Lingo Lords
Game Design/UX/UI/Illustration
ABOUT THE PROJECT
In Lingo Lords you compete in five-round turn-based matches against fierce opponents from all around the world. Move and rotate blocks – deploy powerups like Swap Block and Infiltrate – then swipe to get those big fancy words, score big and reach the top lists. Tactics, strategy and serious word hunting skills are what counts here!
When Scrabble just isn’t interesting enough…
The journey began when one of my former colleagues came to me and asked if I could help him for a day or two to touch up the design for his upcoming game. Hundreds and hundreds of hours later including one complete redesign the Lingo Lords open Beta was finally released in 2022.
In Lingo Lords where you can compete against people from all over world in 5 round matches. The core gameplay looks deceivingly simple and is easy to learn to but hard to master: move a block, find a word, maybe play a powerup, and swipe to submit your find. But winning is just as much about finding good words as it it to prevent your opponent from grapping them under your nose so choose your strategy carefully.
Powerups!
When designing the gameplay we wanted to reward players to use creative plays. Many different powerups was play tested and their power level and “funness” was evaluated.
Powerups like Block swap and Infiltrate lets the player manipulate the playing field, allowing new words to be discovered. Others like Create Block and Randomizer can help mitigate boards wich weak letters while the Hour glass gives the player just a bit more time to think before the timer reaches zero.
Play to win
If you set out to ruining a gaming experience, micro transactions that let’s the player buy power if the fastest way to achieve that. In Lingo Lords however, money will only buy you vanity in the form of items from the avatar workshop bought with your WordBucks. The core gameplay is unaffected bar the intimidation factor of seeing your opponents awesome avatar. Additionally you can earn WordBucks by just playing the game for free.
LingoLords is available to install from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store