What is Swiggle?

If you like playing games, you'll love playing Swiggle, an addictive light strategy game designed for iOS and Android. Swiggle is a refreshing alternative to Words With Friends - we like to say you can play with “friends” but without the “words”. Although the game play is similar, there are no letters or words involved, making Swiggle a truly international game that's fun for all ages. In Swiggle, the players place tiles next to each other as they connect the “swiggly” wandering lines and earn points. In addition to playing with friends, you can play against the “Swiggle Bot”, the single player mode. Check out our How to Play video below.


The design and development of Swiggle 1.0 was self-funded by David, Steve and Michael, and has received many accolades. We have also received many feature requests which are going into Swiggle 2.0 and beyond, and that's why we need your help. We, and our early users, believe that Swiggle has blockbuster potential, we only need to take it to the next level - you can help us make that happen.

Reviews from iTunes and Google Play App Stores

Fun and addictive! ★★★★★ by Bantambaby

I like that you can play with friends and against the bot. Fun but there is strategy needed as well. A really great game!

Great app!!! ★★★★★ by AshleyP2002

More addicting and more fun than any other multiplayer games (ie. words with friends, dice with buddies).

Swiggle... Love it!!! ★★★★★ by Patrice, Patty

Fun for anyone in the family!!

I'm so addicted!! ★★★★★ by NermalNYC

I just started playing this recently. I was getting bored of Words with Friends and this is the perfect alternative. It's a perfect way to kill time while I'm commuting.

Five Stars ★★★★★ by Aaron Woloszyn

Great....now I'm not going to get any work done! :)

The Genesis of Swiggle by David Mair

The idea for Swiggle was born on August 27th of 2005, in the middle of the night, when all great ideas are born. How do I know it was the 27th of August? I had listened to a news story on the Scrabble championships that year, and how the Thai players, who were less than fluent in English, were among the top players in the world. They were memorizing every one of the 120,000 words that were officially acceptable. That made me think: Scrabble was more of a strategy game than a word game to these players.

I went to bed with those thoughts in mind. At some point in the night, I awoke and jotted down some words on a scrap of paper and went back to sleep. When I got up that morning, I looked at the words I had written down, “Scribble Scrabble”. I thought for a minute, and the idea of seeing number-valued tiles forming a wandering line on a Scrabble board materialized.

I produced a working prototype, and sold the board game rights to Scribble Scrabble to Hasbro, who shockingly returned the rights to us when they determined that a Scrabble brand game had to have letters associated with it. In 2006, Goliath Games bought the world rights and produced a beautifully designed game, calling it, Loopit.

Last year we decided to bring the game out as an app. A partnership was formed between me, Michael Kohner (my agent), and Steve Curtin of Shore Digital Solutions. Since then, we worked to perfect an already great game, which was launched on January 13, 2014 as Swiggle. So what literally started as a dream now needs some help from all of you. Besides downloading the app from our website, swiggleapp.com, or at Google Play, or the App Store in iTunes, we need your support in helping the dream have a happy ending.

	Where would you place your 3 tiles to score the most points? See the answer here.

How You Can Help

Our Goal of $10,000 Enables Us To:

• Add Enhanced Play Mode

• Make the Swiggle Bot More Challenging

• Add a What’s New Feature

• Add Other Enhancements (while we’re in there)

• Submit Swiggle to Review Sites to Broaden Exposure
  

• Develop an Ad Campaign

Stretch Goal #1 of $15,000 Enables Us To:

• Add Player Leaderboards

• Add the Beat-the-Bot Contest *

• Add the Win-Win Contest **

• Launch an Ad Campaign

Stretch Goal #2 of $20,000 Enables Us To:

• Add Personalization Features

• Add Group Tournaments (Tournies)

• Extend Promotions

* Run in-app contest called “Beat the Bot”, where players have a chance to play the Bot, and if they “beat the Bot”, win promotional items.

** A “Win-Win” contest, where players, by winning games, can earn points toward refunds of their in-app purchases, or Swiggle Sticks, or other promotional items.

What You Will Get for Being a Part of Swiggle
Every contributor to Swiggle becomes an honorary member of the Swiggle team and the more you give the more you get. See our perk packages to the right, and the images below.

Here is the answer to our Swiggle quiz!

	The Highest Possible Score for This Turn 5 + 1 + (8 x 4) + 5 + (8 x 5) + 5 = 88 Go Back

Who We Are
We are David, Steve and Michael, the creators of Swiggle. We have a combined track record of success in the game industry and digital technologies.  We have gotten this far through our own efforts, we have the passion and commitment to make Swiggle a success, we only need a little financial help from you to put us over the top.

David Mair After receiving his BA and MA from Montclair State University, David Mair taught art in Newark, NJ, and film-making at Montclair State College. He worked as a studio manager and set designer in New York City. In the late 70s, he began his current vocation as toy and game inventor. Since starting that career, he has invented over 600 games. With the help of his long time agent and friend, Michael Kohner, of The Michael Kohner Corporation, more than 100 items have been marketed world wide.  Besides inventing, Mr. Mair enjoys photography, painting, gardening, and travel.  David is married and has four daughters.

Steve Curtin is an interactive marketer and engineer with a history of success in Internet strategy and technologies, on-line and off-line marketing, business development and business management. His years of experience in business, marketing and engineering has culminated in the creation of Shore Digital Solutions, a startup company developing advanced Internet and mobile web sites and apps. Steve has a BS in electrical and computer engineering and an MBA from Rutgers University.  He is family man, avid mountain biker, plays guitar and absolutely loves the beach.

