November 9, 2026. A short puzzle game about Kurt Gödel.

For a long time, I’ve been fascinated by logician Kurt Gödel and the strange circumstances of his death. In 1978, his wife Adele was admitted to hospital for a stroke, and Gödel—used to having her test his food—died of starvation. I decided to explore this period of his life in the form of a puzzle game, centering on Gödel-style logic puzzles with a self-referential flavour. I’ve tried to be sensitive but the game does gently allude to how he died.

Two other heavy inspirations: Susan Kare’s design work for General Magic’s Magic Cap OS, and Miklhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita. You’ll see if you play.

Postscript. I designed the overall shape of the game, but the code was written by Claude (Opus 5.5) and puzzles were created collaboratively.