---
title: "Bracket City"
url: https://perrotta.dev/2025/04/bracket-city/
last_updated: 2026-02-16
---


[Bracket City](https://www.theatlantic.com/games/bracket-city/) by The Atlantic
via [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43622719):

> Hi hn — I co-own a diner where I co-host a puzzle night that is kind of like a
> diner-themed escape room. At the last one, I made a puzzle that was
> crossword-like clues nested in brackets. People at the diner seemed to like
> it, so I resolved to make it a real game and Bracket City was born:
> [https://bracket.city](https://bracket.city/).
>
> [...]
>
> I posted Bracket City to HN on February 24th and the game went live yesterday
> on The Atlantic (!)
>
> The game will stay free to play (and not require logging in). Also, I'm still
> making all the puzzles!

Very cool!

Daily-puzzle-acquired-by-major-newspaper reminds me of
[Wordle](https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html)[^1].

[^1]: Acquired by The New York Times.