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Character Limit

12 Letters. No Mercy.
A fast-paced word game where it's you against a constant flow of letters, and with little room to maneuver.
Just remember the golden rule:
Don't. Fill. The. Rack.

Hotel Outlaw
Malcolm Owen - Game Design, Code, Words, Marketing, Admin, Ego
Emma Williams - Art Direction, Marketing
Localization
Gareth Lewis - Word list compilation assistance
Audio
Ovani Sound - Music and sound effects (License)
GameAudioGDC/Sonniss - Sound effects (License)
Backgrounds
Pexels - Luis Quintero (License)
Pexels - Unending Visuals (License)
Word Lists & Dictionaries
Character Limit uses multiple open-source and permissively licensed word lists for gameplay validation across supported languages.
Sources include:
English - Wordnik (MIT License) (License)
Welsh - (Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (CC By 4.0 License) (License)
Additional public and community-maintained lexical resources
These word lists may be modified, filtered, or combined for gameplay purposes.Other Elements
Unity - Game Engine
Google Fonts - Font Family Montserrat (License)
Special Thanks
4theRegion
AppleInsider
Creative Wales
Design Swansea
Game Maker's Toolkit
GameDev Cardiff
Impress.Games
Kenney
Playtesters, early feedback contributors, and everyone else who supported the development of Character Limit
Office Pets
Bond, Brooklyn, Jade, Kylo, Sky, Troy, Vader
And you. Of course.Legal
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