FubarGames
@fubargames.bsky.social
Maker of Squardle and other games.
http://fubargames.se/squardle (Latest version is v2.001)
https://patreon.com/furbyfubar
http://fubargames.se/squardle (Latest version is v2.001)
https://patreon.com/furbyfubar
Anyhow, as of now Squardle v2.002 is live, where 🔲 will replace ⬜ in the share emoji going forward.
Everyone who's answered me on multiple platforms sees the new square in the same size as the other colors. Hopefully the border around the new white square won't be reported as a bug on twitter now.
Everyone who's answered me on multiple platforms sees the new square in the same size as the other colors. Hopefully the border around the new white square won't be reported as a bug on twitter now.
December 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Anyhow, as of now Squardle v2.002 is live, where 🔲 will replace ⬜ in the share emoji going forward.
Everyone who's answered me on multiple platforms sees the new square in the same size as the other colors. Hopefully the border around the new white square won't be reported as a bug on twitter now.
Everyone who's answered me on multiple platforms sees the new square in the same size as the other colors. Hopefully the border around the new white square won't be reported as a bug on twitter now.
Given how little it matters that a square is white or black in the share emoji it sort of makes sense that no one reported the bug for several years. Long enough for a new social media platform that has a different emoji font to make it onto the scene so that the fixing of the bug now causes issues.
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Given how little it matters that a square is white or black in the share emoji it sort of makes sense that no one reported the bug for several years. Long enough for a new social media platform that has a different emoji font to make it onto the scene so that the fixing of the bug now causes issues.
The white emoji squares were in the game from the start. See x.com/MangMatt/sta... for example.
But it looks like I early on introduced a bug that made the white emoji squares black. Squardle Distance added new emoji colors, so in that update I cleaned up the code and apparently also fixed the bug.
But it looks like I early on introduced a bug that made the white emoji squares black. Squardle Distance added new emoji colors, so in that update I cleaned up the code and apparently also fixed the bug.
December 13, 2025 at 11:37 PM
The white emoji squares were in the game from the start. See x.com/MangMatt/sta... for example.
But it looks like I early on introduced a bug that made the white emoji squares black. Squardle Distance added new emoji colors, so in that update I cleaned up the code and apparently also fixed the bug.
But it looks like I early on introduced a bug that made the white emoji squares black. Squardle Distance added new emoji colors, so in that update I cleaned up the code and apparently also fixed the bug.
Of course, if the emoji "White Large Square" should align in size with "Red Large Square" for the full emoji or just for the square but not their outline is a matter of taste.
I totally understand that the use case of "Wordle-like results" might not be top prio for the Unicode Consortium.
Still...
I totally understand that the use case of "Wordle-like results" might not be top prio for the Unicode Consortium.
Still...
December 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Of course, if the emoji "White Large Square" should align in size with "Red Large Square" for the full emoji or just for the square but not their outline is a matter of taste.
I totally understand that the use case of "Wordle-like results" might not be top prio for the Unicode Consortium.
Still...
I totally understand that the use case of "Wordle-like results" might not be top prio for the Unicode Consortium.
Still...
I just made a post asking the same question about what emoji lines up on people's screens on both twitter and bsky (not as a reply).
This seems to be one of the rare instances of where twitter has an edge on bsky by having its own emoji font that it uses across apps.
This seems to be one of the rare instances of where twitter has an edge on bsky by having its own emoji font that it uses across apps.
December 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I just made a post asking the same question about what emoji lines up on people's screens on both twitter and bsky (not as a reply).
This seems to be one of the rare instances of where twitter has an edge on bsky by having its own emoji font that it uses across apps.
This seems to be one of the rare instances of where twitter has an edge on bsky by having its own emoji font that it uses across apps.
Does "Black Square Button" align better than "White Large Square" on your device?
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 | Red Large Square
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ | White Large Square
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ | Black Large Square
🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲 | Black Square Button (currently unused)
🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳 | White Square Button (used for missing squares)
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 | Red Large Square
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ | White Large Square
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ | Black Large Square
🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲 | Black Square Button (currently unused)
🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳 | White Square Button (used for missing squares)
December 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Does "Black Square Button" align better than "White Large Square" on your device?
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 | Red Large Square
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ | White Large Square
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ | Black Large Square
🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲 | Black Square Button (currently unused)
🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳 | White Square Button (used for missing squares)
🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 | Red Large Square
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ | White Large Square
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ | Black Large Square
🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲 | Black Square Button (currently unused)
🔳🔳🔳🔳🔳 | White Square Button (used for missing squares)
I'm guessing it doesn't look like that screenshot for you and the rows of 5 squares get different width? Or does it look like the screenshot and the fact that the black border on the white squares makes those squares slightly bigger (while still aligned in the grid) enough to annoy you?
December 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm guessing it doesn't look like that screenshot for you and the rows of 5 squares get different width? Or does it look like the screenshot and the fact that the black border on the white squares makes those squares slightly bigger (while still aligned in the grid) enough to annoy you?
Wait, I just re-read your message in context. Are you talking about the emoji squares? Because I *have* seen some devices/apps/browsers now have differently sized emoji for one of the squares making things look un-aligned. I'm guessing you're seeing an emoji-font that doesn't line up?
December 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Wait, I just re-read your message in context. Are you talking about the emoji squares? Because I *have* seen some devices/apps/browsers now have differently sized emoji for one of the squares making things look un-aligned. I'm guessing you're seeing an emoji-font that doesn't line up?
