Ruzzle
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| Ruzzle | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Mag Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Mag Interactive |
| Platform(s) | iOS, Android , Windows Phone 8 |
| Release | March 2012 |
| Genre(s) | Word Game |
Ruzzle is a 2012 video game for iOS and Android devices. The game was developed by the Swedish gaming company MAG Interactive.
The application was published on Apple Store in March 2012.[1] The game mechanism is inspired by the board games Boggle and Scrabble.[2]
Gameplay
The game is based on a system of online challenges: to start a game, the player must necessarily find an opponent to play against, which may be chosen randomly by the system between online users, chosen from a list of friends set by the player or chosen among Facebook friends.
Each game is divided into three rounds and the final score is the sum of the scores obtained in each round. In each round, the player has two minutes to form as many words as possible with the sixteen letters available in the 4x4 grid on the screen. Words must be at least two letters and must be formed using letters adjacent one to another. You can not enter the same letter-box multiple times within the same word. As in Scrabble, a different score is assigned to each letter.
Reception
The game success was initially confined to its domestic market in Sweden, and in nearby countries like Denmark, Norway and the Netherlands.[1] In January 2013, six months after the original release, Ruzzle topped the list of most downloaded app in the United States[3] and as of May 2013 counts more than 35 million players in 128 different countries.[4]