SOMETHING NEW

Since my last newsletter I’ve spent almost all of my spare time working on one thing. The game/app that I teased last month! I lost my Duolingo streak for this, so I hope you like it. Meet Sixtep:

👆Wintyr, finally

While I was designing the type specimen for Wintyr I found myself stacking lines of text—as I usually do—to show off the differences between light and bold, etc. Nothing new. BUT since Wintyr is a monospaced font I realized I could just use my brain to think of six letter words instead of relying on another resource to do that. It became a game of sorts. I realized that with just one or two other mechanics it’d actually be challenging and a lot of fun. So I built Sixtep.

How you play

You can install it right now for iPhone (sorry android users, I’m working on that) but here’s how the game works…

A game starts with a diagonal word with letters on a white background. These letters are locked, meaning you have to use them. All you need to do now is write six words, each six letters. The lines don’t interact (it’s not a crossword). AND you can only use the white letters once per column.

So in this example here, t cannot be used as the first letter for any other word, h cannot be the second letter in any other word…you get the idea. The keyboard won’t let you type those letters, so don’t even worry about it.

That’s it. A timer will make you feel super smart or like an idiot. Don’t worry, some games take me 40 seconds, other games take me 4-5 minutes. You get much faster as you go. A new daily game is available at midnight 🌚

Stats for the pros out there 💪

Other things

It’s completely free to play the daily game but if you want more games, stats, and badges, you have to pay $3.99 to unlock it. No subscription, just a one time payment. It’s like a cup of coffee but you can enjoy it more than once. Worth every penny, in my opinion.

THAT'S IT

If you snag the game, I’d love a five star rating OR (and?) consider sharing the game link with a friend. Perhaps your Wordle group chat? Or your book club? If you're on Product Hunt, feel free to give it an upvote.Or a like on Instagram. I don’t know, just tell everyone about Sixtep.

✌️Ty