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Linked

A fun and simple word puzzle game to test your brain.

Linked is a word puzzle game where you link five words by their first and last letters. It can be played either on the website or the Android app. The game was released in June 2024, with the website built in React and the app in React Native.

Building the app was the first time I used React Native. I drew heavy inspiration from the simple but satisfying New York Times word games, but I still tried to make a unique puzzle. Prior to Linked's release, the game's core mechanics underwent several significant changes to make the game generally easy to understand, fun, original, and balanced.