One of the most popular games in 2022 came from an unlikely place, as Wordle consistently drives hundreds of thousands of people to test their literacy skills. However, a brand new Wordle clone called Framed has surfaced on the internet, so movie buffs can have a go at it too.
This is of course just the latest clone of the homemade game, as recent spins have geared toward making the game extra hard with a 25-letter word version of Wordle, one geared towards Formula 1 fans, and even a version meant to test out one’s reflexes that gamers are bound to love. With an estimated 300,000 players near its peak, Wordle pretty much hit the same levels of popularity as the world’s most popular games, such as Fortnite, CS:GO, League of Legends, or the recently released Elden Ring.
Framed's spin on the magic Wordle formula is quite simple: players get the same 6 guesses, but they start off with a single clue in the form of a shot from the unknown movie. The player then enters his guess into a search bar with auto-completed entries generated from the developer’s own curated list. If it’s correct they win, and if not, another movie frame is shown. As with Wordle's daily variants, there’s only one movie picked per day, except in this case, the level of difficulty solely depends on one’s film culture.
Of course, guessing powers will be severely nerfed for those that have never seen one of the movies posted on any given day. However, it might also be a nice way for losing players to broaden their tastes in movies. The game’s maker has a Ko-fi site set up for those who want to support them with a £2 coffee, and their recent work also includes a couple of other Wordle clones, with Speedle basically being a speedrunner’s dream, and Numble coming down to testing arithmetic skills.
If "Wordle but with math" doesn’t seem overly interesting, there’s also the version that only contains company brand names, because at this point there’s pretty much a Wordle for everyone. The game’s massive popularity has not been free of controversy, as Josh Wardle’s millionaire sale of the original to The New York Times caused a steep playerbase decline, possibly due to several changes introduced by the paper in the game’s word database, among others.
As Wordle approaches its 300th edition and more clones will probably continue to pop up, it’s just a matter of finding the one that woos each user the same way the original indie gem did.
Source: framed.wtf