Newsletter 101

There are so many games out there that it’s easy for even the most technically polished game to be overlooked and remain obscure, and that goes double—no, triple!—in the indie game genre.

So what separates memorable indie games from the unknown ones? 🤔

The hook.

The draw.

And for an indie game to be sustainable, the creator of a breakout minimalist text game says it must pull someone in within 20 seconds.

5 brainy game insights you’ll love!

(Games, links, and resources we've bookmarked for you.)

A game doesn’t even have to be a visual spectacle or a mechanical wonder to be mesmerizing—it just needs to be functional and intriguing! ✨

Here’s another underrated dev who also creates more out of simple mechanics and games.

“If something doesn’t add up, then people are going to reject it immediately. These people don’t have any patience. To attract a really strong fan base, your number puzzle has to be logical and perfect,” says Jeff Widderich on the unyielding influence of sudoku. 💪

Looking for more word games to play? Something similar to Wordle®? Try Polygonle and Quadragonle from Grant Warman. 🧐

If those two games aren’t scratching that itch for you, try a completely different “word game”—The Wiki Game.

How to play? You have one start page and one end page, and you have to click related links in between, as fast as you can. ⚡️

Thanks for answering last week’s poll! 🔥

We’ll be sure to include more word game content to satisfy your lexical needs, heh!

For now, back to our regularly scheduled trivia of the week:

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That’s all for this week. See you next Friday!

The Hey, Good Game Team