"Criss Cross Castle: Unleash Word Magic - Out Now"

Simply Sweet Games is a women-founded indie studio based in Canada. They’ve just launched their first game, Criss Cross Castle, on mobile. It’s a fantasy word puzzle game that blends timeless storytelling with cutting-edge language technology.

It has adaptive puzzle mechanics

Criss Cross Castle unfolds in the magical realm of Lexiconia, where the Illiterati have erased written language, plunging the land into a dark age of ignorance. With no stories left to tell, you gather scattered words like enchanted relics and rebuild the lost tales of the world.

In this game, your vocabulary becomes your greatest power. You’ll cast words like spells to unlock pathways, hidden treasures, and long-forgotten secrets across a branching world. Expect word puzzles, exploratory quests, and encounters with wandering merchants.

Choose to play as either Wanda or Pip. Wanda is a witch who tends her garden as effortlessly as she manipulates language. Pip is a young squire concealing something beneath their shield and strategy. Take a look at the game in action below:

Criss Cross Castle builds an entire world around the power of literacy and language

Simply Sweet Games powered the experience with a custom language engine built on foundational large language model techniques. It dynamically adjusts difficulty based on your vocabulary and gently supports ESL players while filtering out unsuitable content.

The game is now live on the Google Play Store—free to play. The team is also preparing a release on the Epic Games Store for Android users who prefer that platform.

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