Case study · Client name withheld
Word Duel Crossword
A turn-based word duel on a crossword with picture clues
Each word on the crossword board has a picture beside it instead of a written clue. Players take turns placing letters from a hand of five to complete words; finishing words scores points, and the player with the higher score at the end wins.
- Client
- Mobile game publisher
- Platforms
- Android
- Our scope
- Game development
The product
What it does, and for whom
A crossword built for phones and for quick duels: picture clues make it approachable, the hand of letters adds tactics, and turns are short.
Scope The publisher runs the game and its store presence. To keep the client confidential, the game's name is withheld and every image on this page is new artwork and screens made for this portfolio, not a screenshot of the delivered game.
Core loop
A turn in the duel
Mid-duel: both scores at the top, the crossword with picture clues, a newly completed word highlighted, and the hand of letters below.
Read the pictures
Each picture is the clue for the word next to it.
Place your letters
Use letters from your hand of five wherever they fit, or pass.
Score higher
Completed words score; the higher score wins the duel.
The product in use
More of the game
Duels against an opponent
Each match starts by pairing the player with an opponent, shown with their avatars.
Versus screen before a duel.
About these images: every image on this page is newly made for this portfolio — illustrations generated for it and screens rebuilt in HTML to keep the client confidential. It follows the game's genre and mechanics but is not a screenshot of the delivered game.
Our contribution
Our role
Game development
Development of the Android game for the publisher.
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