u/DOEStudios

Game Title: HEXICON

Playable Link: https://hexicon.vercel.app/

Platform: Browser (desktop and mobile)

Description:

HEXICON is a roguelike deckbuilder where your deck is letter tiles and your spells are real English words. You play a Lexomancer descending the Verbal Abyss — each fight, you draw a hand of 7 tiles and spell words to deal damage. Cast WRATH for fire damage, BLOOD to drain the enemy, FROST to freeze. Certain tiles carry sigils that double damage, heal, or grant block. Schools of magic (FIRE, ICE, DEATH) trigger bonuses when two letters from the same school appear in your word, rewarding vocabulary that crosses themes.

Between fights you choose your path on a map: combat nodes, libraries that grant new sigils, shrines with risky boons, omens with branching choices, and bosses every fifth depth. Meta-progression carries across runs — your character levels persist, you unlock skills along three branches (Vigor, Power, Insight), and a daily challenge with a shared seed lets you compare scores against everyone else playing that day.

Runs are 25-35 minutes. Single-player. No ads, no signup, no installation. There's a ~48,000-word dictionary, an in-game tutorial, accessibility options, and procedurally generated audio that shifts based on combat tension. The aesthetic is hand-illuminated grimoire — vellum, crimson, gold, candlelight.

I'd really value honest reactions, especially: did the first 5 minutes make sense unexplained, did the depth-5 boss feel fair or like a wall, and is the dictionary good enough for the kinds of words you'd actually try?

Free to Play Status:

• Free to play
• Demo/Key available
• Paid (Allowed only on Tuesdays with [TT] in the title)

Involvement: Solo developer. I designed and built the entire thing — the combat system, the meta-progression, the audio engine, the visual style, the dictionary expansion logic, the daily challenge backend. Built in React with Tone.js for the procedural audio. This is a rough demo; I'm posting here specifically because r/playmygame is the right room for honest, early feedback before I take it further.

Playable Link: https://www.crazygames.com/game/bloom-epi?bypassCache=6kci2

Platform: HTML5

Description: Bloom is a daily word puzzle that grows a garden.

Every day brings one new puzzle — a handful of letters, a cozy theme, and hidden words to uncover. Find them all, earn a seed, and plant it in your garden. Come back tomorrow to watch it grow.

Or jump into Endless mode for unlimited puzzles whenever the mood strikes.

FEATURES

• Hand-crafted daily puzzles with cozy themes

• Drag or tap letters to spell words

• Twelve flower species to discover, from common Daisies to legendary Moonflowers

• Watch flowers grow over three days from seed to full bloom

• Endless mode for unlimited play

• Soft synthesized sound effects (toggle in the corner)

• Beautiful cottagecore art

No accounts, no sign-ups — just a quiet daily ritual.

Free to Play Status: 100% free to play

Involvement: 1st time developer.