Michael Kohner has a BA from Farleigh Dickinson University Class of 65. VP of Kohner Brothers (Makers of Pop-o-Matic Trouble) which was sold to General Foods where he remained as VP until 1975. After GF sold the company to another toy firm, he created the internationally known new product development company, The Michael Kohner Corporation, licensing Inventors' game concepts worldwide.

Other Ways You Can Help

Whether you can contribute or not, everyone can help. Please help us get the word out and make some noise about our Swiggle campaign.  Send the share link to friends, share on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, email or wherever you can, and use the Indiegogo share tools! Thanks!!!

Chance to Win an iPad MIni Contest Rules OFFICIAL RULES
The “Chance to Win an iPad MIni Contest” ("Contest") is sponsored Shore Digital (“Sponsor”). This contest is governed by these official rules (“Official Rules”). By participating in the contest, each entrant agrees to abide by these Official Rules, including all eligibility requirements, and understands that the results of the contest, as determined by Sponsor and its agents, are final in all respects. The contest is subject to all federal, state and local laws and regulations and is void where prohibited by law.
ELIGIBILITY The Contest is open to legal residents of their respective countries where not prohibited by law, who are eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time of entry, have a valid email address, who have contributed $5 USD or more to the Swiggle 2.0 An Addictive Game App for All Ages Indiegogo campaign ("Campaign") and have posted an original Swiggle slogan or tagline on Twitter with the hashtag #SwiggleSlogan.
CONTEST PERIOD The Contest begins on the first day of the Campaign and ends 24 hours after the end of the Campaign. All entries (Submissions) must be posted to Twitter (tweeted) on or before the time stated during that submission period. Sponsor reserves the right to extend or shorten the contest at their sole discretion.
HOW TO ENTER You can enter the Contest by purchasing a Campaign Perk and tweeting an original written slogan or tagline for Swiggle, and include the hashtag #SwiggleSlogan in your tweet. You may enter as many times as you wish.
WINNER SELECTION All eligible entries received during the Submission Period will be gathered from Twitter at the end of the Submission Period. All entries will be reviewed by David, Steve and Michael, and they will decide on the best slogan or tagline Submission, and thereby select the winner. In the event that any entry is the same or substantially similar to another, the entry submitted first will be considered and the others will be discarded. The winner will be announced one week after the end of the Contest Period. Announcement and instructions for prize will be sent to the Twitter account of the winning entry, and announced on the Campaign page on the Indiegogo website. Each entrant is responsible for monitoring his/her Twitter account for prize notification and receipt or other communications related to this Contest. If a potential prize winner cannot be reached by the Sponsor within fifteen (15) days, using the contact information provided at the time of entry, or if the prize is returned as undeliverable, that potential prize winner shall forfeit the prize. If a potential winner fails to comply with these official rules, that potential winner will be disqualified. Prizes may not be awarded if an insufficient number of eligible entries are received.
PRIZE: A new Apple iPad Mini valued at $299.00 value.
Terms and conditions may apply. Incidental expenses and all other costs and expenses which are not specifically listed as part of a prize in these Official Rules and which may be associated with the award, acceptance, receipt and use of all or any portion of the awarded prize are solely the responsibility of the respective prize winner. ALL FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL TAXES ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECEIPT OR USE OF ANY PRIZE IS SOLELY THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WINNER.
PUBLICITY By participating, each entrant grants Sponsor permission to use his/her name, likeness or comments for publicity purposes without payment of additional consideration, except where prohibited by law.
ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS Prize is non-transferable. No substitution or cash equivalent of prizes is permitted. Sponsor and its respective parent, affiliate and subsidiary companies, agents, and representatives are not responsible for any typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of the Contest, including, but not limited to, errors in any printing or posting or these Official Rules, the selection and announcement of any winner, or the distribution of any prize. Any attempt to damage the content or operation of this Contest is unlawful and subject to possible legal action by Sponsor. Sponsor reserves the right to terminate, suspend or amend the Contest, without notice, and for any reason, including, without limitation, if Sponsor determines that the Contest cannot be conducted as planned or should tampering or unauthorized intervention, technical failure or other cause beyond Sponsor’s control corrupt the administration, security, fairness, integrity or proper play of the Contest. In the event any tampering or unauthorized intervention may have occurred, Sponsor reserves the right to void suspect entries at issue. Sponsor and its respective parent, affiliate and subsidiary companies, agents, and representatives, and any telephone network or service providers, are not responsible for incorrect or inaccurate transcription of entry information, or for any human error, technical malfunction, lost or delayed data transmission, omission, interruption, deletion, line failure or malfunction of any telephone or computer network, computer equipment or software, the inability to access any website or online service or any other error, human or otherwise.
INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO INDEMNIFY, RELEASE AND HOLD HARMLESS SPONSOR AND ITS PARENT, AFFILIATE AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES, AND ALL THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS FROM ANY LIABILITY, DAMAGES, LOSSES OR INJURY RESULTING IN WHOLE OR IN PART, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FROM THAT ENTRANT’S PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTEST AND THE ACCEPTANCE, USE OR MISUSE OF ANY PRIZE THAT MAY BE WON. SPONSOR AND ITS PARENT, AFFILIATE AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES DO NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE CONDITION, FITNESS OR MERCHANTABILITY OF THE PRIZE. SPONSOR AND ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATES, ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL AGENCIES, AND ALL THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS DISCLAIM ANY LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE TO ANY COMPUTER SYSTEM RESULTING FROM ACCESS TO OR THE DOWNLOAD OF INFORMATION OR MATERIALS CONNECTED WITH THE CONTEST.
COMPLETE RULES AND DISPUTES By entering the Contest entrants agree to these OFFICIAL RULES. This Agreement constitutes the complete agreement between the parties and supersedes all prior communications and agreements between them with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. Any disputes regarding the Contest shall be interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey (without reference to conflicts of laws).