u/Firm-Community-860

I really like Wordle, but the one thing that always bugged me was that there isn't actually an opponent.

You're basically racing your own past performance.

So I built LOUTRIS — basically Wordle, but as a live competitive 1v1.

Both players are solving the same word, but they share a pool of 7 guesses total, split 4–3 between them.

Each player also gets 90 seconds on their own clock, chess-clock style. Your clock only runs while it's your turn and stops as soon as you submit a guess.

So now you're not just trying to solve the word.

You're trying to solve it before your opponent does, while managing your limited guesses and your own time.

Whoever gets the word first wins.

There’s also:

-ELO rating

-Global leaderboard

-Wins / losses / draws

-Daily Word mode + streaks

-Classic mode

I built the whole thing solo and it's still evolving. The design definitely needs some work, but I'm pretty happy with how the gameplay feels so far.

If you want to try it:
https://loutris.online

Would love to hear what you think, especially about the 7 shared guesses + 90-second chess clock idea.

I really like Wordle, but the one thing that always bugged me was that there isn't actually an opponent.

You're basically racing your own past performance.

So I built LOUTRIS — basically Wordle, but as a live competitive 1v1.

Both players are solving the same word, but they share a pool of 7 guesses total, split 4–3 between them.

Each player also gets 90 seconds on their own clock, chess-clock style. Your clock only runs while it's your turn and stops as soon as you submit a guess.

So now you're not just trying to solve the word.

You're trying to solve it before your opponent does, while managing your limited guesses and your own time.

Whoever gets the word first wins.

There’s also:

-ELO rating

-Global leaderboard

-Wins / losses / draws

-Daily Word mode + streaks

-Classic mode

I built the whole thing solo and it's still evolving. The design definitely needs some work, but I'm pretty happy with how the gameplay feels so far.

If you want to try it:
https://loutris.online

Would love to hear what you think, especially about the 7 shared guesses + 90-second chess clock idea.

I’m mid-build on something i’ve been wanting to make for months, probably still 2-4 weeks out from anything usable. no marketing budget at all so ads are off the table completely.

for people who built something without paying for ads, how did you get the traffic? And did you start building an audience before launch or did you wait till it was done and then hustle?