Astra Fund announces six ‘thinking’ games from Zach Gage and other indie developers

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The first set of games funded by the Astra Fund was an unnamed title from Good Sudoku developer.

Let's discuss what a thinking game is. The term cognitively challenging games has three main features, according to the website.

Here are the games.

• Rytmos, a “musical puzzle game where you create music by solving puzzles,” by Floppy Club
• Paper Trail,a “top-down puzzle adventure about leaving home” that’s “set in a paper world,” by Newfangled Games
• Star Stuff, a “cosmic tale about a young alien’s first day at a star factory,” by Ánimo Games
• Schrödinger’s Cat Burglar byAbandoned Sheep
• A gamefrom Furniture & Mattress, a new indie studio that includes Braid artist David Hellman, with an unannounced title
• A game from Zach Gage and Orta Therox with an unannounced title

The first games from the bunch are expected to come out in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to Eileen Hollinger.

A better math talent system for kids is one of the goals of the Astra Fund. Developers can apply to receive funding and support from the fund, and co-founder Josh Taylor expects the fund to do three to five deals a year.

The fund is focused on thinking games. He said that the fund wants to advocate more for the thinking games genre. There will be a lot of good things to look forward to if games like Baba Is You are the inspiration.