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FubarGames

@fubargames.bsky.social

Maker of Squardle and other games. fubargames.se/squardle (Latest version is v2.018) patreon.com/furbyfubar

FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I've been getting some mixed signals about the new game mode that's unlocked by solving the Daily Squardle added. Some players are saying that it has bad replay value. At the same time I'm not use how that can be true given the data of how many times it's been played already!

Squardle XXXXS is a new game mode that uses a 1x1 board. You get 10 guesses to find the 1-letter word that's going both vertically and horizontally across the board. As solving the only square always mean that you've won the game there are no bonus guesses to collect.

Speaking of the game: You just lost The Game.

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FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Wait, I just re-read your message in context. Are you talking about the emoji squares? Because I *have* seen some devices/apps/browsers now have differently sized emoji for one of the squares making things look un-aligned. I'm guessing you're seeing an emoji-font that doesn't line up?

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FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

A big update for Squardle will drop this Friday! Here's a sneak peek at one of the two new game modes, as well as a look at one of the minor quality of life changes. You can play Squardle for free in your browser here: fubargames.se/squardle #Squardle #Squardle34 #WordGames #Wordle-likes #GameDev

Board showing a new Squardle board layout that has 34 squares. It's a 6x6 board with the top left and bottom right squares missing. Walls separate the rows and columns into 12 5-letter words. The board is empty as no guesses have been made, so all 10 guesses are remaining. The first row and column are highlighted by having their squares be a lighter shade of gray in addition to the two arrows pointing towards that row and column.

Squardle 34 is one of the two new games modes that will drop this Friday. It’s a freeplay mode that’ll be available in all of the five languages Squardle supports. Also visible in this image is the new (optional) way to more clearly show you where you’re about to guess next: Light gray squares.

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FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Upcoming quality of life feature for Squardle! This is currently being tested by my lovely Patreon supporters. #Squardle #GameDev #WordGames

Image of a Squardle game in progress. The guess currently being typed in is "UNHI...", but as H and U and black and dark gray on the keyboard from the previous guesses, those letters get a darkened square on the board.

Text next to the screenshot:

If you’re playing on a device with a physical keyboard, it’s a bit too easy to not pay attention to the on-screen keyboard and thus type in a letter that’s already black or dark gray there.

This leads to feel bad moments. Also, “Can you avoid pressing the letters that are marked on the keyboard?” isn’t supposed to be the skill-testing part of playing Squardle. For this reason the next big update will include a feature that also temporarily darkens the squares on the board where you’ve typed in black or dark gray letters. Note that you can of course still guess words with those letters.

If you dislike this change, it will be optional. So it can be turned off in the settings.

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FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Another new game mode just entered the Patreon supporter Beta: Squardle Distance 34! It completely changes how hints work in Squardle. Instead of getting info about rows and columns for your guessed letters you now get to know how far away from where they should go you've guessed them. #GameDev

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FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

The 4-letter made mode Squardle XS released on April Fool's. It's been less than 3 weeks, so I'm really happy that to announce that my wonderful Patreon supporters can already start testing out the *next* new game mode! Its currently called "Squardle 34", due to the 34 squares of its board. #GameDev

A game of Squardle 34 in progress. It has a 6x6 board where the top-left and bottom-right squares are missing. The center 4 rows and columns all have a wall each, dividing them up into groups of 5+1 square. This is to indicate what squares should be solved to form 5-letter words and what squares should only be read in one direction. The player has typed in BOARD as their third guess, but is yet to press enter. They have 8 guesses remaining, indicating that they started with 10.

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FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

The Squardle Obscure update also included a very subtle quality of life fix to make misclicks while making a note for a square less likely for non-mobile players: It changed the input for starting to make a note from onclick to onmousedown. #Squardle #GameDev 1/x

A gray square from a Squardle board with a blue circle with the letter S in it.

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FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

The update for "Squardle Obscure" dropped earlier today! It brings new configurable game modes where less common words can show up as answers. You can try them out yourself by clicking "Other game modes" in the main menu here: fubargames.se/squardle/ #Squardle #WebGames #GameDev #Wordle-likes

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FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I intend to have the update live by noon EST tomorrow. #GameDev #GameDesign #Squardle fubargames.se/squardle

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FubarGames @fubargames.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

The Squardle version that's currently being Beta tested by my lovely Patreon supporters just got an update. They're testing an update that will add "Squardle Obscure" as a game mode. I just added "Squardle Obscure 25" to it. Here's the new part of the"Other game modes" page for the Beta version:

A page with options for configuring and starting Squardle Obscure. It has options for "Board type" (21, 24, or 25 squares), "Max common words" with a dropdown showing the default value of 2, on/off toggles for including "Brutally obscure words" and "Words ending in S" (for regular plurals and verbs in third-person singular present tense).

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