What is fakenoodle?

Fake Noodle, also called Impasta, is a free and open source imposter style party game, similar to the well known imposter word games that charge money for extra word packs and features. The author made it as a free alternative after being frustrated that other apps in this genre paywall additional content. It is built with the Godot game engine, version 4.6.1. Right now it is available for Android only, installed by downloading the APK from the latest release on GitHub and allowing installation from an unknown source. The README explains that an iOS version is unlikely for now since the author does not want to pay for an Apple developer account, unless someone is willing to fund it or a way around the fee turns up. The author says other developers are welcome to publish this app themselves on the Google Play Store or Apple App Store, on the condition that the release contains no advertisements and no in-app purchases, since avoiding those is the entire reason the project exists, and asks that anyone planning to do so reach out first. Word sets, the lists of words used to play the game, live on a separate git branch called wordsets, which has its own README explaining how to get, create, or submit new ones. The base word set included with the app, called Basic 1000, contains 1000 words with hints and was generated using Google Gemini rather than written by hand. The README also notes a known quirk: because of how the Godot engine handles user data on mobile, deleted word sets currently reappear on every app launch rather than only the first time. The project is released under the MIT license.