Hey there!

If you enjoyed playing Cosmic Express, we think you'll love what we've been working on lately. Combining creative thinky puzzles, intuitive mechanics, and an elegant hand-drawn art style... We're pleased to announce the new game we're publishing this year is LOK Digital.

Based on the critically acclaimed puzzle book LOK by Bla Urban Gracar, in LOK Digital you'll learn world-changing words, master their mind-bending effects, and help the Lok creatures thrive in this charming puzzle adventure.


Are you excited to meet the LOK creatures and learn their cryptic language?

Discover magical words, and learn their rules as you go as each of these words has their own special ability to change the world around you. As the game evolves and ramps up the challenge delight in surprises as the shifting puzzles and introducing new words and unexpected ways they work together to elevate the gameplay.

Intuitive mechanics and many special words to find and learn
Elegant, hand-drawn art style and meditative, entrancing soundtrack
Learn deep, surprising, and unexpected mechanics that simultaneously challenge and delight
Based on the critically acclaimed puzzle book, LOK

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2207440/LOK_Digital/

If you'd like to support the new game, please consider adding it to your wishlist.

Thanks,
Draknek & Friends

We are thrilled to share that Sokobond Express, a beautifully minimalist puzzle game that combines chemical bonds and puzzling pathfinding in novel ways, is out on Steam now. Please enjoy and leave a Steam review!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/Sokobond_Express/

Sokobond Express is developed by Jos Hernndez, a first time commercial developer living in Venezuela. After several years of hard work and refining the game until it felt just right, Hernndez is excited for players to finally be able to play it.

Working on Sokobond Express for the last three years has been a real joy. I think the hardest thing to pull off in the game was the pacing - making levels get progressively harder while remaining engaging took a really long time. We spent a lot of time redesigning early-game levels to make them the perfect difficulty. We're really proud of how things ended up, so please check it out!- Jos Hernndez

If youre a fan of other Draknek games, we know Sokobond Express will be right up your alley.
It combines the pathfinding of Cosmic Express with the deep but elegant atom building from Sokobond - paying homage to its predecessors while also being an elegant and entrancing game of its own.

Finally, the game is Steam Deck verified. Whether you're playing on Windows, macOS, Linux, or the Steam Deck, the game should provide a native and excellent play experience.

We cant wait for you to play this puzzle masterpiece.

Thanks,
Draknek & Friends

Today is the sixth anniversary of Cosmic Express. Time flies while you're solving puzzles! Thank you to everyone who has played this game over that time.

Thoughtfully, Steam has organised the Spring Sale to celebrate our little anniversary, so you can get the game for 75% off or even send it as a gift for a friend:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/583270/Cosmic_Express/

2023 is also the tenth anniversary of Draknek & Friends, and the tenth anniversary of our very first game, Sokobond. We're hard at work on the cross-over sequel of these two games, Sokobond Express, which you can wishlist now.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701330/Sokobond_Express/

Thanks so much for your support!

Alan

Today, in partnership with director Corey Martin, Draknek & Friends is thrilled to announce that Bonfire Peaks is now available, with a 10% launch discount for the first week.

After three years in development the full game is a wonderful experience with over 200 puzzles. If you've played any Draknek game before we know you'll love this as well. Bonfire Peaks is our first foray into game publishing and we couldn't be happier with the result - expect a master class in puzzle design brought to life through beautiful voxel artwork and an atmospheric soundtrack.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147890/Bonfire_Peaks/

Some early reviews:

• "Bonfire Peaks is a gorgeous experience, with a multitude of puzzles that will challenge even the most hardened genre aficionado." - Finger Guns, 9/10
  
• "A deeply thoughtful, eminently accessible and cleverly crafted bite-sized puzzler, Bonfire Peaks has more subtle emotion, charm and smile-cracking ingenuity than most of the games that have released this year." - PSU, 9.5/10
  
• "Its a mostly sublime experience that is somehow equally demanding and relaxing, and uncovering all of its secrets offers an opportunity to flex your brain to the max." - Retroware, 9/10
  
• EDGE, 9/10
  

Hello puzzle game fans!

Were excited to announce that Bonfire Peaks, our first publishing venture with developer Corey Martin, will launch later this year in Q3 2021 on PC, Mac, and Linux on Steam. This game lines up perfectly with our portfolio of games like A Monsters Expedition, and if youve liked our past games, were confident youll love this one too.

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If youre excited for the game like us and want to get a notification as soon as the game releases, be sure to wishlist the game:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147890/Bonfire_Peaks/

Move onwards, move upwards, and leave nothing behind: in Bonfire Peaks, players must climb to the top of a mysterious island ruin, burning everything they own along the way. Featuring hours of masterfully designed puzzle content, a breathtakingly lovely voxel overworld, and not a single second of filler content.

2021 is shaping up to be Draknek & Friends biggest year ever, and we cant wait to share all that we have in store for you.

A Monster's Expedition (Through Puzzling Exhibitions), the new game from Draknek & Friends, is now available on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1052990/A_Monsters_Expedition/



I know everyone says this, but I think we've made something really something special that almost everyone will enjoy. The puzzles lead to dozens upon dozens of "a-ha" moments, and vary in difficulty throughout the open world. Anyone should be able to get to the end, but those who are looking for a more difficult experience will be more than satisfied by hundreds of challenging optional puzzles and secrets.

• From the team that brought you the award winning puzzle games Sokobond, A Good Snowman is Hard to Build, and Cosmic Express
  
• Discover new mechanics and solutions organically as you explore - the only tutorial needed is your curiosity.
  
• Chuckle at the "Human Englandland" museum exhibits and the misunderstandings monsters have about humanity.
  
• Sit by the shore to relax or take a coffee break to enjoy the lovely art and music.
  

We've just announced our new game!

A Monster's Expedition (Through Human Exhibitions) is a brand new adventure tour for monsters who love to learn about humans.

https://youtu.be/WXVbNIfTWAw

If you've enjoyed any of our previous games, I promise you'll love this.

Please add it to your wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1052990/A_Monsters_Expedition/

And sign up for the mailing list on the website: https://www.monsterexpedition.com/

If you want to find more games like this, I encourage you to join the Thinky Puzzle Games Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/eybtCDR We have a lovely community and a keen eye for elegant puzzlers.

We've just announced our new game!

A Monsters Expedition (Through Human Exhibitions) is a brand new adventure tour for monsters who love to learn about humans.

[previewyoutube=WXVbNIfTWAw;full][/previewyoutube]

If you enjoyed Cosmic Express, I promise you'll love this.

Please add it to your wishlist: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1052990/A_Monsters_Expedition/

And sign up for the mailing list on the website: https://www.monsterexpedition.com/

If you want to find more games like this, I encourage you to join the Thinky Puzzle Games Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/eybtCDR We have a lovely community and a keen eye for elegant puzzlers.

Changes:

* Added option to reduce motion
* Raised sounds and music volume
* Added in-level pan and zoom camera controls
* Added option to launch graphics settings from menu
* Update Ursa Major 4 to require both carriages
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* Various other fixes

Changes:

* Added option to reduce motion
* Raised sounds and music volume
* Added in-level pan and zoom camera controls
* Added option to launch graphics settings from menu
* Update Ursa Major 4 to require both carriages
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* Various other fixes