Portrait Word Puzzle / Mobile / WebGL
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Solo Unity Developer / Personal Project / 2025 - Present
A portrait-first Unity word puzzle game where players decode hidden sentences through letter clues, limited lives, daily challenges, cloud-backed progression, and monetized hint or revive flows.
Turned a simple cipher mechanic into a production-ready mobile and WebGL puzzle product with live-service style daily systems and monetization.
2025 - Present
Solo Unity Developer
Personal Project
UTC-based daily puzzle delivery with leaderboard submission and ranking
Case study overview
Built level-based and daily puzzle flows with cloud-backed progress, trusted UTC puzzle rotation, and leaderboard support.
Implemented lives, rewarded hints, revive flow, ads mediation, and Unity IAP for life packs plus remove-ads purchases.
Shipped the project with portrait-first UI, login paths, cloud save sync, and deployment targets across Android, iOS, and WebGL.
Responsibilities
Core puzzle loop, portrait UI flow, and deterministic sentence decoding systems
Firebase-backed daily puzzles, leaderboards, cloud save sync, and authentication paths
Monetization flow with rewarded ads, interstitials, banner ads, and Unity IAP products
Technical work
UTC-based daily puzzle delivery with leaderboard submission and ranking
Service-style singletons and event-driven gameplay or UI communication through a shared event system
Cross-platform support for Android, iOS, and WebGL with cloud save reconciliation and login variants
Challenges
Turning a simple puzzle mechanic into a production-ready retention loop with daily content and progression
Balancing lives, hints, revives, ads, and purchases without harming the core play experience
Keeping portrait UI, save flow, login paths, and remote data systems reliable across multiple deployment targets
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