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

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Post by johnchinjew »

I've been working on a simple multiplayer word game called Alphabet Soup.

It's a bit like NYT Spelling Bee, except it's multiplayer and only your best (longest) word counts toward your score. So, instead of trying to find as many words as possible, the game is more about finding one unusually good word.

You can play with friends in a private match, or, you can join a public Arena match to play against other players who are online. If no one else is around, you'll be matched with a bot.

The game works well with just 2 players, but, also works with bigger groups since the game isn't turn-based.

Would love to hear any thoughts or questions :)

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Post by SamBam »

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.

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Post by johnchinjew »

SamBam wrote: post #2

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.

Adding chat is a good idea, thanks for the input. Thanks for checking it out!

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Post by johnchinjew »

trapture wrote: post #5

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)

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!

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Post by doublerabbit »

johnchinjew wrote: post #4
SamBam wrote: post #2

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.

Adding chat is a good idea, thanks for the input. Thanks for checking it out!

As well recommend but make it limited chat.

A way to salute and say well done does make the experience more fun.

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