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Nobin Debnath
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Update: Mognota now has 7 games, and here's what changed under the hood

A while back I posted here about Mognota, a real-time multiplayer brain-games platform I built solo with vanilla JS and Firebase. Since then I've kept shipping — wanted to share an update.

What's new

  • Added Checkers and Shogi alongside the existing lineup (Chess with a 2v2 four-king variant, LexArena, Anagram Duel, Knowledge Duel, Maze Race) — 7 games total now
  • Smoothed out matchmaking so solo players never sit in an empty queue
  • A bunch of small UX fixes based on actual player feedback since launch

A quick look

What I'm still working through

Growing this with zero marketing budget has been the hardest part, honestly — way harder than any of the engineering. Building the multiplayer sync logic was more straightforward than getting even a handful of real players to try it.

If you want to see it: https://mognota.com

Would genuinely love feedback — either on the app itself or on how you've tackled distribution for your own solo projects. What worked for you?

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