Noble Steed Games

A photo of rows of people listening to WIP Night talks. The image has WIP Night's border design of purple curtains, and the event Logotype: Noble Steed Games WIP Night. In the footer are the logos of Screen NSW, ACE and Noble Steed Games.

Did you hear? The next WIP Night is here! ✨

This time we've got a total of 13 games showcasing and 5 microtalks, all from Sydney devs! Drop by to listen, play test and have some free nibbles!

⏰ 20th March, 5:30PM-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta

RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-8-...

A photo of rows of people listening to WIP Night talks. The image has WIP Night's border design of purple curtains, and the event Logotype: Noble Steed Games WIP Night. In the footer are the logos of Screen NSW, ACE and Noble Steed Games.

Did you hear? The next WIP Night is here! ✨

This time we've got a total of 13 games showcasing and 5 microtalks, all from Sydney devs! Drop by to listen, play test and have some free nibbles!

⏰ 20th March, 5:30PM-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta

RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-8-...

Who's that horse...? 🐎 Oh, it's WIP Night!
Happening on the 20th of March, we'll be sharing microtalks by Sydney devs and a variety of upcoming games for playtesting over at ACE Parramatta!

RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-8-...

Cheeky first look at @buruthegame.bsky.social

I'll be yapping (what's new), and some of the team will be there too. 🥰

Hell yeah!
Norman Jones's Visual Novel by @jhoo99.bsky.social and our friend Ayesha will be showcased at this event in #sydney! Yippie! There they are on the front page! #indiedev #australia #game #event

Who's that horse...? 🐎 Oh, it's WIP Night!
Happening on the 20th of March, we'll be sharing microtalks by Sydney devs and a variety of upcoming games for playtesting over at ACE Parramatta!

RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-8-...

🪱A new update just wormed in for Word Worm!🪱

We've added a whole new expansion pack, alongside more trivia and more wormy goodness (Even more worm animations!)

🪱 Try it out here: linktr.ee/WordWorm

Thanks for giving it a go! Have a good rest of day! 🪱

Okay this is just a cute little brainy game to wake up your morning with I am loving it so far

One of our new puzzles in the expansion pack was made by @managore.bsky.social , one of the coolest indie developers we know.

Enjoy! 🪱

🪱A new update just wormed in for Word Worm!🪱

We've added a whole new expansion pack, alongside more trivia and more wormy goodness (Even more worm animations!)

🪱 Try it out here: linktr.ee/WordWorm

Monocular Odyssey on Steam A block-pushing puzzle adventure where perspective is truth. Push blocks and view the worlds from new perspectives to find your way in this small adventure through 4 unique islands.

Monocular Odyssey steam page is live! If you like what you see add it to your wishlist
store.steampowered.com/app/4059990/...

Thinky Direct 2026 - Open Submissions Last year at Thinky Games, we ran our very first Thinky Direct, sharing some amazing new trailers, reveals, and announcements with puzzle fans around the world. It was such a joy to organise that we're bringing it back for 2026! The Thinky Direct is a 30-60 minute digital livestream event, all about showcasing amazing upcoming thinky games - games that are generally about solving puzzles and careful reasoning, rather than fast reflexes or dexterity. We loves games that make you scratch your head, ponder interesting problems, and declare "aha!" when you discover the answer. We expect Thinky Direct 2026 to happen towards the end of May. This year, we're opening up submissions publicly so that we don't miss any great upcoming games. In particular, we're looking to feature exclusive trailers, content updates, big reveals, and exciting announcements! Please note that all content must be exclusive to this event. Previously released trailers or videos will not be accepted for inclusion in the showcase. We partner up with the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, a Steam sale organized by Draknek & Friends, to reach gamers on the Steam platform. If your game is accepted to the Thinky Direct and is eligible for the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase, it will be included in both. If you think your game would be perfect for showcasing in Thinky Direct 2026, please let us know about it! Of course, to keep the event focused, spaces are extremely limited, so we're unfortunately not able to accept every game that is submitted to us. We are nonetheless incredibly grateful for any submissions we do receive, so thank you for taking the time, and I hope we can support your game in other ways if not through the Thinky Direct. The deadline for submissions is 23:59 UTC on February 28, 2026. We will respond by March 14, 2026. The event will happen around the end of May, 2026 - specific date TBD.

