Hi, I'm Ben. I make puzzle games.

I'm a software engineer in New Zealand. I build daily puzzle games about words, Wikipedia, geography, and wildlife.

Games

6 projects
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Redactle

Wikipedia-based redacted puzzle game

Guess words to unveil a redacted Wikipedia article. Daily puzzles, multiplayer, device sync, smart word matching, and Redactle Unlimited for endless play.

  • word
  • daily
  • wikipedia
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Redactle Rush

Ten quick redacted Wikipedia titles

A faster daily Redactle. Solve ten redacted Wikipedia subjects, one guess each, with a single hint when you need it.

  • word
  • daily
  • wikipedia
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Sleuth the Truth

A wiki detective deduction puzzle

Ask yes/no questions to deduce the hidden Wikipedia article from a grid of suspects, in as few moves as possible. AI-generated boards, daily puzzles, multiplayer.

  • deduction
  • ai
  • wikipedia
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Jet Arcs

Guess the secret flight route

A daily geography puzzle. Guess the origin and destination of a hidden flight; warm/cool clues and a 3D globe help you narrow it down. Practice mode and a Flat Earth mode too.

  • geography
  • daily
  • 3d
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Wild Guessr

Guess where wildlife photos were taken

Daily and practice geography puzzles using CC-licensed iNaturalist photos. Includes Birble (birds-only) and real-time multiplayer.

  • geography
  • nature
  • multiplayer
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Lextension

Chain and Fib word puzzles, daily

A sister puzzle to Lextangle. Play the Daily Chain, Daily Fib, or random practice rounds. Extend words one link at a time.

  • word
  • daily

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Jev is an honest game changer.

On 48 real game questions, Jev plus a Gemini fallback matched Grok's accuracy with 84.0% lower mean latency and 88.5% lower mean cost.

About

Ben Brady

I'm a software engineer based in New Zealand. I work on Azure Kubernetes Service at Microsoft and build daily puzzle games, usually about words, geography, or Wikipedia.

Want to get in touch? Reach me via LinkedIn.

Enjoying the games? You can buy me a coffee on Ko-fi ☕. It helps me keep building them.