‘Wordle’-inspired game ‘Framed’ challenges film buffs
One still, once a day, every day
By Joe Goggins
Another new offshoot of the ‘Wordle’ phenomenon has emerged, this time challenging players to guess the film from the still provided.
‘Framed’ follows in the footsteps of the hugely successful word-guessing game, as well as previous such spin-offs as ‘Heardle’, whereby players try to guess songs off the back of split-second clips, and ‘Who Are Ya?’, which has participants try to guess the footballer in five tries.
Now, ‘Framed’ provides one movie still per day, with the customary five guesses for players to clinch the answer. Available to play free-of-charge at Framed.wtf, the game’s developers are the latest to adapt to the simple ingenuity of ‘Wordle’ for their own purposes.
Now, ‘Framed’ provides one movie still per day, with the customary five guesses for players to clinch the answer. Available to play free-of-charge at Framed.wtf, the game’s developers are the latest to adapt to the simple ingenuity of ‘Wordle’ for their own purposes.
The creator of the game remains in the shadows, but does say on the game’s website that it is for “a game for cinephiles and casual movie watchers alike.” Additionally, they explain that “each day a new movie is picked from a kinda curated list compiled by me.” Unlike ‘Wordle’, though, no clues are given in ‘Framed’, meaning there’s little margin for error. A new image is posted every day at midnight UK time.
‘Wordle’ has taken the world by storm since Welsh software engineer Josh Wardle invented it last October, originally intending it as a gift for his puzzle-loving girlfriend. The whole world has since caught wind of it, with The New York Times Company purchasing the game from Wardle in late January of this year for an “undisclosed price in the low-seven figures.”
At the time of the sale, Wardle sounded glad to have been able to take the load off, having unwittingly become a major star when the game became a viral hit last December. “My biggest sense, actually, right now, isn’t joy. It’s relief,” he told reporters after the sale. “What’s interesting is, people ask me all the time about the monetization stuff. Like, “You could put ads on it, You could do premium. And I don’t know, maybe I’m an idiot. None of that really appeals to me. I think because I started with the intention of not doing it, it’s been easy to say no. If I’d been trying to make a viral game I think it would be very different.’
Earlier this month also saw the emergence of ‘Heardle’, which encourages music lovers to guess songs in six or less guesses.