WordHuddle, interested in feedback on game and business model

Thanks for the thoughtful feedback.

• By the "loading text" do you mean the page that fades in text the first time you play. The main goal of that is to alert people to the key concept that using Solve! is key to getting a high score. I used to have a much longer intro sequence that covered that concept in a more repetitive way that (I thought) was also a bit funny. But it was universally hated, so that's why there's just the one screen now.

• The aesthetic of the interface is the same minimal style as Wordle. I don't know if that's a good thing. Nobody else has complained but maybe you are right. Do you have specific suggestions?

• The emoji next to the points does change expression based on how you are doing. Is that what you're talking about?

• My thoughts on monetization are two: (1) Allow people to pay a certain amount to unlock all past and future puzzles. (2) Allow people to create "circles of competition" so like a family or group of friends can be in a circle and see each other's scores in a single display.

• I do plan to reach out to bloggers and other media who are currently talking about Wordle, to try to get them to mention the game. Other than that, plus sharing in various places (I have shared it hear, and on reddit, and can share on product hunt, etc.), and making the game as fun as I can, I don't know how to reach people.

Thanks for the feedback. The reason for the intro text (which I agree is extreme) is that when I watch almost anyone play for the first time, they just keep guessing letters until their whole board is filled with green. They finish the puzzle but they get a score under par because they didn't know about solving, which is a big strategic point of the game. They do see a message that says "To get a higher score next time, use the Solve! button." But my concern is that they'll be dejected by an under-par score by that point. Let me know what you think. What if there were just one of the intro text screens that said "The first thing to know about WordHuddle is ... to get a high score you should use the Solve! button as soon as you can." Would that still seem meaningless and annoying?

Thanks.

• When you were confused, were you motivated to bring up the ? (help) dialog box? Looking at the dialog box now, would you have been put off if that dialog box came up automatically the first time you went to play?
• It sounds like you were thinking of the "Solve" button to mean "this is the thing I click after I think I've solved the puzzle" as opposed to what it really means, which is "this is the thing I click when I know the remaining letters and want to put them in as my official solution, instead of just continuing to guess letters". Can you think of a way that could be more clear? Maybe if "Solve!" said "Solve Now!" or "I know the answer!" or something?
• Based on your initial experience, would you be motivated to try again the next day to see if you could figure out exactly what was going on?