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Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

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Re: Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

#32

Post by pbh101 »

johnchinjew wrote: post #31
pbh101 wrote: post #19

I like it! UX feedback: I don’t understand when a round ends. Surprised by it each time.

There's a timer at the top! Perhaps a warning SFX and and some animation is in order. Thanks for the feedback.

Something stops my r pound way before the timer concludes.

Re: Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

#33

Post by johnchinjew »

pbh101 wrote: post #32
johnchinjew wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's a timer at the top! Perhaps a warning SFX and and some animation is in order. Thanks for the feedback.

Something stops my r pound way before the timer concludes.

Could it be that your device's clock is skewed?

Re: Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

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Post by zvr »

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.

Re: Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

#36

Post by zvr »

vunderba wrote: post #24

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. [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ixvD0_CmM

Countdown is an actual UK game show, on air since 1982 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show).

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".

Re: Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

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Post by recursive-call »

I’m assuming the (duck emoji) is the bot for when no one else in the lobby? Glad you included that. However, I’m not sure why “niggas” is one of the words it uses… Moderating users is one thing but I would hope at least the bot could be inoffensive…
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