VYRDL Press Kit
Everything you need to cover VYRDL: fact sheet, screenshots, logos, and a human who answers email. Short version: it's the multiplayer word game where you don't just guess words, you also pick them, and both jobs score points.
Download full press kit (.zip, 1.7 MB)
Fact sheet
| Game | VYRDL ("Word Maker Showdown") |
| Developer | Hunter Thomas LLC — a solo developer (Chase Towery), USA |
| Platforms | Web (live now, plays in any browser) · Android on Google Play (July 2026) · iOS in development |
| Play now | playvyrdl.com — instant guest play, no download, no account required |
| Price | Free. No ads, no energy meters, no daily limits. Optional: VYRDL Labs subscription ($2.99/mo or $14.99/yr) for the experimental modes, or buy any single mode for $1.99 and own it forever. When a Labs member hosts a lobby, their friends play those modes free. |
| Players | 1–8 — solo vs CPU, async online multiplayer, public quick match vs strangers, and pass & play on one device |
| Modes | Classic duels, multi-board (2/4/8/12 words at once), 9 daily challenges with streaks and friend leaderboards, 15+ experimental Labs modes on a weekly rotation |
| Languages | English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese |
| Links | vyrdl.app · playvyrdl.com · r/VYRDL |
| Press contact | chase@hunterthomasllc.com |
What makes it different
Everyone knows the guessing half of this genre. VYRDL's bet is that picking the word is the more interesting job. Every round, one player is the Word Maker: choose a five-letter word to stump the table. Everyone else races to crack it in six tries with the familiar green/yellow/gray clues. Fast solves score big for guessers; a word nobody cracks pays the Maker a bonus. Highest score takes the match.
That one change makes it a mind game in both directions. An obvious word gets solved in three. A weird word you love might be a word everyone knows. The metagame — reading how your friends think — is the whole point, and it's why matches between the same people keep escalating.
Liftable facts: both roles score · async matches for up to 8 players with push notifications · free with no ads · plays instantly in the browser · 15+ experimental modes rotate weekly through "VYRDL Labs" · built by one person.
Feature list
- Both roles score. Word Makers earn points for stumping; Guessers for cracking words fast.
- Async multiplayer, 2–8 players. One game code, everyone plays at their own pace, push notifications for your turn.
- Public quick match. No friends online? Jump into a public table with 5-minute or 24-hour turn pools.
- Pass & play. Full multiplayer on a single phone, couch-duel to 8-player party.
- 9 daily challenges. Classic plus twists (6- and 7-letter words, multi-board, crossword) with streaks and friend leaderboards.
- VYRDL Labs. 15+ experimental modes — a clue that lies, a word that mutates every guess, a 4-layer word vault — with 8 live at a time on a weekly rotation the community votes on.
- CPU opponents from Easy to near-perfect, and solo modes that work offline.
- Make it yours. App themes, tile packs and custom tile colors; opponents see your look in multiplayer.
- 5 languages. Full localization in English, German, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Screenshots
1080×1920 framed captures. Click any image to open the full-size PNG, or grab the zip above for everything.
Logos & art
App icon 512×512 PNG Feature graphic 1024×500 PNG Banner 1200×630 PNG
About the developer
VYRDL is built by Chase Towery, a solo developer, under Hunter Thomas LLC. It started as a game to play with his own friends and family; the design rule ever since has been that the free game stays a complete game — no ads, no timers, nothing withheld that a match needs. The community on r/VYRDL votes on which experimental Labs modes graduate into the permanent lineup.
Review copies & questions
The whole game is free, so the review copy is: open playvyrdl.com in a browser. For Labs access, interview requests, or anything else, email chase@hunterthomasllc.com — it goes straight to the developer.