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Thank you for this. Tiled Words is a morning ritual for me now. It's a brief part of my day when I sit down with a coffee and solve it just before starting my w

by abraxas 6mo ago

Thank you for this. Tiled Words is a morning ritual for me now. It's a brief part of my day when I sit down with a coffee and solve it just before starting my work. It's a part of my day I most look forward to. Thank you again. EDIT: if there is a tip jar or a paid tier for the game, I'll be very happy to chip in!

linsomniac 6mo ago
Ditto to all of the above.
paulhebert 6mo ago
Thanks! There is not yet but a few people have asked so maybe I should set one up! Are there paid features you would be interested in? Would you want to buy a sticker or other merch?
- abraxas 6mo ago
  my biggest ask would be for custom colour themes? And maybe a one-time paid app to avoid any future ads (if you are thinking of going down that road). An app or a game with ads and no way to pay my way out of them is an instant uninstall. Someone in another comment mentioned that they do a timed challenge with friends. This would require signup etc. Even though I sometimes do a race against my son I'd probably not sign up/register just to do this. But if it's purely optional then I think there is some merit there and people who are signup happy may take advantage. I may also like to see perhaps a second (premium) daily challenge. Not unlimited mode because that would just make me gorge on it and get fed up. But two daily challenges instead of 1 might be something to ponder. Maybe even for a small pay? Just don't make it obnoxious with nags and popups etc.
  - paulhebert 6mo ago
    These are fun ideas! The custom color theme is really interesting. Are there specific things you'd like to do with the custom color theme? That seems like a fun feature to build. Having a second daily challenge would be great, but a lot of work. When I launch player puzzles I'm hoping to roll some of those out along with the daily puzzle so that on certain days you get a "bonus player puzzle!"
    - abraxas 6mo ago
      On custom colour themes. I have no good ideas. I just know when I like a theme and when I don't. The deafaults in the game, are.... not great for me. Especially the light theme (I generally prefer light themes). I use the dark theme in the game now because light is not that great but dark is also a bit ho hum. So maybe a theme store would be good? A buck a theme or something? I'd rather not do theme imports etc. Too much work and I don't know what I'd like. I'd rather just swipe through a bunch of themes and hit "buy/pick" when I find one I enjoy. That's all. One small feature I'd propose is that maybe you want to have a "hard mode" baked in where no hints are available? I personally do not use hints to solve the puzzles. I can usually piece everything together just with what's on the board and the word descriptions and never reach for hints. Hints feel a bit like a cop out so I avoid them. Maybe having this as a different game mode is a good idea? I'm not sure - it depends on the complexity of your implementation of you want to create a feature flag or not.
      - paulhebert 6mo ago
        Great feedback, thanks!

by abraxas 6mo ago

linsomniac 6mo ago

Ditto to all of the above.

paulhebert 6mo ago

Thanks! There is not yet but a few people have asked so maybe I should set one up! Are there paid features you would be interested in? Would you want to buy a sticker or other merch?

abraxas 6mo ago
my biggest ask would be for custom colour themes? And maybe a one-time paid app to avoid any future ads (if you are thinking of going down that road). An app or a game with ads and no way to pay my way out of them is an instant uninstall. Someone in another comment mentioned that they do a timed challenge with friends. This would require signup etc. Even though I sometimes do a race against my son I'd probably not sign up/register just to do this. But if it's purely optional then I think there is some merit there and people who are signup happy may take advantage. I may also like to see perhaps a second (premium) daily challenge. Not unlimited mode because that would just make me gorge on it and get fed up. But two daily challenges instead of 1 might be something to ponder. Maybe even for a small pay? Just don't make it obnoxious with nags and popups etc.
- paulhebert 6mo ago
  These are fun ideas! The custom color theme is really interesting. Are there specific things you'd like to do with the custom color theme? That seems like a fun feature to build. Having a second daily challenge would be great, but a lot of work. When I launch player puzzles I'm hoping to roll some of those out along with the daily puzzle so that on certain days you get a "bonus player puzzle!"
  - abraxas 6mo ago
    On custom colour themes. I have no good ideas. I just know when I like a theme and when I don't. The deafaults in the game, are.... not great for me. Especially the light theme (I generally prefer light themes). I use the dark theme in the game now because light is not that great but dark is also a bit ho hum. So maybe a theme store would be good? A buck a theme or something? I'd rather not do theme imports etc. Too much work and I don't know what I'd like. I'd rather just swipe through a bunch of themes and hit "buy/pick" when I find one I enjoy. That's all. One small feature I'd propose is that maybe you want to have a "hard mode" baked in where no hints are available? I personally do not use hints to solve the puzzles. I can usually piece everything together just with what's on the board and the word descriptions and never reach for hints. Hints feel a bit like a cop out so I avoid them. Maybe having this as a different game mode is a good idea? I'm not sure - it depends on the complexity of your implementation of you want to create a feature flag or not.
    - paulhebert 6mo ago
      Great feedback, thanks!