Dear all thinky game devs: we're running another Thinky Direct this year, and this time with open submissions!

Thinky Direct showcases exclusive trailers, announcements, and reveals for upcoming thinky games!

➡️ Submit your game by Feb 28:

A graphic featuring the call for submissions for Noble Steed Games' WIP Night. On it are the event details: Call for submissions! Share your work-in-progress games at WIP Night! Deadline to apply: 12th Feb. The actual event will be on the 13th March, Friday, 5:30-8:30PM. The graphic includes a half rendered drawing of a kangaroo, appearing very sketchy. At the footer are the NSW government, Screen NSW and Noble Steed Games logos.

We're looking for games and speakers to be a part of our 8th edition of WIP Night! 🥳

If you're interested, please fill out the following form. More details available there too!

✨https://forms.gle/obvPtcR5HPBYg7fa9

Deadline is 12th Feb, sooner the better!

A graphic featuring the call for submissions for Noble Steed Games' WIP Night. On it are the event details: Call for submissions! Share your work-in-progress games at WIP Night! Deadline to apply: 12th Feb. The actual event will be on the 13th March, Friday, 5:30-8:30PM. The graphic includes a half rendered drawing of a kangaroo, appearing very sketchy. At the footer are the NSW government, Screen NSW and Noble Steed Games logos.

We're looking for games and speakers to be a part of our 8th edition of WIP Night! 🥳

If you're interested, please fill out the following form. More details available there too!

✨https://forms.gle/obvPtcR5HPBYg7fa9

Deadline is 12th Feb, sooner the better!

A screenshot of the Thinky Games Awards Nominee website, showing the best pen and paper puzzle nominees. The nominees are 0Player, Letter Coins, Sudokuvania: Digits of Despair, Tunnels and Workworkwork.

Letter Coins got nominated for the 3rd Annual Thinky Games Awards for Best Pen and Paper Puzzle! 💜🥳🙌

You can check out Letter Coins and the rest of the incredible nominees here: thinkygames.com/events/awards/

Cameron Haydeman giving his talk about Nonolith's Level Design. The photo is taken from the audience's perspective, with Cameron in the back, behind the podium. To his right is a slide show featuring Nonolith's key art and his talk's title.

A photo of the crowd during WIP Night.

A photo of someone playing Pat Naoum's Dragon Valley Game on a large tv screen. The photo is taken from the player's back, and the game's screenshot shows a wooden house/hut being built in-game.

A photo of three people playing Odd Jobs: On The Lot by One Up Plus. They are all facing a monitor, featuring a segment of the game.

Thank you everyone for coming to our 7th WIP Night last Friday! 🐎💜 It was a lovely way to end the year, with 10 different indie games being made in Sydney!

We hope we'll be able to organise more events in 2026!

Check out our summary blog for more pics: noblesteedgames.com/blog/wip-nig...

Have you taken a moment to check out the official Frosty Mini Steam event? It's stacked with the coolest games made in ANZ 🍦🧡

store.steampowered.com/curator/4542...

The 3rd annual Thinky Awards · Thinky Games We're celebrating the very best thinky games of 2025 in the latest Thinky Awards.

Lettercoins was nominated for the Thinky Awards, in the category of Best Pen & Paper Puzzle. Surreal! I don't think we'll win (we're up against some really tough competition) but it is nice to make something that people enjoy enough to nominate for an award like this!
thinkygames.com/events/awards/

Worm games from Australia ftw 🪱🪱🪱

store.steampowered.com/app/3923280/...

Such an incredible list of games, as usual! 💜 This particular line brought a smile, because our worm game Word Worm is one of three! 😂

On steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3923280/...

A cartoon illustration of Australian native animals designed in an anthropomorphised way, a Koala, a platypus holding a trophy and a quokka stand in front of a media wall with SIFTER and Pixel Sift logos at an awards ceremony. The platypus has just won an award for their game. Text overlayed says "The Definitive List of every Australian made video game released in 2025. Feature on sifter.com.au. "

2025 The definitive list of Australian made video games. 🎮 We've recorded games all year for our seventh annual collection of local titles, across PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and more!
FEATURE by @gdig.bsky.social + @juiceboxcat.bsky.social

www.sifter.com.au/post/2025-th... #videogames

One sleep left till WIP Night! 🥳 Drop by for microtalks, Sydney-made video games, and free food + drinks! Maybe chit chat about the Game Awards too, if you'd like 👀Else, nominate your favourite WIP creature?

