Looking for players and feedback for Addagrams, a casual (but challenging!) word game that builds on your previous answers. Check the sample gameplay vid below (for iOS and Android) New this update: - Puzzle Selection screen - scoring/saved scores - "check rack" option - assorted bug fixes Testflight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/JHSKgGvB Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nosenfield.addagrams Website: addagrams.com
New update now available! Version 0.3.2 includes: - Improved tutorial/feedback messaging - Double tap to shuffle racks/bank - Minor bug fixes - an Android version for your friends Testflight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/JHSKgGvB Website: https://addagrams.com
Comin' in hot! Version 0.3.4 includes: - Android support for all your green-bubble friends - smoother/more precise touch controls - Love, sweat, and bug fixes Leaderboards coming soon. Better start practicing Testflight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/JHSKgGvB Website: https://addagrams.com
We're proud to announce the release of version 0.4.0! Including: – Daily Puzzle – Leaderboards - UI improvements and as always... - Love, sweat, and bug fixes See you in the 99 Club Testflight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/JHSKgGvB Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nosenfield.addagrams Website: https://addagrams.com
We're proud to announce the release of version 0.5.0! Including: – Leaderboard Streaks – Daily Puzzle Stats and as always... - Love, sweat, and bug fixes See you in the 99 Club Testflight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/JHSKgGvB Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nosenfield.addagrams Website: https://addagrams.com
Addagrams 0.6.0 is now ready for you! BIG NEWS: RULE CHANGE Hints are now available for use in the daily puzzle. But... Using the hint button prevents you from earning the perfect round bonus point for that round. Note, using the hint button makes it impossible to achieve a perfect score (required for entry in the 99 Club). But, you can replay the daily multiple times. See below for the full list of new features and happy 'gramming! Addagrams 0.6.0 Change Log - Hint Button rule change (using the hint button prevents you from earning the bonus point for a perfect round) - The "initials entry" looks and works better (the selector arrows are now functional!) - A bigger dictionary with more puzzles! - UI improvements (buttons, colors, etc.) Testflight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/JHSKgGvB Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nosenfield.addagrams Website: https://addagrams.com
Release Update: Addagrams 0.7.0 Ok, two things: 1. We've got another big update this time 2. We can't post the android version just yet waiting on a replacement device to continue debugging So in the meantime here's the iOS version! https://testflight.apple.com/join/JHSKgGvB No rule changes this time, but a much more polished experience: new splash screen, new landing screen, improved tutorial, "grape juice", daily puzzle cache bug fixes, and a few others. We'll let you know as soon as the android build is approved for the play store. And on a more personal note... Phew, what an update. We had all these separate pieces of the experience built (gameplay, free play menu, daily puzzle menu) but no structure yet. I had been using a messaging layer for inter-scene communication, which was great when the experience was still uncertain and I needed more "plug and play" ability. But now that things have solidified a bit I found it was causing more problems than it was solving, so I traded off flexibility for simplicity and refactored to static references. I'm really happy with how it turned out though. And the new splash screen is so smooth. That one definitely took a little grinding. Who knew you had to restart the device between installs to get startup screen changes to register? Well, now I do, ha. Hopefully the new point graphics help balance what was some rather austere feedback. Interestingly, the hardcore players have already voiced their dislike of it because "it takes too long". I thought that might happen, so I'll probably push out a new setting to the player config to skip animations. Easily solved and gives me another reason to get to work on the "settings" experience. The daily puzzle is still causing issues every now and then (not recaching). It's a backend issue and I've been thinking of swapping in Beamable for Firebase for a while, but just haven't found the time or motivation to learn/implement a new tool. Maybe next update... Until next time, happy gramming!
