Writer's Deadline

READY TO BEAT THE DEADLINE?

Welcome to Writer’s Deadline, a word game that combines the spatial strategy of block-dropping games with the brain-churning vocabulary of classic word grids. Dripping in the nostalgic backdrop of 20th-century journalism, use your typewriter and ink ribbons to build words and clear the board to write your articles to climb the ranks of the newspaper publishing world!

You control an endless number of pairs of letters by sliding, rotating, and dropping them into place to build words two letters at a time.

TWO WAYS TO PLAY

CAREER MODE: Break the Story. Test your cognitive skills across your own randomized career journey with levels each with a specific goal and conditions to work under:
•Additional Rules: Challenge your vocabulary with rules about what kind of words you can build, such as words cannot have the letter “T” or words must start with “L”.
•Varied Obstacles: Navigate around writer’s blocks, cope with typo blocks, deal with a board full of junk letters, or work under time constraints.
•Buy Bonuses and Inventory: Buy copy desk sundries and bonuses from your earnings to help tackle more difficult levels as you progress.
•Freelance Gigs: Running low on dough? Take on embarrassing side jobs to earn more. Swallow your pride and work as a birthday card punster or a teen magazine contributor all the way up to ghostwriting or political hackwriting to keep your career afloat.

PURE MODE: The Arcade Challenge. No rules, just the deadline. Survive as long as you can in an endless high score chase. Dial in your preferred difficulty to control minimum word lengths and achieve your personal best score.

PLAY WHEN YOU WANT

Writer’s Deadline is always saving your progress, even mid-game! Take that phone call or text message, the game will be waiting for you when you’re ready to resume. It’s the ultimate casual word game that lets you stop and start when you want, whether you have plenty of time or only a few minutes!

LEARN NEW WORDS

Writer’s Deadline uses a sanitized, tournament grade North American dictionary, containing offline definitions to help you learn new words you might accidentally stumble upon! UK and other dictionaries are coming soon!

AESTHETIC VIBES

Built for tactile satisfaction, every rotation, drop, and clear is felt rich by the mechanical ASMR of vintage typewriters and analog office equipment. Steel typewriter keycaps, rich textured ink ribbons, 35mm film reels, and spinning newspapers complete the feel of when journalism was a heralded and respected profession.

The deadline is approaching. Stack your letters, sharpen your vocabulary, and get the paper out on time.