The Binding of Isaac is one of my favorite games ever. With 500 hours of hours and a Dead God under my belt, I I saw this Reddit thread where players guess items with the fewest hints possible, I thought it would make a fun little Wordle-style daily puzzle. A weekend later, here it is. (✪‿✪)
Play it: avelouk.com/something-of-isaac
How it works
- New puzzle every UTC day, the game reveals one hint.
- You type a guess - search the item’s name, its pickup quote, its effect, the pool it comes from, or even a snippet of the description.
- Wrong guess? The next hint shows up.
- Six text hints, and if you still haven’t got it, an four-tile multiple final round.
- Share string at the end, like Wordle.
Hints
By default, the game generates a six-step hint ladder from item metadata - quality first, then type, pools, DLC, the first sentence of the description, and the pickup quote. Generic but works.
When I have time add hand-crafted hints via a small local-only admin UI: pick a date, pick an item, type six hints. It writes back to the schedule JSON. Past dates are read-only so I cannot accidentally rewrite history.
Result
A small daily ritual for Isaac fans. New puzzle at 00:00 UTC, share your score, come back tomorrow.
https://github.com/avelouk/something-of-isaac
Credits
Fan project, not affiliated with Edmund McMillen, Nicalis, or the official Binding of Isaac team. Item data from Platinum God, IDs and seed helpers from Isaaconnect (GPLv3).