I can’t quite remember the specifics of how I discovered Gamedle but I do know that it was through a recommended video on YouTube and it clearly intrigued me enough that I decided to go check out the website itself. Little did I realise how addictive I would find it and that is predominantly due to a particular game mode. Since I’ve been enjoying it so much, I thought it might be interesting to take a quick glance at what Gamedle is, what I like about it and why I think you should check it out.
Gamedle can be roughly divided into four game modes (with a fifth one on the way) with a few variations. The most prominent mode is what is affectionately referred to as Classic. In this, you are given an image of a video game cover which has been highly pixelated in a 3×3 grid. One part of this grid is clear from the beginning and each guess that you make clears another section, giving you more information steadily. However, guesses are limited and you won’t be able to clear the whole image before you run out of chances. Additionally, you’re informed about whether the games you’ve guessed are part of the same franchise or saga as the answer. For those wondering what the difference is, I’m going to use the Mega Man series as an example. All Mega Man games would be part of the same franchise but a Battle Network game would not be part of the same saga as the Mega Man X series.
So this is where I’m going to begin explaining the variations of each game mode as all three variations apply to Classic. You have a daily mode which provides a new video game cover every 24 hours but you also have an unlimited mode where you can continuously keep guessing video game covers and even make a few custom modifications such as time limits, year limits and whether specific genres are represented. The last variation is a weekly mode which, as of this article, only applies to Classic. Each week, a theme is selected with all games featured being part of it. For instance, the week I’m writing this, the theme is Side view games after 2018 which features 63 titles.
Two other game modes which are currently exclusive to dailies are Artwork and Keywords. Artwork is quite similar to Classic except that, instead of a video game cover, it uses artwork from the game. It seems this artwork can come from various sources as long as it’s official and I would argue is more challenging since the art isn’t as publicly known as video game covers. Keywords instead lists tags such as Grapple, Cryokinesis, Tournament etc. which you use to narrow down the game. You are fed more tags after each guess and the last guess also includes a highly pixelated image of the cover.
However, my absolute favourite game mode is undoubtedly Guess. In Guess, you have 10 guesses to get the game right. With each game you guess, you’re given a variety of information about the game such as genre, themes, game engine, developers and publishers etc. with each one coloured green, yellow or red. Green means that the information is a perfect match to the game you’re trying to guess, yellow means some of the information is correct and red means none of the information is correct. Using this, you can figure out what the answer is and I find using my knowledge of games in general to be a really satisfying experience. I’m also glad that Guess is also given the opportunity to be played in Unlimited mode as it’s easily the version I’ve played most. I’ve even managed to get up to a streak of 60 games so far!
Gamedle’s been a lot of fun and I’m very curious about the upcoming Characters mode and how it’ll work. Let me know your thoughts on Gamedle, whether you’re going to check it out, which game modes are your favourites, if you’re also looking forward to Characters mode and any additional information you might have on the topic.
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