gameJul 2026 — presentSolo developer
Word Bloom
A Wordscapes-style word puzzle with a nature theme — swipe letters to bloom words across handcrafted levels. Built in pure Flutter.
FlutterDartCustom gesturesDictionary trie
Overview
Word Bloom is a nature-themed word puzzle in the Wordscapes family: swipe through a wheel of letters to form words that fill a crossword-style board. Like Gravity Grid, it is pure Flutter — no game engine — which keeps the whole experience in one toolchain from UI chrome to gameplay.
Design goals
- Calm, not competitive — the nature theme extends to pacing: no timers, no lives, just progression through blooming levels.
- Handcrafted level curve — early levels teach mechanics; later ones rely on rarer letter combinations and larger boards.
Technical highlights
- Gesture-driven letter wheel — a custom pan-gesture recognizer maps swipe paths to letter sequences with forgiving hit targets.
- Trie-backed dictionary — word validation is a trie walk, fast enough to validate as the finger moves rather than on release.
- Pure Flutter rendering — board, wheel, and bloom animations all live
in the widget tree and
CustomPainter, no engine required.
What I'd do differently
Full case study in progress — being expanded with level-design notes and screenshots.