We have lots of different ideas for the next games. But we have more plans than we have time or energy to make them all happen. In this blog we wanted to make a summary of all the games that we already have and also outline our next possible plans.
Three free puzzle games live today
To this day we already have three games live. All our games so far are free puzzle games. And our main goal is to keep releasing games that are free to play by everyone.
Smartle: daily word puzzle
The first and the most popular game is Smartle daily word puzzle. If you are reading this blog here at the Smartle page, probably you already know the Smartle game quite well. For those who still don’t know, let us quickly remind you what Smartle is.
Smartle is a daily word puzzle game where you rearrange letters to form valid 5-letter words horizontally across all 5 rows. It has a Daily word game mode giving one fresh puzzle each day and a Sprint mode where the player has to complete 5 word puzzles in 10 minutes or less. It’s quite an intense experience. We also added hints and word definitions to make the game both engaging and educational. And at one of our latest game updates we added an Archive—a possibility to play past daily games. So if you miss the daily word puzzle some day, you can still come back and play it later.
Beyond being fun, Smartle is great for your brain. It helps improve vocabulary, memory, pattern recognition and overall cognitive flexibility. Making it a simple but effective way to keep your mind sharp every day.
Hex Sense
Our second game is Hex Sense. It’s also a puzzle game but not a daily word puzzle. It’s a logic-based game inspired by Minesweeper. The main character is Mochi, and the goal is to bring Mochi home safely. The path goes through a hexagonal field where some tiles may contain dangerous hazards. The player can use the hints shown on the tiles to understand which ones are safe and which are not. We won’t go into the exact details here but will just say that this means there is always a way to reach home without stepping on any dangerous tiles.
Clean
The third and the latest game is Clean. Ironically, same as the Hex Sense game it uses a hexagonal grid. But the game itself is very different. The puzzle consists of several colored hexagonal tiles connected with each other. The goal is to clear all of them. Tapping a tile changes its color and can also change the color of adjacent tiles if they are the same color. When three or more tiles of the same color connect, they disappear. The main challenge is to avoid leaving isolated groups of less than 3 tiles, because then the level is lost. As you progress, new tile types appear and make the puzzle more interesting. So far this is one of our most engaging games. Players love it and ask for more levels which is one of the best things that can happen with the indie game developer.
So that’s a short summary of our existing games. As you can see they are all free puzzle games. Now that you have the background we would like to share our ideas for future games.
What we are thinking about next
We currently have several new puzzle games in mind.
A new word puzzle
One of them is a word puzzle game. We are not sure yet if it should be a daily word puzzle or a regular one. We really like the idea of a daily game so for now we are leaning towards that.
A merge game
The second game we have in mind is completely different from what we have released before. We want to make a merge game. Yes, we know the genre is already quite saturated, but we can’t control the ideas that come to our mind :)
A puzzle you play against an opponent
The third idea is a kind of a puzzle game where you play against an opponent. Like an extended, more complex version of tic-tac-toe. We would like to give players two options: play against a friend or a random opponent or play against AI.
So a lot of plans and a lot of games in development. We really hope to launch all three games in the first half of this year. Let’s hope our dream comes true and please let us know which of the new games sounds the most interesting to you! 👍