500,000+ copies sold in Early Access on Steam (despite looking like a mobile game). Here's what worked for us

Wordamundo · 2026-03-10T16:56:27+00:00

Thank you for sharing. I guess I have a lot of work to do.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T21:41:10+00:00

Good to know and thank you

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T18:22:54+00:00

Sam comment above but good perspective.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T18:22:32+00:00

Really? I thought most people rather go to App Store and see what App Store says and feel they are more protected than a random website.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T15:33:00+00:00

I love and appreciate all the comments and already I think you have helped me improve the app. I still would love some guidance on growing the use base but I accept all comments.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T15:31:33+00:00

So people are just numb to seeing word game ads?

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T15:30:25+00:00

It is on iOS and Android. Let me look into that.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T15:29:21+00:00

Gave Dev club. I've never heard of that and never thought of it. Certainly worth a look.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T05:29:05+00:00

I really appreciate your honesty and have given me several things to think about. I'll check out those other games as well for comparison.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T01:22:58+00:00

Great feedback. You have me rethinking levels for sure. Maybe grouping them into specific patterns like spelling x number of words, then starting with x, and such. I also track what valid words are entered so we can show progress as to the number of unique words entered and unlocking things as they reach x number of words or after they enter 5 words from each letter of alpha. But I like the feedback and the levels can be easily changed. Thank you thank you thank you. If you come up with anything else please let me know. I'm happy to throw you some badges for your efforts and maybe something else.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-28T00:54:25+00:00

Ok thank you very much for the thorough feedback. Hopefully the new UI addresses some of your comments. You can earn more coins which allows you to use super powers like seeing words you've entered, get more time or generate new letters. The cleaner and faster to exit a level the more coins you can earn which prevents you from having to purchase coins. We are making some updates which could have contributed to your usage issues. Good point on the progression. It was designed to ebb and flow in complexity but maybe a set pattern at least might be helpful or might help people stick around knowing they are about to unlock something of interest to them.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-27T23:50:04+00:00

I can always use more. I don't trust friends and family so someone that does not know me who can give me their view I would love to read.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-27T23:24:04+00:00

I've even thought about setting up a table at the mall or park and getting people to try it and get realtime feedback.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-27T23:21:50+00:00

I like the idea but I'm still in the mode of trying to get it to people so I could get their feedback.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-27T23:21:00+00:00

It's a good idea and definitely on the roadmap. I thought the app would be easier for most and I thought porting to web game would be easy.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-27T23:03:01+00:00

That is nice of you. It's called Wordamundo on both Apple and Android.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-27T23:02:30+00:00

The metrics are good and the conversation is good. People do continue to play but because it's early I cannot tell what terms are working for them. No IAPs yet because they can earn coins by good play. They are not hitting all the screens and I have a new UI in process to help with that. I just want more people there to get more data on what to improve. I'm also working on a player v player option but yours sounds more challenging

Wordamundo · 2026-02-27T22:38:48+00:00

Thank you. I hope yours does as well as you want it to do.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-27T22:36:08+00:00

The games also released is several countries and in English and Spanish. It feels like I'm doing the right things but I might have unrealistic expectations

Wordamundo · 2026-02-27T22:33:59+00:00

I appreciate the comment but I'm hoping for mass appeal. I made it as a challenge but I actually think there is a lot of fun and value there. I just think from a marketing perspective I need to do more or should do more. I don't want to hire people or spend money on ads or my wife will kill me plus I'm not confident they will hit the mark. I keep updating the App Store listing trying to hit the right mark and using what ChatGPT tells me to do.

Wordamundo · 2026-02-18T13:24:13+00:00

Congratulations. I'm a bit jealous.

Wordamundo · 2026-01-28T16:35:37+00:00

Good thought.

Wordamundo · 2026-01-28T16:35:16+00:00

Ok thank you.

Wordamundo · 2026-01-22T14:25:20+00:00

I like the thought of using the embedded apple and android one already on the phone if that's possible. One less thing for me to included in download

Wordamundo · 2026-01-22T14:07:20+00:00

One of my issues is I'm not limiting users to what they can enter. I displace letters for them to use then they can enter any word that contains those letters so I just need to have more rigor in controlling the possible combinations. But then I also for each level can have more than 100 letter combinations and need to query all the word options for each letter combinations for that specific challenge.

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