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.

Representative screens on two phones: a picture crossword where LEMON runs down through CLOUD, HEART, CAMEL, ROBOT and TRAIN with a hand of letter tiles and both players' scores, and a versus screen with owl and fox avatars
Representative screens rebuilt for this portfolio in the game's style — not screenshots of the delivered game.
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.

Representative screen on a phone with a close-up: a picture crossword with LEMON running down through CLOUD, HEART, CAMEL, ROBOT and TRAIN, CAMEL just completed
Representative screen rebuilt for this portfolio.
  1. Read the pictures

    Each picture is the clue for the word next to it.

  2. Place your letters

    Use letters from your hand of five wherever they fit, or pass.

  3. Score higher

    Completed words score; the higher score wins the duel.

The product in use

More of the game

  1. Duels against an opponent

    Each match starts by pairing the player with an opponent, shown with their avatars.

    Representative screen: a versus screen with an owl avatar for the player and a fox avatar for the opponent
    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

  1. Game development

    Development of the Android game for the publisher.

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