dev
Sokobos 2 and all my other games are currently on sale as part of the Czech & Slovak Games Week on Steam!
Check them out here and save up to 85%! 👇
store.steampowered.com/curator/4228...
Check them out here and save up to 85%! 👇
store.steampowered.com/curator/4228...
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Sokobos 2 and all my other games are currently on sale as part of the Czech & Slovak Games Week on Steam!
Check them out here and save up to 85%! 👇
store.steampowered.com/curator/4228...
Check them out here and save up to 85%! 👇
store.steampowered.com/curator/4228...
Reposted by Jagriff - Gentoo Rescue dev
40 games were submitted to the ThinkyCon jam! There's word games, sokobans, rule-discovery games, and a bunch more which you can find here!
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
40 games were submitted to the ThinkyCon jam! There's word games, sokobans, rule-discovery games, and a bunch more which you can find here!
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
itch.io/jam/thinkyco...
Part 6 is out! Aliensrock found one of the big mechanic reveals 🐧 Please like, comment, and share
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pm4...
#puzzlegame
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pm4...
#puzzlegame
You Could Do This The ENTIRE TIME?!
YouTube video by Aliensrock
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Part 6 is out! Aliensrock found one of the big mechanic reveals 🐧 Please like, comment, and share
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pm4...
#puzzlegame
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pm4...
#puzzlegame
Live now: www.twitch.tv/jagriff
Dueling Julbars in Diabotical and then usual stuff (Devil Daggers, Gentoo Rescue, Rivals of Aether 2, etc..)
Dueling Julbars in Diabotical and then usual stuff (Devil Daggers, Gentoo Rescue, Rivals of Aether 2, etc..)
Jagriff - Twitch
new !video - !aliensrock !gr !talk !bundles
www.twitch.tv
November 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Live now: www.twitch.tv/jagriff
Dueling Julbars in Diabotical and then usual stuff (Devil Daggers, Gentoo Rescue, Rivals of Aether 2, etc..)
Dueling Julbars in Diabotical and then usual stuff (Devil Daggers, Gentoo Rescue, Rivals of Aether 2, etc..)
I just released episode 2 of my series on puzzle design! It's about designing while keeping in mind the "wrong ideas" that players will come up with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=npi7...
Yes, episode 1 was 10 months ago. I've been busy!
#puzzlegame #gamedesign #indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=npi7...
Yes, episode 1 was 10 months ago. I've been busy!
#puzzlegame #gamedesign #indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday
Puzzle Design - Episode 2 - Wrong ideas
YouTube video by Jagriff
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I just released episode 2 of my series on puzzle design! It's about designing while keeping in mind the "wrong ideas" that players will come up with.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=npi7...
Yes, episode 1 was 10 months ago. I've been busy!
#puzzlegame #gamedesign #indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday
www.youtube.com/watch?v=npi7...
Yes, episode 1 was 10 months ago. I've been busy!
#puzzlegame #gamedesign #indiegamedev #screenshotsaturday
Jagriff - Twitch
DD, Duels, and GR - !aliensrock !gr !bundles
www.twitch.tv
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
(meme spoilers, I guess?)
The new Kappa emote on Twitch is making it really hard for me to troll Gentoo Rescue players.
#twitch #kappa #loss #puzzlegame
The new Kappa emote on Twitch is making it really hard for me to troll Gentoo Rescue players.
#twitch #kappa #loss #puzzlegame
November 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
(meme spoilers, I guess?)
The new Kappa emote on Twitch is making it really hard for me to troll Gentoo Rescue players.
#twitch #kappa #loss #puzzlegame
The new Kappa emote on Twitch is making it really hard for me to troll Gentoo Rescue players.
#twitch #kappa #loss #puzzlegame
Reposted by Jagriff - Gentoo Rescue dev
Another game featured at ThinkyCon that’s also on sale for Animal Fest right now is Gentoo Rescue. It’s a mind-bending sokoban with penguins and walruses!
@jagriff.bsky.social
thinkygames.com/game...
8/14
@jagriff.bsky.social
thinkygames.com/game...
8/14
Gentoo Rescue · Thinky Games
It's sokoban on ice! Load your penguin with rule-breaking items and slide your way home.
thinkygames.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Another game featured at ThinkyCon that’s also on sale for Animal Fest right now is Gentoo Rescue. It’s a mind-bending sokoban with penguins and walruses!
@jagriff.bsky.social
thinkygames.com/game...
8/14
@jagriff.bsky.social
thinkygames.com/game...
8/14
Aliensrock's 5th video is out! (Spoiler warning at the very beginning)
Also, it looks like we'll be getting 2 videos per weekend now. That's double the penguins! 🐧🐧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTT-...
#puzzlegame #content
Also, it looks like we'll be getting 2 videos per weekend now. That's double the penguins! 🐧🐧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTT-...
#puzzlegame #content
The Previous End Was Fake. This Game Goes Even Deeper!
YouTube video by Aliensrock
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Aliensrock's 5th video is out! (Spoiler warning at the very beginning)
Also, it looks like we'll be getting 2 videos per weekend now. That's double the penguins! 🐧🐧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTT-...
#puzzlegame #content
Also, it looks like we'll be getting 2 videos per weekend now. That's double the penguins! 🐧🐧
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTT-...
#puzzlegame #content