Show HN: I built a word game. My mom thinks it's great. What do you think?

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 05, 2025, 7:44 PM UTC

wordglyph wrote: post #109

Y444 wrote: post #71

Product manager ex. game designer with a number of puzzle/word game in operation here. - Having a timer (urgency) is usually not a very good idea for thinky games. If you insist on having a timer consider making it count upwards. - Additionally as other commenters mentioned is the game is a time trial it needs an explicit “Start” button. Also stop the timer when user is not playing e.g. reading the rules. - There’s n…

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Post by nabeards » Sat, Apr 05, 2025, 7:51 PM UTC

wordglyph wrote: post #111

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Post by tasty_freeze » Sat, Apr 05, 2025, 8:11 PM UTC

bdhcuidbebe wrote: post #95

megadata wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> and even then being US-centric will work. The world has sadly changed a lot in recent months.

What did I miss, did Trump replace the english language now?

Post by tasuki » Sat, Apr 05, 2025, 8:14 PM UTC

tartoran wrote: post #110

For anyone interested in word games there's a very fun and free wordle like game I ended up playing daily for the past year, check out https://www.threemagicwords.app/ I'm not the author so this is not a shameless plug, just a good game that is playable on your phone without installing any app.

Post by khazhoux » Sat, Apr 05, 2025, 8:26 PM UTC

dlgeek wrote: post #9

SPOILERS AHEAD SPOILERS AHEAD Today's challenge ("Sports Teams") was particularly easy because each one was plural. That made each one "unscramble a 4 letter word" instead of a 5. Might be a consideration for the future.