Build a game like Wordle with Claude Code

A daily word guessing game: daily puzzle shared by all players, coloured tile feedback, on-screen keyboard and more.

WeekendA working first version in a day or two

The Claude Code prompt

Build an original browser game in the same genre as Wordle: a daily word guessing game. Use your own name, characters, art, sound and levels. Only the general mechanics should feel familiar; do not copy Wordle's name, characters, art, music or level layouts.

Version one should have:
- Daily puzzle shared by all players
- Coloured tile feedback
- On-screen keyboard
- Stats and streaks
- Shareable emoji results

The hard part: Almost nothing. Pick a word list, seed the daily word by date and polish the animations.

How to build it:
1. Read this folder first. If it is empty, set up a browser game with Vite, TypeScript and Phaser (or Three.js if it is 3D). Write a short PLAN.md with the game loop, entities, controls and what you are leaving out of version one.
2. Get the core loop playable before anything else: daily puzzle shared by all players. Use simple shapes or free placeholder art until it feels good.
3. Add the rest of the mechanics one at a time, keep game rules in pure functions you can unit test, and make it work with both keyboard and touch.
4. Add a start screen, game over, score and a saved best score in localStorage, plus sound effects you generate or that are free to use.
5. Run it, play it, tune the difficulty, fix what breaks, and finish with a summary and how to deploy it as a static site.

Paste it into Claude Code in an empty folder. It plans first, so read PLAN.md and steer before it starts building.

Version one

  • Daily puzzle shared by all players
  • Coloured tile feedback
  • On-screen keyboard
  • Stats and streaks
  • Shareable emoji results

The hard part

Almost nothing. Pick a word list, seed the daily word by date and polish the animations.

Make it yours: original name, characters, art and levels. Familiar mechanics are fine; Wordle's assets are not.

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