Arun Stephens
@arunstephens.com
Word game developer (@playhangfive.com) and software engineer (xero.com) from NZ. I also have a newsletter (arunstephens.com).
Guess who was on the radio!
This afternoon we spoke with Jesse Mulligan on RNZ Afternoons about how we came up with the idea for Hang Five, our story so far, and with a little glimpse to the future.
The art of online word games
The art of online word games
The art of online word games
With the huge popularity of web based word games like Wordle, Connections and thousands of versions of crossword, have you ever thought about trying to design one yourself? Where would you even start?...
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February 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Guess who was on the radio!
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We told the story behind Hang Five to the New Zealand Herald. You might even learn a few tips and tricks!
https://buff.ly/4bfXzTc
#HangFive #Wordle #WQuers
https://buff.ly/4bfXzTc
#HangFive #Wordle #WQuers
Love Wordle? Try this NZ-made word game
Kiwis Arun and Amy Stephens were inspired by their love of puzzles to create Hang Five.
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February 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We told the story behind Hang Five to the New Zealand Herald. You might even learn a few tips and tricks!
https://buff.ly/4bfXzTc
#HangFive #Wordle #WQuers
https://buff.ly/4bfXzTc
#HangFive #Wordle #WQuers
Guess who was in the paper? Read about how we created Hang Five @playhangfive.com! www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainmen...
Love Wordle? Try this NZ-made word game
Kiwis Arun and Amy Stephens were inspired by their love of puzzles to create Hang Five.
www.nzherald.co.nz
February 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Guess who was in the paper? Read about how we created Hang Five @playhangfive.com! www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainmen...
Reposted by Arun Stephens
Looks like a lot of people had a quiet Sunday. An impressive 76% of players solved Sunday's #HangFive puzzle "Shhhhh..."
Have a go at solving today's puzzle. Guess five related words, a letter at a time, at https://buff.ly/3EPUexX
Have a go at solving today's puzzle. Guess five related words, a letter at a time, at https://buff.ly/3EPUexX
February 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Looks like a lot of people had a quiet Sunday. An impressive 76% of players solved Sunday's #HangFive puzzle "Shhhhh..."
Have a go at solving today's puzzle. Guess five related words, a letter at a time, at https://buff.ly/3EPUexX
Have a go at solving today's puzzle. Guess five related words, a letter at a time, at https://buff.ly/3EPUexX
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February 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If the #eqnz woke you up, why not play Hang Five (@playhangfive.com) before you get back to sleep. It's a hangman-like game made in Upper Hutt: playhangfive.com
Hang Five – Daily Word Puzzle Game
Play Hang Five, the daily word puzzle game! Guess five words related to a common theme, track your streaks, and share your scores with friends. New puzzles every day at midnight!
playhangfive.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
If the #eqnz woke you up, why not play Hang Five (@playhangfive.com) before you get back to sleep. It's a hangman-like game made in Upper Hutt: playhangfive.com
Reposted by Arun Stephens
Hey #WQuers! There are a few amongst you who also enjoy playing Hang Five - why not give it a go at playhangfive.com?
Hang Five – Daily Word Puzzle Game
Play Hang Five, the daily word puzzle game! Guess five words related to a common theme, track your streaks, and share your scores with friends. New puzzles every day at midnight!
playhangfive.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Hey #WQuers! There are a few amongst you who also enjoy playing Hang Five - why not give it a go at playhangfive.com?
When you put it like that...
When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Read our op-ed here ⤵️
Billionaires Should Not Exist
Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.
www.teenvogue.com
January 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
When you put it like that...
Finally deleted my Twitter account.
I wanted to keep the username safe from being taken by someone else, so renamed my account, created a new one, then deleted the old one.
I wanted to keep the username safe from being taken by someone else, so renamed my account, created a new one, then deleted the old one.
January 23, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Finally deleted my Twitter account.
I wanted to keep the username safe from being taken by someone else, so renamed my account, created a new one, then deleted the old one.
I wanted to keep the username safe from being taken by someone else, so renamed my account, created a new one, then deleted the old one.
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Someone somewhere is going to play the millionth Hang Five game over the next few hours. Will it be you?
