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zvr 6 hours ago [-]
Simple and easy to play.
I usually play the Countdown variant, where a letter cannot be re-used. But it starts with 9 letters and one can have multiple instances of the same letter in the starting set.
It would be fun if you could implement this, as well. An initial switch might determine what rules are in effect.
magneticnorth 22 hours ago [-]
This is a lot of fun! I'm pleased that I was able to defeat "hitler1488", but you may want to add some content filtering for the name choosing step.
johnchinjew 22 hours ago [-]
Good idea. And thanks for checking it out!
SamBam 22 hours ago [-]
Nice!
Needs a chat space to say "gg" at the end. It could even be just a button that does just that, if you're worried about unmoderated chat. Competitive games feel unfinished without it!
I was in second place for the first three rounds and then swept to the front on the last round.
brikym 19 hours ago [-]
OP will probably want to replay events to make it seem real time when there aren't enough people to pair with. So a real time chat might not work.
johnchinjew 22 hours ago [-]
Adding chat is a good idea, thanks for the input. Thanks for checking it out!
doublerabbit 21 hours ago [-]
As well recommend but make it limited chat.
A way to salute and say well done does make the experience more fun.
vunderba 14 hours ago [-]
Nice job. But wouldn't accept tnetennba [1]. :)
Seriously though reminds me of the game "Countdown" in the series IT Crowd where they compete to find the longest word in a random assortment of vowels and consonants.
It was originally a French game show (Des chiffres et des lettres), it has been adapted in many countries, and in the UK has spawn off the comedy show "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown".
decimalenough 21 hours ago [-]
Idea: it would be more interesting/competitive if you could immediately see others' submissions, and if those words were then "taken" and can't be reused.
Currently you're just kind of twiddling your thumbs after you submit and run out of ideas.
It was also not immediately obvious to me that you can submit multiple words, so I was wasting time entering and deleting attempts before finally submitting the best one.
Finally, instead of fixed timers between rounds, you might want to have a "Ready!" or "Go!" button.
johnchinjew 14 hours ago [-]
Really great points, thanks for commenting.
One nuance: if you show others' submissions right away, the game turns into a "race" where speed matters a lot more. That could be fun too (a different game mode?). I might think about showing something like "Opponent X found A _ _ _ _" or "Opponent X found a 5 letter word".
ethannam9022 14 hours ago [-]
This seems like a fun way to practice English vocabulary. One thing confused me, though — I thought the goal was to make the longest word using all of the given letters, but it looks like you can also compete with words that don’t use every letter. Is that intentional?
johnchinjew 14 hours ago [-]
Yes, it's intentional to allow words that don't use all the letters. It can be very tricky to think of a panagram every time (word that has all 7 letters used at least once). Hence, we don't require every submission to be a panagram. I'll work on making the instructions clearer!
There is a bit of an interesting related sharp edge here. Sometimes the longest word for a given set of letters actually does NOT use all the letters! I've thought of a number of approaches to address this tension, but, opted to keep scoring dead simple in the end. I may experiment in the future on this topic though.
johnchinjew 14 hours ago [-]
I'd also like to expand it to work with other alphabetic languages too.
johnchinjew 16 hours ago [-]
Sorry folks, something broke! Looking into it and will post here with updates.
UPDATE #2: Seeing full recovery now (Aug 9, 10 PM PST).
Fun game. Would be nice if there was a single player mode that simply prints the letters and at the end shows the longest word that was missed. That way you can play it offline and place a phone in the center of the table and people can play around it with pen and paper or by just thinking of the word and everyone announces at the end.
johnchinjew 14 hours ago [-]
Thanks for checking it out! A single-player/offline mode does sound fun too. I do think I will end up adding support for a number of variations and modes.
kunaaldhawan1 12 hours ago [-]
Very interesting concept! I was a bit confused with the rules though so if there was a 3-4 point list of instructions in the beginning it would be helpful.
OisinMoran 19 hours ago [-]
Super fun, thanks for sharing! Might be handy to explain the rules up top (can't seem to see them):
- Proper nouns allowed
- Can reuse letters
- Longest word possible might not use all the letters
johnchinjew 14 hours ago [-]
Thanks for playing! Yeah you're right, rules need to be spelled out a bit better.
Funtownarcade 17 hours ago [-]
Nice. I didn't know you could reuse the same letter! How are you handling the multiplayer framework?
johnchinjew 14 hours ago [-]
I'm using Phoenix LiveView + PubSub to keep everyone's browser in sync.
brikym 19 hours ago [-]
Awesome game. This round was quite funny since the other person got an antonym.
This is great! No need to require a button click in between rounds IMO. Just start the timer.
pbh101 17 hours ago [-]
I like it!
UX feedback: I don’t understand when a round ends. Surprised by it each time.
johnchinjew 14 hours ago [-]
There's a timer at the top! Perhaps a warning SFX and and some animation is in order. Thanks for the feedback.
pbh101 12 hours ago [-]
Something stops my r pound way before the timer concludes.
johnchinjew 12 hours ago [-]
Could it be that your device's clock is skewed?
trapture 22 hours ago [-]
A word got denied with the error "Word was already used". I had in fact not used it already, neither had any of the others. That caused me to lose the game, very unsatisfying.
(nice game otherwise)
johnchinjew 22 hours ago [-]
I think I know what went wrong. Right now, even unscored words are not allowed to be reused. Will post a quick fix. Thanks for the precise bug report!
zatkin 22 hours ago [-]
I'm the horrible kind of person to go off and use an AI-assisted cheat that can be pasted into the console. Very fun game, nonetheless!
22 hours ago [-]
doublerabbit 21 hours ago [-]
Gentle and fun. Reminds me of isketch back in the days of flash.
I usually play the Countdown variant, where a letter cannot be re-used. But it starts with 9 letters and one can have multiple instances of the same letter in the starting set.
It would be fun if you could implement this, as well. An initial switch might determine what rules are in effect.
Needs a chat space to say "gg" at the end. It could even be just a button that does just that, if you're worried about unmoderated chat. Competitive games feel unfinished without it!
I was in second place for the first three rounds and then swept to the front on the last round.
A way to salute and say well done does make the experience more fun.
Seriously though reminds me of the game "Countdown" in the series IT Crowd where they compete to find the longest word in a random assortment of vowels and consonants.
[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ixvD0_CmM
It was originally a French game show (Des chiffres et des lettres), it has been adapted in many countries, and in the UK has spawn off the comedy show "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown".
Currently you're just kind of twiddling your thumbs after you submit and run out of ideas.
It was also not immediately obvious to me that you can submit multiple words, so I was wasting time entering and deleting attempts before finally submitting the best one.
Finally, instead of fixed timers between rounds, you might want to have a "Ready!" or "Go!" button.
One nuance: if you show others' submissions right away, the game turns into a "race" where speed matters a lot more. That could be fun too (a different game mode?). I might think about showing something like "Opponent X found A _ _ _ _" or "Opponent X found a 5 letter word".
There is a bit of an interesting related sharp edge here. Sometimes the longest word for a given set of letters actually does NOT use all the letters! I've thought of a number of approaches to address this tension, but, opted to keep scoring dead simple in the end. I may experiment in the future on this topic though.
UPDATE #2: Seeing full recovery now (Aug 9, 10 PM PST).
UPDATE #1: Looks like Railway is having problems - https://status.railway.com/incident/RL8FRJE6
- Proper nouns allowed
- Can reuse letters
- Longest word possible might not use all the letters
Me asexually +18 38 lessee +12 31 Noah slays +10 30
UX feedback: I don’t understand when a round ends. Surprised by it each time.
I look forward to playing this with my mother.