Gentle and fun. Reminds me of isketch back in the days of flash.
I look forward to playing this with my mother.
Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win
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#12Idea: 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.
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#13Awesome game. This round was quite funny since the other person got an antonym.
Me asexually +18 38 lessee +12 31 Noah slays +10 30
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#14Super 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
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#15Nice! 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.
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.
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#16This is great! No need to require a button click in between rounds IMO. Just start the timer.
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#17Fun 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.
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#18Nice. I didn't know you could reuse the same letter! How are you handling the multiplayer framework?
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#19I like it!
UX feedback: I don’t understand when a round ends. Surprised by it each time.
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