January 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Someone somewhere is going to play the millionth Hang Five game over the next few hours. Will it be you?
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What's been happening at Hang Five during the first week of 2025? Read our newsletter to find out! open.substack.com/pub/hangfive...
One week into 2025, and a bunch of new players
Where did you all come from?
open.substack.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:20 PM
What's been happening at Hang Five during the first week of 2025? Read our newsletter to find out! open.substack.com/pub/hangfive...
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Corrections’ “male-dominant workplace culture is an enabler of sexual harassment”, a review has found. It reported a “continuum” of incidents including indecent assault and rape, described by Corrections as unacceptable and unlawful behaviours. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
December 2, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Corrections’ “male-dominant workplace culture is an enabler of sexual harassment”, a review has found. It reported a “continuum” of incidents including indecent assault and rape, described by Corrections as unacceptable and unlawful behaviours. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
September 20, 2024 at 4:52 AM
Thank you for playing!
January 28, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Thank you for playing!
I'm interested to find out what the new English-only name for KiwiRail will be.
November 27, 2023 at 7:53 PM
I'm interested to find out what the new English-only name for KiwiRail will be.
If this new government wants to cut wasteful spending, I'm not sure a bill to make a language, that is arguably at common law, already an official language, an official language, is the right way to go about it. #nzpol
November 24, 2023 at 9:38 AM
If this new government wants to cut wasteful spending, I'm not sure a bill to make a language, that is arguably at common law, already an official language, an official language, is the right way to go about it. #nzpol
I feel like because I'm here I need to have an #nzpol hot take but really all I've got is...
Michael Jackson Watching A Movie And Eating Popcorn GIF
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November 17, 2023 at 10:29 AM
I feel like because I'm here I need to have an #nzpol hot take but really all I've got is...
I see Wordle is down. Why not give playhangfive.com a go? It's a game my wife and I made after a trip abroad!
Hang Five
A hangman game with five words
playhangfive.com
November 3, 2023 at 8:01 PM
I see Wordle is down. Why not give playhangfive.com a go? It's a game my wife and I made after a trip abroad!
Who are some people on here that are building in public?
October 20, 2023 at 7:50 AM
Who are some people on here that are building in public?
So I have 20k Instagram followers that I've slowly ammassed over the years. 75% of them are in India, because my username is simply @arun. I've never really engaged with that audience, but am trying to thing of ways to do so. Any ideas? I guess there is the Cricket World Cup on!
October 19, 2023 at 9:05 AM
So I have 20k Instagram followers that I've slowly ammassed over the years. 75% of them are in India, because my username is simply @arun. I've never really engaged with that audience, but am trying to thing of ways to do so. Any ideas? I guess there is the Cricket World Cup on!
My team at work played the game that my wife and I make, and this is their score!
Hang Five 74
❤️❤️❤️💙🖤 ✅
100%
playhangfive.com
Hang Five 74
❤️❤️❤️💙🖤 ✅
100%
playhangfive.com
playhangfive.com
October 19, 2023 at 2:38 AM
My team at work played the game that my wife and I make, and this is their score!
Hang Five 74
❤️❤️❤️💙🖤 ✅
100%
playhangfive.com
Hang Five 74
❤️❤️❤️💙🖤 ✅
100%
playhangfive.com
@danserif.bsky.social Found you! Looking forward to seeing your monochromaticity on another platform.
October 19, 2023 at 1:31 AM
@danserif.bsky.social Found you! Looking forward to seeing your monochromaticity on another platform.
Now to track down the interesting people from Twitter and see who's here!
October 19, 2023 at 12:34 AM
Now to track down the interesting people from Twitter and see who's here!
Finally here, thanks to the invite facilitated by @paulbrislen.bsky.social. Like many, I felt like I had to get my A into G after the charging experiment in NZ. Interesting timing given Stuff decided to leave last week though!
October 19, 2023 at 12:33 AM
Finally here, thanks to the invite facilitated by @paulbrislen.bsky.social. Like many, I felt like I had to get my A into G after the charging experiment in NZ. Interesting timing given Stuff decided to leave last week though!