Alan / Draknek & Friends

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Making thinky puzzle games like
A Monster's Expedition
Bonfire Peaks
Cosmic Express
A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build
Sokobond
PronounsHe/him
Emailalan@draknek.org
Personal websitehttps://alan.draknek.org
Draknek & Friendshttps://www.draknek.org
Alan / Draknek & FriendsJun 20
Here's the June edition of Thinky Third Thursday, the monthly roundup of thinky puzzle games that have caught our eye:
https://thinkythirdthursday.com/june-2025
Thinky Third Thursday - June 2025

Monthly game recommendations from the puzzle experts at Draknek & Friends

Show threadAlan / Draknek & FriendsJun 19
Check out a snippet of our conversation and listen to the full episode wherever you get podcasts!
Alan / Draknek & FriendsJun 19
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 30 featuring Dana Trebella is out now! Topics include best practices for how and when to message your game, common marketing pitfalls, and stories of working with the Draknek team.
pod.link/1777156468
Alan / Draknek & FriendsJun 12

Podcast note: after 7 months of weekly episodes, we're finally having to slow down and switch to releasing new episodes every other week. That means no podcast today, I'm afraid.

If you haven't listened yet, there's plenty of great interviews to catch up on: https://draknek.org/podcast

Draknek & Friends Official Podcast

Join Alan and Syrenne from Draknek & Friends as they talk to developers of some of their favorite puzzle games, shedding light onto how games get made and the people behind them!

Alan / Draknek & FriendsJun 10
vJun 9
enjoyed this on the work needed to make the AI work (for coding)
https://ferd.ca/the-gap-through-which-we-praise-the-machine.html
The Gap Through Which We Praise the Machine

My current theory of agentic programming: people are amazing at adapting the tools they're given and totally underestimate the extent to which they do it, and the amount of skill we build doing that is an incidental consequence of how badly the tools are designed.

Alan / Draknek & FriendsJun 9
Thinky GamesJun 9
Looking for your next thinky game? Take a look at this big list of demos from the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase!
https://thinkygames.com/features/we-played-all-of-the-84-cerebral-puzzle-showcase-demos-yes-really/
We played all of the 84 Cerebral Puzzle Showcase demos (yes, really) · Thinky Games

Looking for your next thinky game? Here's a big list of demos from the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase you should play!

Thinky Games
Alan / Draknek & FriendsJun 8
Here's a new trailer for Spooky Express, just aired on the PC Gaming Show!
Featuring Priscilla's fantastic theme song and a peek at a new monster type making their home in the theme park.
Play the demo on Steam and wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/Spooky_Express/
Show threadAlan / Draknek & FriendsJun 5
Check out a snippet of our conversation and listen to the full episode wherever you get podcasts!
Alan / Draknek & FriendsJun 5
Draknek & Friends Official Podcast Episode 29 featuring Lucie Viatgé is out now! Topics include the development of Spooky Express, her time at KO-OP, and her relationship with puzzle games.
pod.link/1777156468
Alan / Draknek & FriendsJun 5

With Spooky Express creeping ever closer to release, we've updated the Draknek & Friends merch store!

Sink your fangs into some official Spooky Express merch 🧛
Check it out here:

https://merch.draknek.org/en-gbp/collections/spooky-express