Word Crystal

⠀

It's just Wordle except the system doesn't work and it's confusing.

a spin on mastermind with words, or for the kids out there, a wordle-like. never liked this puzzle type and I'd be baffled how a ripoff of something can become so popular suddenly, except it happens all the time and people think the 'creator' came up with something original, then compare everything to said ripoff, not all the things it ripped off. crazy. anyway, in-game instructions explain that you're guessing 4 words sharing the first and last letters, each has to be done within 6 guesses. no timer but if you fail to guess one word, the whole thing is over, can't do the rest. the definitions of what is and isn't in a word are a bit confusing, a proper tutorial would be necessary, just in case. [b]controls aren't great[/b] either. can click letters or type but clicking is ill-advised, as [b]the only way to remove a letter with the mouse is by clicking the arrow on the bottom right[/b] (acts as backspace), clicking placed letters with either button does nothing. [b]can't rotate the crystal with keys, making a typing/word game not completely playable with the keyboard[/b]. and as basic as the whole thing is, [b]it's also buggy[/b]. sometimes the 6th guess can't be entered in any way, gotta rotate the crystal first, and after solving my first level, I got half the achievements, as if I solved 50 puzzles. and this, according to some patch notes, after 'extensive qa from a kind soul' (wasn't me this time) and almost a year in early access. again, crazy. the presentation is fine, the music's pleasant enough. only separate volumes, no windowed mode or any other settings. alt+enter makes a non-resizable window, gotta edit the registry for basic functionality, as usual. lazy. all of these would already be enough for a thumbs down, but [b]only a single puzzle per day is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ joke[/b] and absolutely seals the (no) deal. at least provide an archive going back to the beginning. you get more playtime out of a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ mobile port of anything with an energy system or similar, or probably any and every game doing essentially the same thing (but often better) as this, be it on a phone or elsewhere.