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Re: Show HN: Word Wars- HTML5 real time word game

#11

Really super buggy...using Chrome on Mac 10.7...letters get stuck all the time, sometimes keys don't register...needs work, but looks like an addictive concept, if I could make it through one round without it misregistering my keystrokes...

Could you clarify what you mean by letters getting stuck?

Re: Show HN: Word Wars- HTML5 real time word game

#13

Really super buggy...using Chrome on Mac 10.7...letters get stuck all the time, sometimes keys don't register...needs work, but looks like an addictive concept, if I could make it through one round without it misregistering my keystrokes...

Could you clarify what you mean by letters getting stuck?

For what it's worth, I'm using Chrome on OS 10.7 and it works flawlessly.

He might be unaware that letters need to be inline. I ran into that at first when I thought I could use any of the letters on the board whether they were adjacent or not. Once I learned the mechanics, it stopped 'acting buggy'.

Re: Show HN: Word Wars- HTML5 real time word game

#15
The English language really has a delightful amount of three-letter words. I don't know all of them, but guessing gives me a high chance it actually exists.

One issue: Sometimes I want to start with some letter, but the game only marks the second letter, rendering the selection incorrect. Might be due to my computer being busy with some simulations though.

Re: Show HN: Word Wars- HTML5 real time word game

#17
post #15

The English language really has a delightful amount of three-letter words. I don't know all of them, but guessing gives me a high chance it actually exists. One issue: Sometimes I want to start with some letter, but the game only marks the second letter, rendering the selection incorrect. Might be due to my computer being busy with some simulations though.

Could you please clarify on that issue? So it ignores the first letter and just skips to the second one? Thanks for playing the game!

Re: Show HN: Word Wars- HTML5 real time word game

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post #15

The English language really has a delightful amount of three-letter words. I don't know all of them, but guessing gives me a high chance it actually exists. One issue: Sometimes I want to start with some letter, but the game only marks the second letter, rendering the selection incorrect. Might be due to my computer being busy with some simulations though.

If you're typing and hit the enter key it should start fresh so the first letter will be accepted.

I think what's happening is you're typing in a few letters of one word, then moving on to the next word with a new letter that's not adjacent to the previous ones. Typing a letter that's not adjacent causes the word to fail, and that letter won't be part of the next word. So if we had a 3x3 board

A B C D E F G H I

And I typed ABC GHI, it would only count HI since G was part of the failing word ABCG.

This is how it's supposed to work, but it can get a little trippy some times. If what I explained is not what's happening, and it's just not picking up the first letter in a normal case, let me know!

Re: Show HN: Word Wars- HTML5 real time word game

#19

I tried clicking on top words or something in the leaderboard and it just went to a new game (Win/FF).

New games start 10 seconds after the leaderboard first shows and we pretty much have to hide the leaderboard right then and there. Since it's all real-time against the world, every game runs at the same time, so there's no real choosing when to start a new one.

Re: Show HN: Word Wars- HTML5 real time word game

#20
post #15

The English language really has a delightful amount of three-letter words. I don't know all of them, but guessing gives me a high chance it actually exists. One issue: Sometimes I want to start with some letter, but the game only marks the second letter, rendering the selection incorrect. Might be due to my computer being busy with some simulations though.

If you're typing and hit the enter key it should start fresh so the first letter will be accepted. I think what's happening is you're typing in a few letters of one word, then moving on to the next word with a new letter that's not adjacent to the previous ones. Typing a letter that's not adjacent causes the word to fail, and that letter won't be part of the next word. So if we had a 3x3 board A B C D E F G H I And I…

It didn't keep my formatting for the letters, but you can imagine a 3x3 board with those letters ;)
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