Word!

Mobile battle-first word game built with Expo and React Native.

Current focus:

• solo queue into the public arena
• duo lobby with friend invites and auto-pair fallback
• live top-10 guess race
• 10-round matches with 1-minute rounds or instant solve

Repository:

• GitHub: https://github.com/Henrixbor/word

Backend:

• Railway API: https://wordgame-production-79dc.up.railway.app
• backend repo: /Users/henri/Repositories/wordgame

Local setup

npm install
npx expo start

Native:

npm run ios
npm run android

Web:

npm run web

Quality checks

npm run lint
npm run typecheck

Current product shape

• Battle is the primary game mode.
• Ranks and Profile support the multiplayer loop.
• Daily/practice still exist, but the product is currently optimized around live arena play.

Main directories

• app/ Expo Router screens
• components/ UI, game, branding, and animation components
• assets/branding/ approved art, logo, splash, and mascot assets
• assets/avatars/ selectable player animals
• services/ API, sockets, Game Center scaffolding
• stores/ auth and gameplay persistence
• ios/ native iOS project
• android/ native Android project

Release notes

Important current behavior:

• live arena guesses are submitted over Socket.IO
• reconnecting players rejoin active matches
• top-10 board shows only real discoveries plus hidden #1
• intermission shows the winning word and score snapshot

Repo strategy

For now, keep mobile and backend separate.

See:

• docs/REPO_STRATEGY.md
• ../wordgame/RAILWAY_DEPLOY_LOOP.md