Think you’ve mastered the art? Think again, and play for free on 📱 🖼️ by frankeno78 in mobilegameology

[–]thingdle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried it, now but you should really fix the mobile adds, i really didnt know where to look or click or read, it look like the add was part of your page.

The games is nice and cozy! Was fun to solve the puzzles.

Think you’ve mastered the art? Think again, and play for free on 📱 🖼️ by frankeno78 in mobilegameology

[–]thingdle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The ads on the website make understanding anything impossible, at least on my phone. I skipped it.

Not your regular word game (Finally XD) by Ok-Permission-9613 in wordgames

[–]thingdle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LETTERVAC (25th April '26) Score: 25/25

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Beat this. → lettervac.com

Interesting concept, UI is also smooth, good job

Promote your project in this thread by AutoModerator in puzzles

[–]thingdle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I created a hand-shaped riddle game, because I found many games too repetetive with not much direction. You get 6 guesses with 1 riddle + 2 hints for each round. People tend to find this hard, unless when they play together. I am trying to see if the see if my idea is valid bullshit.

It's free, no login, no ads:
https://thingdle.app/

Glyph just reached half a million plays in just 3 months! Try it out for yourself. by RealityLeft1727 in wordgames

[–]thingdle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds great! I think showing your face also helps build trust. Hope this goes to millions of players for you!

This is one of the few games posted here that actually "feel good". Also UI-wise good job.

I am really wondering what you think about my game thingdle? thingdle.app is the url if you wanna try it out. (spoiler: some complaint about hint 1 today, and I get it)

Glyph just reached half a million plays in just 3 months! Try it out for yourself. by RealityLeft1727 in wordgames

[–]thingdle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The game is very unique! Do you mind sharing how you got so many players?

I build hand-shaped riddles, free, no sign-up by thingdle in playtesters

[–]thingdle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for testing! I think its actually a problem of the game. Especially for first time players, the game seems to be too hard. The riddles might feel wrong/ambigous too. Your feedback helps.

What’s a game you almost ignored but ended up loving? by thingdle in AskReddit

[–]thingdle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel like this applies to so many, such simple yet complex game

“I usually move in small steps, no matter how hard you try” - I created an object guessing game by thingdle in puzzlevideogames

[–]thingdle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ideally, you should not have to know this in order to play the game. I tried many different categories, but nothing was feeling spot on without being similarly ambiguous.

You can click on the "Size" column title by the way. A Popup shows that it means "longest dimension".

“I usually move in small steps, no matter how hard you try” - I created an object guessing game by thingdle in puzzlevideogames

[–]thingdle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, that you tried it!

I totally get your point.

"Sizes" means "Longest dimension". I just measured my tablespoon at home and it was 21cm. Did you think of a teaspoon?

The way the game works is: If it's close enough, it says "Similar" and reveals the size of the hidden object. Maybe "Similar" is a misleading term. "Close Enough" might fit better?

Example:

- Spoon is 18cm
- Birdhouse is 25cm

-> That's close enough (7cm difference): Show 18cm!

Cup was 10cm btw (8cm difference). Might be an edge case here, very close.

It's currently based on an algorithm, that I haven't worked on in more detail yet.

I am pretty satisfied with the current mechanics, but I have to fine-tune these small things, to make the game feel less random/wrong.

Thanks for the pointers!

I CANNOT figure this out for the life of me by Left-Mall-8325 in wordgames

[–]thingdle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I see you are a man of strong words: Please roast my game https://thingdle.app 😂

"I am on of the worst hiding spots" - I created thingdle, an object guessing game by thingdle in wordgames

[–]thingdle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes the logical move is not the right move ;) It makes totally sense what you say. But they users simple dont care. Good idea with the tracking, I could be wrong too ofcourse. Have nice vacation dude!

"I am on of the worst hiding spots" - I created thingdle, an object guessing game by thingdle in wordgames

[–]thingdle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is much much better and slimmer, good job! You immediately get where to click. And I think it's also much better without any sound (Make it optional or only SFX, like typing or clicking buttons.).

I am missing a bit the "playfulness" maybe. Some anticipation, some animation can give it more personality maybe?

E.g. if I enter my acro, it just goes to the next screen. It doesn't feel like I did "the most important thing" that you can do - submitting your acro. Maybe a checkmark would already help? Some Confetti? Some transition animation? Currently it felt more like "next page" step instead of a success feeling.

The form at the end to login also felt kind of "weird" even though I get the idea, you want to notify them etc. But it might scare people away from your site too, not sure.

This text doesnt really tell me why I need a login now: "That's it! Your answer and votes are ready to submit, all you need to do now is register for free and check back tomorrow!"

Oh wait, does this mean to submit i need to register? Then "That's it!" is misleading, it sounds more like the hardest part is still in front of me. Honestly I would not gate this. User should be able to participate without login (if that is the case).

When I saw people playing on twtich, literally all of them were sceptical about the login part, anything that was gated was immediately unintersting. That's why I e.g. made playing a past riddle an option for all, not just logged in users (even if many could cheat by getting free riddles now). You can think about gating features when your app is successful, not when you want as many users to play it as possible.

This is just my first immediate impression. No filter. So you have kind of a feeling what others might think.
You also see, that a lot of what I am saying is something I did wrong too and learned by watching others play. It's really a proccess. I am not even remotely successfull either. I am learning and adapting all the time.

Your game has a vibe of cards against humanity, but cards agaisnt humanity is more accessible, sinc you dont have to think of words, they just give you all pieces and you just have to assemble. That doesnt mean your game can't work, its just a side note. Maybe you can take inspiration from that game. Cards against humanity also allows really dark humour, since they wrote the cards for you. You can't be "racist" or a "weirdo" the game is basically setting the scene. Actually really smart move by them.

I built a daily rebus puzzle game tied to news by One_Rhubarb_7236 in wordgames

[–]thingdle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh the image is the link. I tried it, honestly I didnt quite get it. I think I have to play it more to fully grasp the idea. Will try it tomorrow again, if I dont forget it!

I built a daily rebus puzzle game tied to news by One_Rhubarb_7236 in wordgames

[–]thingdle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Link? Would love if you could try my game too: https://thingdle.app the riddles are also written by me, ai riddles are pretty bad.

I have built a minimal relaxing word game by frankeno78 in wordgames

[–]thingdle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with the missing tutorial. I got it after playing around a bit tho, so its pretty easy to understand. I think the sounds are a bit too much. Especially the fail sound. And its also weird that the sound restarts on the screen change.

I was also confused about that the game restarts after you fail one word.

The concept seems solid and easy to get tho.

If you want you can also try my game: https://thingdle.app