Submissions by ianmoh tagged word-puzzles

A time-attack puzzle game, where players take a word and using swipe gestures, eliminate letters to break down and form newer words.

The environment is in the style of Tetris, where players see upcoming words coming up, make decision, with the purpose of scoring the highest amount of points at a chosen difficulty level before the time runs out.

With each word, players have the following moves available to them:

  • Swipe up on individual letters to 'burn' them away, leaving the remaining letters to concatenate;
  • Swipe down on anyway to submit the newly formed word;
  • Swipe left/right to finish the particular word, either indicating that there are no remaining words to be formed from the letters. Doing this 'banks' the accumulated points made so far with that word.

Players are scored by the accumulation of points made within the allotted time. The points given at each 'tier' – the amount of different words have been submitted, the accumulation follow a points multiplier system, which begins at 1 point, and doubles for every successfully submitted word. A new word resets the multiplier to start again at 1 point.

When a word is submitted to the next tier by swiping down, if a word does not exist, the accumulated points will be lost, and a portion of your available time is taken away.

There are increasing levels of difficulty, reflected in the difficulty of words, that would typically be more unfamiliar; and how many upcoming words can be seen in advance.

Platform: Mobile devices for Android and iOS.
Target Audience: All ages/ general

Reference Images:
https://dribbble.com/shots/2348248-38-free-gesture-icons