Screenplaydle

Screenplaydle serves the same film twice. First you must recognize it from its cast, revealed actor by actor, with only the genres and the release year as crutches. Then you must rank those same actors from most to least talkative on screen. The game announces three challenges per day, each worth up to fifteen points.

1. The top banner shows the genres and the release year; below it are five cast slots, only one of which is filled at the start, showing portrait and name.
2. Type a title into the "Search for a film…" field. The line under the card shows the current stake: "5 points if correct now".
3. Stuck? There is a Skip button under the card. The rules panel states that actors are revealed one by one, that one point is removed for each actor revealed, and that phase 1 is capped at five points.
4. Phase 2 continues with the same film: the rules panel states that you must drag and drop the actors from most dialogue to least dialogue.
5. When the first ranking is submitted, correct positions lock in green and incorrect ones turn red; you only rearrange the latter for the second and final attempt.
6. The three genre tiles aligned at the top of the page track the day's progress: three challenges to play in succession.

Because the second phase measures something you never look at: who speaks the most. You think you know a film by heart, then you have to choose between two supporting roles without remembering which one actually had lines. The ranking is decided on details of memory, not on marquee names.

Nothing blinks before submission. In phase 1, all feedback fits on a single line that states what a correct answer is worth at that moment, and in the cast portraits that are revealed one by one. In phase 2, the color code is binary and final: green for a correct, locked position, red for a position to redo. The scoring is shown plainly: 2 points per actor correctly placed on the first try, only 1 if corrected on the second, 10 points maximum for the ranking and 15 including identification of the film.

Phase 1 (Guess the film)

Identify the film from its cast revealed one actor at a time, with genres and year shown from the start.

Phase 2 (Rank the actors)

Re-rank the film's actors by volume of dialogue, in two attempts, with correct positions locking after the first.

• Genres and the year are provided before any actor's name: they're the most effective filter, and they're free.
• The scoring penalizes only one thing: revealed actors, one point less in phase 1 per actor revealed.
• The first ranking in phase 2 is worth double. Randomly placing an order just to see what turns green costs you half the points on every position you could have found by thinking.
• You rank by volume of dialogue, not by screen time or poster billing. A very visible but quiet role falls lower in the list.