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Word Escape

Create words to remove letters and flee through a procedurally generated dungeon. Armed with a customisable loadout of powerups, puzzle-solving and quick-thinking are required to escape the incoming wave of lava. Or try the new Puzzle Mode, with no lava wave you'll have to plan ahead to escape!

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Appstroid Studios
Publisher
Appstroid Studios
Release
June 21, 2021
5 years and 43 days ago
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About the Game

Word Escape is a mixture of word puzzle solving and fast paced dungeon-crawler action. You will need to form words from the letters around you to create a safe pathway through the dungeon. Featuring two separate game modes, both with individual leaderboards:

In Lava Mode, as you travel longer distances, you will unlock a variety of powerups and abilities to aid your escape whereas Puzzle Mode requires are more careful, thought out approach to escape each level!

Features


  • Prodecural generation ensures unique levels and endless replayability.
  • Create any word consisting of three letters or more but longer words mean greater powerups!
  • Customisable powerup selection with over 6,000 possible loadout arrangements.
  • Full leaderboard integration to challenge your friends and compete for the top spot!
  • A wide variety of challenging (and some not so challenging) achievements to unlock.
  • A brand new game mode, 'Puzzle Mode' which requires careful planning to escape - without the pressure of incoming lava!
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