''Word Realms'' (abbreviated ''WR'') is a
single-player role-playing game designed by
Asymmetric Publications
Asymmetric Publications is a video game developer and publisher. It made the web-based role-playing game '' Kingdom of Loathing''.
Asymmetric is run by Zack Johnson (who is known as Jick in-game). Employees of the company are known as the Asymm ...
, including lead designer Zack "Jick" Johnson and designer Kevin Simmons. The game was released in 2013.
Gameplay
''Word Realms'' gameplay is based on battles between the player character and a computer-controlled non-player character (NPC). As in the game ''
Bookworm Adventures
''Bookworm Adventures'' is a word-forming puzzle video game, the follow-up to ''Bookworm'' from PopCap Games. Released in November 2006, ''Bookworm Adventures'' combines the "create words from sets of letters" aspect of ''Bookworm'' with several e ...
'' by
PopCap Games, battles consist of the player and the NPC taking turns spelling a word from a set of letters.
There are also eight mini-games.
Each mini-game has a different gameplay mechanism, sometimes similar to battles, and sometimes with some twists or restrictions that make it quite different.
Development
The game was developed over a period of four years, and was funded through
Kickstarter.
References
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External links
Word Realms Wiki at Coldfront
2013 video games
Linux games
MacOS games
Puzzle video games
Role-playing video games
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games