Impact that Wordle has created in game world has been awe-inspiring. Wordle has become a standard game played by millions of players across the globe due to its simplicity of game play, its perfect level of challenge , and its daily puzzles. It also influenced the development of many others word games. One of them is the one with a Canadian theme Canuckle. We were eager to know all we could about the game and were fortunate enough to meet Mark Rogers, one of Canuckle’s co-creators. We did exactly that.
What is Canuckle?
Canuckle can be described as an exclusive remake to the Wordle formula. It was launched on February 10 2022.
Its gameplay in Canuckle is similar to Wordle. However, instead of providing answers that can be as close to every five-letter word the majority of Canuckle answer is closely tied to Canada in one way or another. Some examples of previous puzzles include “cabin,” “maple” and “moose.” The Canuckle name comes from”canuck, ” canuck,” an slang term used for Canadians.
The words chosen are inspired by the Canadian culture, government as well as its natural beauty and. Mark Rogers, together with his brother Jeff Rogers, set out to develop the game that reflected their homeland and shared their knowledge about Canada to the world. This is why, when you finish the Canuckle puzzle the game provides some interesting facts regarding the term, and clearly explains the connection between it and Canada.
Origins of the Canadian Wordle Game
Canuckle was born because of the same motive Josh Wardle created the original Wordle family. Mark along with his wife and children members were at the center of the Wordle trend as the game first became popular. As they continued to play, more they contemplated the possibility of a Canadian-themed version Wordle could be a great idea.
The flame of this passion was further fuelled by a variety of and well-timed events:
The 2022 Winter Olympics. Being a part of the Canadian athletes during their games in Beijing brought out the Rogers family’s national pride.
Another was watching all the Wordle spin-offs which were appearing. One of them is Gordle Words, a game designed for hockey enthusiasts.
A third reason was the fact that Mark’s children weren’t necessarily familiar with Wordle answers. Through the game he created, Mark was able to allow them to play with words that they knew better and that were related to their own country.
Interesting Canuckle Facts
Since its initial launch in the month of February Canuckle is gaining a huge following and received general praise from word game enthusiasts and all-things Canadian. For some examples of how it works, Mark was kind enough to give us some Canuckle user information.
Statistics for the Canuckle (as as of 20th April, 2022):
The band played in 196 different countries.
In 1,213 different locations.
In 12,166 cities.
Over 2.9 millions of users.
More than 55 million page views.
It’s the Canuck Behind Canuckle
Mark Rogers is a true Canadian who is extremely satisfied with his home country. In actuality, the majority of his work has involved serving the Canadian citizens and the government in some way. Also, he’s a huge lover of Wordle and word games.
The Canuckle’s Creation and Management
As with all games creating Canuckle required an enormous amount of research planning, preparation and the right amount of inspiration. Mark Rogers explained the full amount of what he and his brother had to accomplish to bring Canuckle from concept to.
It’s clear that this is not something where we have coded it from the scratch and claim copyright. This is why you can see that the software is run by Wordle.
We were able later to take a look and think, “OK, let’s reverse engineer it.” I was in school to study electronic and computer engineering, but not been working on that in quite a while. But I’ve also worked on web design for previous jobs. My brother, engineering as well, works as an engineer at IBM. He also develops applications in the real world for IBM. Our skill sets are kind of complimentary since he has more of the backend code experience and I’ve got more presentation layers and understanding how this is translated when you upload it on a website.
The most difficult words to learn from a canuckle
One thing to make word-games entertaining is that they are able to test your knowledge and your word-knowledge. Certain of the toughest Wordle word games are excellent illustrations of that. Also, Canuckle that has puzzled several players with its clever, Canadian-inspired answers.
Mark Rogers:That’s an interesting fact. There aren’t any stats that are kept. It’s all determined by whether users tweet about it or post their scores. We’re actually considering doing since we’re operating Google Analytics and nothing is connected to, for example usernames, usernames, or even scores are saved anyplace. It’s actually possible to track when someone wins three points in a game and return, “Yeah, [the playerreceived three” and then begin receiving numbers back. I’d love to find out which were the most difficult to record.
Canada Day Finale (and Possible Future Plans)
After our time with Mark We wanted to know what Mark had to say on the future of the sport. Canuckle will be ending in Canada Day (July 1, 2022). The game won’t completely go away on the day, however there are a lot of possibilities to consider that Mark as well as his brothers will need to think about.
Of Waffles With Canuckle
We’d like to express our gratitude to Mark Rogers again for taking the time to speak to the team regarding Canuckle. This is an extremely successful passion project for the Rogers family and Mark and we hope they have a great time whatever it is they’ll do following the final game of the season this Canada Day.
