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Well Word - Free daily word game I built (web/iOS/Android)

Hey folks 👋

I had been working on my last game, Pine Tar Poker, for over a year so I wanted a quick palette cleanser. I decided to make a daily word game and I'm really proud of the results.

Each day you get a board of 25 letters, but you can only use each letter 3 times! The center letter can be used as many times as you want and gives you a higher score. Connected letters also give you a higher score. Clearing rows and columns will give you bonus points as well.

You can play on the web at https://wellwordgame.com (See if you can beat my score of 200 on today's daily!). If you like the web version, check out the mobile versions which offer a lot more depth (still free!).

I'd love to hear if anyone has experience marketing mobile games (especially free to play games). I've done some FB ads and reached out to a few press people but I'd love to hear any novel ideas 😊

I've got a little bit of good press already - Apple has it listed as one of the Best New Games and Touch Arcade named it Game of the Week ( https://toucharcade.com/2023/03/24/toucharcade-game-of-the-week-well-word )

on April 18, 2023
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    Nice game! I like the execution, one advice I'd give is that in the landing page, add more space between the buttons and give them borders. Also try to add a quick how to in the game itself. Makes it easier for everyone to understand

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    good i will try. Also try to add a quick how to in the game itself. Makes it easier for everyone to understand

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