Over the last year, I kept discovering new AI tools almost every week.

Some were genuinely impressive.
Some felt completely futuristic.
And eventually

I started getting AI tool fatigue.

Every day there was:

• another AI startup
• another “top 50 tools” thread
• another product launch

It started feeling less fun and more overwhelming.

Then one thought stuck with me:

"Why can’t discovering tools be fun?"

That idea sat in my notes for almost a year.

Last month, I finally decided to build it. Decided to build even if no one plays it.

So I made FiveClues — a daily fun game where you guess an AI tool from 5 progressive clues.

Kind of like Wordle, but for AI products.

Every day:

• you get one AI tool
• clues unlock one by one
• you try to guess it as early as possible

👉 fiveclues.live

How I built it

I mostly wanted this project to help me learn AI-assisted development workflows.

So I used:

• ChatGPT for generating project docs like PRD, user journey
• Dribble for UX inspiration
• Bolt for quickly building and iterating on the UI
• Cursor for backend logic, debugging, and refactors

The interesting part was learning:

• how to prompt properly
• how to review AI-generated code
• how to break features into smaller tasks
• how to iterate quickly without overengineering

One thing I learned quickly

The first version was too hard 😅

People either:

• instantly knew the tool
• or had absolutely no idea

So after feedback, I added:

• progressive letter hints
• better clue pacing
• more encouraging result messages
• learning-focused reveal screens

That changed the feel of the game completely.

I realized the goal wasn’t:

“make it difficult”

It was:

“make discovering AI tools enjoyable.”

What surprised me

I originally built FiveClues because I wanted to play it.

But while testing it, I realized:
guessing AI tools is actually a pretty fun way to learn them.

A few people started playing it daily almost immediately. Seeing people share their results made the idea feel real pretty quickly.

You start recognizing:

• categories
• trends
• famous products
• internet culture around AI

without scrolling through another giant AI tools directory.

If you’re into AI tools, internet products, or daily puzzle games:

👉 fiveclues.live

If you try it, I’d genuinely love feedback.

Especially around:

• clue difficulty
• hint system
• result screen
• whether an archive mode would make it more fun

Still iterating on the game daily.