🗓️12th Dec, Friday. 5:30-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta

RSVP: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-7-...

A purplish pink graphic showcasing the WIP Night details. There's 4 images of the 3 games' key art: Brave Cart, Good Hands, Word Worm and Odd Jobs on The Lot. Beneath them is a drawing of a horse, kangaroo, cockatoo and ibis, all in states of being half rendered realistically, alongside goofy "poorly drawn" features. In the middle are WIP Nights' details: Noble Steed Games, WIP Night!, 12th December, Friday, 5:30pm-8:30pm, ACE Parramatta. At the bottom are sponsor details: Screen NSW, ACE and Noble Steed Games' logos.

More games at WIP Night! Drop by for 3 microtalks, and 10 games on showcase for the night! We've got free food, drinks and a food truck too!

🗓️12th Dec, Friday. 5:30-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta

RSVP Here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-7-...

Lastly, we have Good Hands by Neema Iyer, a cosy, meditative puzzle game about tending a neglected garden back to life. Through gentle acts of tidying, sorting, and arranging, players uncover intergenerational memories and lessons of care.

Word Worm on Steam A cross between a word search puzzle and trivia game, alongside your little worm buddy.

Word Worm by... us! Is a cross between a word search puzzle and trivia game, alongside your little worm buddy.

store.steampowered.com/app/3923280/...

Odd Jobs: On The Lot on Steam A physics-powered, 1-4 player co-op set in a vibrant Australian carpark. Teammates race to complete a rotating roster of odd jobs avoiding hazards and losing wages. Manage chaos collecting stray troll...

Odd Jobs on the Lot by One Up Plus is a physics-powered, 1-4 player co-op set in a vibrant Australian carpark. Teammates race to complete a rotating roster of odd jobs avoiding hazards and losing wages.

store.steampowered.com/app/3826040/...

BraveCart on Steam A narrative turn-based puzzle adventure about an abandoned shopping cart who defies two empires and sparks a revolution!

BraveCart by @hojostudio.bsky.social is a narrative turn-based puzzle adventure about an abandoned shopping cart who defies two empires and sparks a revolution!

store.steampowered.com/app/3750760/...

A purplish pink graphic showcasing the WIP Night details. There's 4 images of the 3 games' key art: Brave Cart, Good Hands, Word Worm and Odd Jobs on The Lot. Beneath them is a drawing of a horse, kangaroo, cockatoo and ibis, all in states of being half rendered realistically, alongside goofy "poorly drawn" features. In the middle are WIP Nights' details: Noble Steed Games, WIP Night!, 12th December, Friday, 5:30pm-8:30pm, ACE Parramatta. At the bottom are sponsor details: Screen NSW, ACE and Noble Steed Games' logos.

More games at WIP Night! Drop by for 3 microtalks, and 10 games on showcase for the night! We've got free food, drinks and a food truck too!

🗓️12th Dec, Friday. 5:30-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta

RSVP Here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-7-...

A purplish pink graphic showcasing the WIP Night details. There's 3 images of the 3 games' key art: Anticitizen Red, Your Holy & Virtuous Heretic and Insignia. Beneath them is a drawing of a horse, kangaroo, cockatoo and ibis, all in states of being half rendered realistically, alongside goofy "poorly drawn" features. In the middle are WIP Nights' details: Noble Steed Games, WIP Night!, 12th December, Friday, 5:30pm-8:30pm, ACE Parramatta. At the bottom are sponsor details: Screen NSW, ACE and Noble Steed Games' logos.

Introducing... even more upcoming games that will be showcasing at WIP Night! We'll have microtalks, 10 Sydney-made games for playtesting, and free food and drinks!

🗓️12th Dec, Friday. 5:30-8:30PM
📌ACE Parramatta

RSVP here: events.humanitix.com/wip-night-7-...