Social Update We've started our social channels! We're hoping to use these to post updates, highlight our players, share dev knowledge, answer questions, and help support however we can. Twitter: https://twitter.com/PlayAddagrams Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/nosenfield TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@addagrams Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/PlayAddagrams/ Facebook: https://facebook.com/PlayAddagrams We'd love to hear from you
Android Release Update: Addagrams 0.7.1 Hello, green bubble friends! The newest Addagrams update is now available for Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nosenfield.addagrams It looks and feels great on our new Galaxy A8 tablet. So glad to finally move past Kitkat 4.4.1. This was such a huge blocker for us because the newest Unity version stopped support for anything below Lollipop (which our Note 4 couldn't handle, lol). Ah, sweet, sweet progress. Featuring: - UI Overhaul - Polish + Juice - Daily puzzle caching problems are finally fixed!* Happy gramming! * We think... If you have any issues with this please let us know!
0.7.3 Release Update and Soft Launch Contest! We are so excited to finally announce our upcoming soft launch. We've seen an amazing influx of new faces from around the globe over the past week. Nothing helps propel us more than you, our players. And as a result our confidence and determination have never been higher. Which is why we have decided to hold a Soft Launch Country Selection Contest in your honor! On September 22, the top three countries with the most new players will win first access to Addagrams. So round up your roos and message your mounties. Grab your guv and ask your amigas. Send them to http://addagrams.com or share the beta directly via the links below: Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nosenfield.addagrams Apple: https://testflight.apple.com/join/yHVGpzXX Plus, we'll live stream the results next Thursday during our Unity Dev Hour at 1pm on Twitch, so mark your calendar and we'll save you a seat. Let the 'grams begin! Dear US/UK players, We love you. You were our first. Unfortunately we're unable to offer soft launch in these countries due to the nature of the Play/App stores. But don't be discouraged from sharing. If you win we'll make it up to you. Promise .
We Pushed the Button - 0.8.5 Addagrams is now live for our Soft Launch Contest Winners. Congratulations again to: [App Store Links] Australia Brazil Canada Greece Ireland South Africa [Play Store Link] Everyone! A huge thanks to all our beta players for helping us make it through this tremendous milestone. We can't wait to keep impressing you. And for anyone looking to enjoy early access to new features, click on your platform at https://addagrams.com Here's our soft launch thread: https://toucharcade.com/community/threads/au-br-ca-gr-ie-za-addagrams-by-noah-rosenfield.426803/ We'll be posting updates to both threads (wherever seems relevant) as we continue our open beta and gathering feedback, so keep it coming! Oh, and here's our newest gameplay trailer. What do you think of the music? Sound is one of our next big updates and this one really caught our ear. We'd love your input:
PlayNYC '22 and Version 0.8.9 TLDR: Snag the update, enjoy the new features, and we'll see you on the leaderboards! Big news this time round. First up, #PlayNYC '22! For those outside the NYC indie scene, Play NYC (hosted by Playcrafting) is New York's premier event for all things indie gaming. We had a blast exhibiting and it was awesome to chat, laugh, and connect with our players. That's literally my favorite part, always. In case you missed it and want to check out our sweet booth setup and some behind the scenes stuff, we posted some video clips here: https://www.instagram.com/playaddagrams/ On the development side of things, I'm excited to announce our newest build (0.8.9) with two new features and what to look out for over the next two months. Introducing... A smarter "check" button! We've updated our algorithm to alert you when no unplayed anagram exists.Here, check it out: We hit "check racks" and are told the status of the two racks (each is a word) and then we play them. We hit "check racks" and are told that both words in our racks have already been played. We try an alternate arrangement and are told that there is no unplayed answer for the letters TYR but that there is still an anagram for the letters NWO (OWN or WON) New custom avatars! Dropping this month are: Lucky Clover, Android Classic, Mac Classic and... our limited Playcrafting avatar previously available exclusively for PlayNYC '22 booth attendees. We've got big plans for the next two months and need your input. We'll share more shortly. In the meantime, snag the update, enjoy the new features, and let us know what you think. See you on the leaderboards! – Noah
0.8.11 Patch Release TLDR: We drastically reduced memory usage. Any player who has been stuck/crashing on an older device, please try this build! Oh, and we squashed that nasty last round popup bug. This one is definitely a worthwhile update. It's been three weeks since our last update and that last round "dead end" popup bug has been killing me. I kept hoping to push a quick patch that would just leave some dangling wires while I worked on a better solution, but never managed to find the time for the small update, so instead you get the big one! We've done a massive overhaul of our puzzle generation algorithm that has reduced memory requirements by 50%. We saw that a number of players on older devices essentially got forced out of the game due to memory constraints after we increased the puzzle selection. Hopefully this will do the trick to get you back up to speed. If you're one of those players, please let us know if this worked! In other news... We've got our next live event picked and planned. Ok, mostly planned. Here we come PGConnects London! We'll be yacking it up at the journalist's bar, offering 1v1 challenges in the Big Indie Zone, and shaking our stuff at the Very Big Indie Pitch. So if you're in the area come on through. We'd love to see you! And we're cooking up some of those OG NFT's, that hand-crafted swag. One of a kind, just like Addagrams and just like you If you want more posts about stuff like our live events, "making of", and more let us know in the poll at the top of the page.
