Hangman Progress Update

Today has been an interesting day. I received my first monthly report of how my apps on the App Store are doing. Would you believe that within the US, the EU and the UK alone Hangman has been downloaded over 560,000 times!? It’s true according to Apple’s stats! Not only that, but Hangman managed to stay at the number 1 spot on the Top Free Apps list in the UK and US App Stores. That’s just phenomenal news to me. And I have you guys to thank! I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you.

Also, thank you everyone who has e-mailed me or left a review of Hangman on the App Store to tell me that you enjoyed it, or to point out a bug/error. The feedback has been tremendously helpful.
I’ve been working on the next update for Hangman and I’m pleased to say that it’s going well. 2-Player mode is well underway, and I’ve added a bit of a quirk when you get hanged:

Also if anyone has any comprehensive wordlists they think would be good for Hangman, please, do send them to me. I’ll credit you if you’d like that.
I apologise for the current set of words. One reviewer described them as “things around the programmer, IT jargon and the contents of his sandwich”. That description wouldn’t be entirely untruthful… heh. When I began Hangman, I just needed a set of words to work with, and so i just started typing into a text file and played a sort of word-association game with myself and ended up with about 230 words that have no real structure.
So to combat that, the wordlists will be revamped and will be categorised in the next release. The category title will also give you a slight hint as to what you’re trying to guess.

Again, thanks for all the support and attention, it has made my month!