The settings page is already longer than most players want to read through, so I'd rather not make any new setting. But it *might* be possible to have it re-hide the hints that have the setting for auto-hide turned on. (Without hiding hints that were manually hidden, or fading anything.)
December 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The settings page is already longer than most players want to read through, so I'd rather not make any new setting. But it *might* be possible to have it re-hide the hints that have the setting for auto-hide turned on. (Without hiding hints that were manually hidden, or fading anything.)
There was a bug where going back to look at a previous result for a daily or weekly board would sometimes get confused fade/hide the wrong hints. Displaying every hint at the end was the easy fix. It also made the end screen have all the info needed to recreate all guessed words if you shared it.
December 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There was a bug where going back to look at a previous result for a daily or weekly board would sometimes get confused fade/hide the wrong hints. Displaying every hint at the end was the easy fix. It also made the end screen have all the info needed to recreate all guessed words if you shared it.
Scott also just released a video of how to NOT play the two modes: Do them at the same time, using the same guesses for both. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAR_...
I fully endorse this nonsense, but I wouldn't recommend you try it yourself unless you have a high tolerance for information overload.
I fully endorse this nonsense, but I wouldn't recommend you try it yourself unless you have a high tolerance for information overload.
What was I thinking!?
YouTube video by Scott Stro-solves
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Scott also just released a video of how to NOT play the two modes: Do them at the same time, using the same guesses for both. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAR_...
I fully endorse this nonsense, but I wouldn't recommend you try it yourself unless you have a high tolerance for information overload.
I fully endorse this nonsense, but I wouldn't recommend you try it yourself unless you have a high tolerance for information overload.
Squardle's free to play in your browser, so you can simply jump in and try it yourself. But if you'd like a rundown of the new stuff first, youtuber Scott Stro-solves has made these preview videos of how to play the new game modes:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Hg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPmS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Hg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPmS...
This new puzzle has a fun twist
YouTube video by Scott Stro-solves
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Squardle's free to play in your browser, so you can simply jump in and try it yourself. But if you'd like a rundown of the new stuff first, youtuber Scott Stro-solves has made these preview videos of how to play the new game modes:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Hg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPmS...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2Hg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPmS...
Hotfix now live! Refreshing the game page should now allow you to load Weekly Squardle #184. If you have cache issues, add ?4711 (or ?whatever ) to the end of the URL to make your browser actually load from the server instead of from your cache.
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Hotfix now live! Refreshing the game page should now allow you to load Weekly Squardle #184. If you have cache issues, add ?4711 (or ?whatever ) to the end of the URL to make your browser actually load from the server instead of from your cache.
oh...
I'm sure it'll be fine!
I'm sure it'll be fine!
June 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
oh...
I'm sure it'll be fine!
I'm sure it'll be fine!
What this means for the upcoming game modes is that as there's no fear of running out of boards mode modes will be freeplay, so you will be able to play them as much as you like.
You can play Squardle for free, and ad free, here: fubargames.se/squardle/
#GameDev #Squardle
You can play Squardle for free, and ad free, here: fubargames.se/squardle/
#GameDev #Squardle
April 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
What this means for the upcoming game modes is that as there's no fear of running out of boards mode modes will be freeplay, so you will be able to play them as much as you like.
You can play Squardle for free, and ad free, here: fubargames.se/squardle/
#GameDev #Squardle
You can play Squardle for free, and ad free, here: fubargames.se/squardle/
#GameDev #Squardle
The inner squares form a 4x4 magic square but using the start and end letters of 5-letter words as the word list. 4x4 boards are already easier to find, and the list of allowed answers for this 4x4 is bigger than the list for Squardle XS.
Then the outer 4 words only have to match 3 squares each.
Then the outer 4 words only have to match 3 squares each.
April 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The inner squares form a 4x4 magic square but using the start and end letters of 5-letter words as the word list. 4x4 boards are already easier to find, and the list of allowed answers for this 4x4 is bigger than the list for Squardle XS.
Then the outer 4 words only have to match 3 squares each.
Then the outer 4 words only have to match 3 squares each.
Given how rare 5x5 double magic word squares (aka "Weekly Squardle boards") are, I was a bit surprised that there were plenty of valid boards for this bigger board type. Thinking about it a bit more it's not that odd though...
April 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Given how rare 5x5 double magic word squares (aka "Weekly Squardle boards") are, I was a bit surprised that there were plenty of valid boards for this bigger board type. Thinking about it a bit more it's not that odd though...
Wordle-like players are much more trained in guessing words with exactly 5 letters, so I also didn't want to force players to guess 6- or 7-letter words while playing the new mode. The new type of hints already added enough complexity.
April 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Wordle-like players are much more trained in guessing words with exactly 5 letters, so I also didn't want to force players to guess 6- or 7-letter words while playing the new mode. The new type of hints already added enough complexity.
I've been wanting to try out this sort of hints for quite a while now, but early pen and paper playtesting showed that for it to be fun it required a larger grid than 5x5 squares, and it worked better if that board also didn't have lots of holes in it.
April 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I've been wanting to try out this sort of hints for quite a while now, but early pen and paper playtesting showed that for it to be fun it required a larger grid than 5x5 squares, and it worked better if that board also didn't have lots of holes in it.