Important Update: 0.8.12 Patch Release TLDR: We were a little too efficient with memory reduction in our last update and we accidentally let loose a nasty bug which prevented in-progress games from saving. That has been fixed and we recommend all players upgrade to 0.8.12. We've also included a new custom avatar to commemorate the occasion/make up for the inconvenience Woof, what a week. Somehow this nasty little bug slipped into production. My best guess is we had a little git branch mixup. And then, in reverting the code to fix the issue, we ran into a huge heap of problems with some 3rd party plugins that were preventing a successful build . Thankfully, after much coffee, cursing, and cajoling, we managed to get the patch built, uploaded, and released. To help us blow off some steam and to help ease your pain, we also got a little creative and have included a new save-themed avatar to mark the occasion. Hope you enjoy it and apologies for any inconvenience the bug caused during the last week. In other news... We're still getting ourselves prepped and ready for PGC London. We've now secured a few more of the components for our DIY swag and should be able to begin the assembly process shortly. Our booth preparations are coming together and it should be an excellent time. Hope to see you there!
Given that this is the first reply we've gotten (oof! lol) I'm tempted to just leave it. CRYPTO is actually a great letter set for Addagrams. It gives you: CRY OPT CRY POT CRY TOP TRY COP
Major Update: 1.0.0 Release TLDR: Our newest version features a more inclusive leaderboard, post-game stats, new custom avatars and more. Updating to 1.0.0 is required to access the daily puzzle. Grab it for Android and Apple. It's been a while since our last update, but not for lack of development. Version 1.0.0 is absolutely packed with feature changes and bug fixes. Most importantly... Inclusive Leaderboard: The 99 Club is now an open leaderboard. Just finish the puzzle to get your rank and see how you stack up each day. Post-Game Summary: Review your puzzle and watch your lifetime stats grow after every finish. Instant Daily Puzzle Refresh: No more caching issues for your daily puzzle, so you'll always be up to date (updates @ midnight GMT) New Avatars: We designed 3 new looks (Baseball, Bread, Terminal) and brought back some oldies as well. Tutorial Improvements: Better onboarding for new players And lastly, our trial period is coming to a close which means we'll be enabling some minor advertising to help keep us up and running. Our global launch date is closer than ever and we're looking to release in just a few more weeks, so jump in now to get a head start. See you on the leaderboards! - Noah
BIG changes in Version 1.1.1. TLDR: Our new update is absolutely STACKED with a new look and new features. Grab it for Android and Apple. We've been hard at work prepping for our global launch in just a few days! What do we have to show for it? Well... THIS THE JUICE: We've got new icons, a new menu structure, and more juicy goodness for you to sink your fingers into. PLAYER CARD: A new place for everything YOU with in-depth stat tracking and new custom avatars. GAME SUMMARY: Review your game, see definitions for words played, grow your stats and share your progress with friends! We've also added a guided tutorial for new players, difficulty tiering for our puzzle library, and options for ad removal. You asked for it... new behind the scenes footage! We finished editing the footage from our trip to London for Pocket Gamer Connects. Take a trip with us around the city and tour the Addagrams booth where our keychains made their debut! Thanks for reading, watching, and playing! Stay tuned for more updates as we ramp up for our global launch. - Noah
