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A dad-son megalomaniac word puzzle enterprise
Manivanna Raja
Kattam - The Box β€” A dad-son megalomaniac word puzzle enterprise
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It's darned difficult to make a new, fresh and eel-free word puzzle game, in today's heated word game universe, but my kiddo and I tried, and this is our take.
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Manivanna Raja
Hi Everyone, It was one of those days, when the kiddo and I were talking about making underwater cities, capturing wandering asteroids, and gluing them together to make new worlds. One thing led to another, and we ventured into talking about making puzzles, and here we are - publishing our first product - an iOS word puzzle game. I know what you are thinking. Do we need another one? Hasn't Wordle pretty much cornered the market? We agree - it's darned difficult to make a new and fresh word puzzle game, but we tried, and this is our take: https://kattamthebox.com --The Stage - A box. Words popping out with missing letters. Ominous looking tendrils peeking out from the top. A mysterious non-functional hammer. --The Goal - Solve words, and keep them from going off the top. --Your Moves - A moving buffet of random letters to pick from, the riskier strategy of moving letters between words to make your own luck (ProTip: That way lies Mt Doom), and 'Hammer Time' (every time you make 5 words) to help you squash those marooned words. That's it! No ads, no tracking, no coins, no weekly subscriptions to get more vowels; Just words - coming at you like a horde of wilderbeast. It's an eel free zone. Developed by me, and PMd by my kid, who drove me mad, in a loving way (you haven't lived until your 1st grader cries on seeing your memory graph going the wrong way), but we got to the finish line, and here it is. I know it's cliche, but we feel if people try this, they'll love it, as it's addictive in a fun, simple, and wholesome way. Our motto of 100% fun and 0% upselling, stands in stark contrast to the ad infested miasma that is today's app store word games category. Thanks for reading, and we hope you give it a try. Looking forward to your feedback here... πŸ™πŸΎ