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Driftwood · Published by Driftwood
6 user reviews — 83% positive (6 reviews) · 64 achievements
Last updated 28 Sept 2026
Kaidogaku is a symbolic deduction puzzle game. Decipher the positions for all symbols by make use of a list of placement rules. No progression no grinding just straight and simple fun to immerse in thought and lose the sense of time passing.
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Indie, Strategy, Casual · 2025 · More under £5 games
Kaidogaku from Driftwood is a 2025 indie strategy game that challenges you to decipher symbol positions using placement rules. Enjoy straight and simple fun without grinding or progression.
About this game
The Puzzle
To deduce the correct positions for symbols on the game board.
3 rules styles, each of them requires unique deciphering technique.
5 game board sizes: 5x5, 7x7, 9x9, 11x11 and 13x13. From speedy run to mind boggling difficulty to suit all tastes.
The Game
Unlike other similar board-based puzzles, no exact solution required. As long as your placement fits all rules the puzzle is solved. The ability to identify equally valid placements fast is an definite advantage.
40+ achievements to unlock!
15 leaderboards for all styles and board size combinations.
Comes with a good set of symbols having their own charm. Always feel fresh when playing with a different set of symbols each time. Or face the ultimate challenge of using all symbols from every set in a single game!
Import and play using your own symbols.
No progression and no grinding. Always ready for a quick fun game session every once in a while with no pressure.
Full native gamepad support. The game is fully playable solely with mouse, keyboard or gamepad. You could even mix and use all 3 at the same time to fit your habit.
No Early Access?
My idea is early access means gameplay will likely be massive changed, but Kaidogaku the puzzle is essentially completed. QoLs and bugfixes will come but I rather not give empty promise on new content. I do intended to keep the game alive and will add new gameplay elements if I found they are fun. No DLC is planned. I would assure new updates will always be part of the full game.
In baking/brainstorming
Nice to have features, are under baking:
Weekly/Daily challenge with a fixed set of symbol distribution, to see how well you compete with other players under the same circumstances. Need more play data to fine tune the experience.
User adjustable puzzle generator
New placement rules and board configurations, in very early brainstorming stage.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- OS: Windows 10+
- Processor: 2 Ghz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 12MB
- Storage: 100 MB available space
Supported Languages
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
New game mode promotion sale!
To celebrate and promote the new puzzle style, we are having a new year quick discount!Things were not stalled however. The first thing most likely will come next: macOS build. It is under testing (with a borrowed machine ːsteamfacepalmː ) and hopefully will see the light soon.And of course, yet more new styles! Although many ideas were trashed, a new idea is promising (read: fun to play) enough to be put in full development stage. Presentation and art are not finalized yet but as you could see in the header image, seasoned player might very well already figured out the gameplay!And enjoy the discount!Read full article on Community Announcements (wesforte)AnnouncementsOfficial
New Year, New Puzzle Style
Happy new year!An exciting new puzzle style: Polarity is finally ready! This probably the toughest game style so far, and the very first style introducing with an additional rules dimensions on top of the existing column/row rules aspect. Cut long story short, check the new gameplay video to see how does it play out! As usual we have a number of tweaks and fixed a few non-game breaking glitches. Enjoy!Read full article on Community Announcements (wesforte)AnnouncementsOfficial
Season's Greetings
Here come the joy!As promised we have two new set of symbols:Season's Greetings: A fun festival oriented picks of emojis from the Open Source Noto Emoji Hangul, the Korean AlphabetAnd a minor QoL update: Outlining the lock icon to have it more profound visually.Best wishes!Read full article on Community Announcements (wesforte)AnnouncementsOfficial
Snapshot: Hangul
Hangul 한글 the Korean alphabet will come next week in the winter season update!This symbol set contains all the 14 basic consonants, 10 vowels, 5 double consonants and 11 vowel combinations.Read full article on Community Announcements (wesforte)AnnouncementsOfficial
More gameplay to Demo!
A little Christmas gift for the unconvinced minds ːsteamhappyː In preparing for the upcoming new style "Polaris" (Coding was finished, I hope that will finish the fine tuning during the holiday), all 3 launch styles 5x5 will be playable in the demo version. In addition 9x9 original is also unleashed.As always, the demo has no time restriction, enjoy!Read full article on Community Announcements (wesforte)
