A love story called “ wordle”
Recently the word game “wordle” which is a web-based word game developed by Josh Wardle, has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in a few months. But do you know at first it was made for his partner?
His partner Palak Shah loved word games, so he created a guessing game for palak. Although he first created a similar prototype in 2013, his friends were unimpressed and he scrapped the idea. In 2020, he and Ms. Shah “got really into” the New York Times Spelling Bee and the daily crossword, so he wanted to come up with a game that her partner would enjoy.
But after the couple played for months, then once he introduced it to relatives, it rapidly became an obsession in his family’s WhatsApp group. Mr. Wardle thought he might be on to something and released it to the rest of the world.
In this game players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word; feedback is given for each guess, in the form of colored tiles, indicating when letters match or occupy the correct position. Partially inspired by the Spelling Bee, Mr. Wardle limited the game and for this players can play one game per day. This limitation enforces a sense of scarcity, which leaves people wanting more.
#studentjournalist #game #lovestory
Recently the word game “wordle” which is a web-based word game developed by Josh Wardle, has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in a few months. But do you know at first it was made for his partner?
His partner Palak Shah loved word games, so he created a guessing game for palak. Although he first created a similar prototype in 2013, his friends were unimpressed and he scrapped the idea. In 2020, he and Ms. Shah “got really into” the New York Times Spelling Bee and the daily crossword, so he wanted to come up with a game that her partner would enjoy.
But after the couple played for months, then once he introduced it to relatives, it rapidly became an obsession in his family’s WhatsApp group. Mr. Wardle thought he might be on to something and released it to the rest of the world.
In this game players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word; feedback is given for each guess, in the form of colored tiles, indicating when letters match or occupy the correct position. Partially inspired by the Spelling Bee, Mr. Wardle limited the game and for this players can play one game per day. This limitation enforces a sense of scarcity, which leaves people wanting more.
#studentjournalist #game #lovestory
A love story called “ wordle”
Recently the word game “wordle” which is a web-based word game developed by Josh Wardle, has gone from dozens of players to hundreds of thousands in a few months. But do you know at first it was made for his partner?
His partner Palak Shah loved word games, so he created a guessing game for palak. Although he first created a similar prototype in 2013, his friends were unimpressed and he scrapped the idea. In 2020, he and Ms. Shah “got really into” the New York Times Spelling Bee and the daily crossword, so he wanted to come up with a game that her partner would enjoy.
But after the couple played for months, then once he introduced it to relatives, it rapidly became an obsession in his family’s WhatsApp group. Mr. Wardle thought he might be on to something and released it to the rest of the world.
In this game players have six attempts to guess a five-letter word; feedback is given for each guess, in the form of colored tiles, indicating when letters match or occupy the correct position. Partially inspired by the Spelling Bee, Mr. Wardle limited the game and for this players can play one game per day. This limitation enforces a sense of scarcity, which leaves people wanting more.
#studentjournalist #game #lovestory
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