Here’s what we’re working on for Ponder, in roughly the order we expect to release it. There are no dates: we’d rather release something when it’s ready than when a calendar says so. Plans change, and when they do, this page changes with them.
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What we’re designing and building at the moment.
Puzzles
New puzzle families
We’re exploring three directions for the next families. Each has to be fun, quick to finish and rewarding to get better at before it joins, and not every candidate will make it. How we choose Ponder’s puzzles explains the tests.
- NonogramsShade cells to match the number clues and reveal a picture.Exploring
- SlitherlinkDraw one loop through a grid of dots, guided by the numbers.Exploring
- Beyond the gridSequence, word and graph puzzles for a different kind of Daily.Exploring
Puzzles
More boards, more often
A new Daily set every day and a new Weekly collection every week, plus fresh Library boards for every family on a regular schedule, so there’s always something you haven’t played.
Next
Lined up once the current work is done.
Features
Sound
Optional sounds for moves, hints and finished puzzles. Quiet, short, and never telling you anything the board doesn’t already show. Everything still works with the sound off.
Puzzles
Puzzle packs
Themed collections of new boards, released regularly, including harder puzzles for experienced solvers. Packs add to the free Library; they don’t replace it.
Features
Themes
Colour themes you can unlock, starting with Soft Signal, a warmer and quieter palette. A theme changes how Ponder looks, never how a puzzle plays.
Later
Further out, and more likely to change shape on the way.
Apps
Ponder for iPhone and Android
Apps with no ads, puzzles you can download and play offline, haptics and sound, and progress that syncs with your account.
Apps
Ponder for Mac and Steam
A desktop version built for mouse and keyboard, with the same account and progress.
Progress
Progression and skill ratings
Experience and levels as you solve, achievements to work towards, and a skill rating built from your Race results. None of it changes a puzzle or gives anyone an edge in a race.
Social
Leagues
Weekly or seasonal leagues for friends and groups, building on the Daily results Ponder already keeps.
Social
Shareable results
A result card to share after the Daily set, showing how you did without giving away any of the boards.
Features
More languages
The puzzles use very few words, but the rules, hints and guides do. We’ll add languages once every rule and hint can be translated and checked properly.
What won’t change
- Free stays free. Puzzles that are free on the web today stay free. Packs, themes and apps add to Ponder; they don’t take away what you can already play.
- Comfort is never locked. Light and dark mode, reduced motion and readable contrast are for everyone, whatever you unlock.
- Races stay fair. Levels, themes and ratings never change a puzzle or give anyone a head start.
Your turn
Have an idea?
A puzzle you’d love to see in Ponder, or a feature that would make your day? We’d like to hear it.