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agentepsilon.bsky.social
Puzzle Spy International
@agentepsilon.bsky.social
Puzzle Spy International combines substantial puzzles with fun conversations. Solve wordplay and logic puzzles in this '60s spy adventure.
Releasing ~Q1 2026.
Demo available at http://s.team/a/3406690
and at https://mdashow.itch.io/psi-demo
The Thinky Awards are getting closer! (As is the image on the banner!)
They're tomorrow, Wednesday at 10am PST, and Puzzle Spy International is up for Most Anticipated Game. See you then!

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February 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A reminder that the Thinky Awards, a puzzle game award hosted by @thinkygames.com, is this Wednesday at 10am PST, your time may vary. Puzzle Spy International is up for Most Anticipated Game. We're excited to see all of the nominees and winners!

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February 2, 2026 at 5:09 PM
For #screenshotSaturday, here's another puzzle from Puzzle Spy International. (Partly censored because your security clearance isn't currently high enough to see it all.) But solving this should help you locate the enemy base.

Wishlist and try the demo at s.team/a/3406690

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January 31, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Another time-lapse inking video, this one of the geology museum in Rome, known affectionately as the Museo di Neo Geo. This was all done in Procreate.

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January 30, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Folks seemed to like the environment process details we posted last week so here’s a new look at process: the line art for the Paris exterior scene. This was “inked” in Procreate.

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January 21, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Even though release is still a little ways off, I spent the weekend working on a release trailer for the game. It's fun work as it ties in with my roots as an animator, and it's helpful to have awesome music from Alex Doty to sync it all up with. 😁

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January 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
For #ScreenshotSaturday I thought I'd share a process shot: Here's a '60s apartment in Paris from Puzzle Spy International, from rough thumbnails (and I made many many more than shown here!) through rough sketch, line art, and finished color.

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January 17, 2026 at 10:20 PM
For #screenshotSaturday one of my favorite puzzles with a recently-refreshed UI. I love all of the baggage tags in this one, which fits with the "international" theme of the game and the three big letters on them lent themselves to a fun word puzzle and a lot of airline puns.

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January 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Here's the end of our credits roll on Puzzle Spy International. Every single thing you see in the game, I created all myself. (Or we wrote together, or designed, etcetera. The music was all made by a guy who lives down the street.)
January 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
For #screenshotSaturday, a scene of Agent Epsilon confronting shady diamond-cutter Jasper Van Cleeve. It's been great having the time off of both work and school, and we've used that to make a TON of progress on Puzzle Spy International this week. 😁💪

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January 3, 2026 at 3:45 PM
VN devs, share your works! QRP with 4 screens from your game and a link✨

Puzzle Spy International is a hybrid VN/puzzle game: It's a 1960s spy adventure where you travel the world, chat/flirt with contacts and solve substantial thinky puzzles.

Demo on steam - s.team/a/3406690 - and also on Itch.
December 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
I've spent the last month updating the UI and hint systems in Puzzle Spy International. We now have a Hints button on all puzzles and a "Check Answers" button on most. I also tidied up the navigation UI on puzzle screens, clearing out unneeded buttons.

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December 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
WOW! Puzzle Spy International has been nominated for a Thinky Award for Most Anticipated Game! I'm beyond stunned... Thank you so much @thinkygames.com for the honor! 😊

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December 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hi #TeaseYaGame!

Puzzle Spy international is a retro spy adventure where you solve thinky puzzles and chat with (or chat up!) contacts around the world. It's got wordplay puzzles, logical deduction and rules discovery.

Demo available at s.team/a/3406690
and at mdashow.itch.io/psi-demo

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December 16, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We've overhauled our puzzle sections' UI: We added a Check Answer toggle in the lower left to show you if you're on the right track (we had this before but once enabled, many wanted a way to turn it OFF!) and we simplified the nav UI to remove what you don't need for the puzzle.

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December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
For those of you who are local, we'll be doing our last live playtest of the year at The MADE in Oakland tomorrow night (Friday Dec 5.) We're testing our latest puzzle (the last new one in the game!) and some older ones. $15 gets you access to a ton of new indie games!

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December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Someone noted that the partial screenshot of Puzzle Spy International in the recent Kotaku article made it look like Agent Epsilon was being covered by censor bars, so here's the full-screen image for #ScreenshotSaturday

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November 29, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Well well well, look who happens to be on the front page of Kotaku right now! Big thanks to @botherer.bsky.social for including PSI on the list of interesting-looking upcoming indie games! ❤️🕵️‍♀️

kotaku.com/indie-games-...
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
As of this morning, PSI is Puzzle Complete: Every puzzle is fully coded, in-game with final art, and has all working hints. There's still PLENTY to do, including puzzle testing (especially for the one we just finished) & story and art, but this is a big milestone! 🎉

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November 18, 2025 at 5:24 PM
While some players steadfastly refuse to use the hints, something many have asked for is a way to check answers... and to be able to TURN OFF that check once it's shown! I just finally got this bottom left toggleable button all coded up and working this morning! 🎉🕵️‍♀️

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November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Doing playtesting at The MADE in Oakland CA. Here fellow indie devs @exodrifter.bsky.social and @filthyhouseplant.bsky.social (check out their games too!) are trying out the newest puzzle.

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November 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Hi, #PitchYaGame!

Puzzle Spy International is a '60s spy adventure where you travel the world, chat with (& flirt with!) contacts, and solve substantial thinky puzzles involving wordplay, logic & rules discovery.

A standalone demo is on Steam at s.team/a/3406690 and on itch.io.

#puzzleGame #VN
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We ran out of postcards so I designed us another one (the red & green one.) It's very cool to have a physical thing you can hold in your hand for your digital game! We find all sorts of occasions to hand these out: Cons, playtesting nights, and local puzzle events.

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October 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
For #screenshotSaturday, a look at our logic puzzle where you have to locate a contact among these patrons of a northern African cafe. Some of the text has been swapped with fake Latin so it's not solvable but should give you an idea of what the puzzle is like.

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October 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
What could this new game location be? A secret base, of course! This is what the whole game is building to! I talk more about it in my new blog post on Steam:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/340...

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October 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM