Hey howdy! I’m excited to announce that I’ve just released an early alpha version of a new game I’ve been working on. It’s called Wizordle, and was inspired by games like Wordle and a sleep technique called Cognitive Shuffling.

The game starts with a randomly selected word and 1 minute on a countdown clock. For each letter in the word, players must type out a new word that starts with that letter.

For example, if the game started with the word “Word” you would need to come up with a word that starts with “W,” like “wonderous.” Then a word that starts with “O,” – maybe “omniscient”? Then “R,” and “D.” After choosing words for each letter, one of the words you came up with will be selected and the process starts over again.

Completing words gets you time back on the countdown clock and experience points to level up and unlock upgrades.

It’s hard to explain with words (haha!) but this gameplay video over on my YouTube channel does a good job: https://youtu.be/Fc7xoK3icmg?si=NzNRRIyrC69uj7KM

The game is now playable on Itch.io at https://monstershadowinteractive.itch.io/wizordle

Please keep in mind that this is an “Alpha” version of the game. This means that it’s closer to a prototype than a full game at this stage. I have a lot of cool ideas for where it can go, but I wanted to get it out early to get feedback and see if people are interested in it. Here are some current limitations of game that I’m aware of:

• The game only works on desktops/laptops – not mobile devices or tablets.
• The dictionary I’m using to verify if a word is valid or not is missing some common words.
• There are a limited number of power ups to choose from

With all that being said, please go try it out and enjoy! Then let me know your feedback on the Wizordle Community page.

Make sure to join my mailing list for updates and come back to this site to see the game roadmap.