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

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Post by kaybe »

farhadabas wrote: post #17
kaybe wrote: 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!

Basically yes. It feels like lag. I click on the first letter and drag, but only a later letter (not neccessarily the first, sometimes also the second) gets highlighted. The simulation has ended now, so apparently it wasn't due to my CPU being maxed out.

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

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Post by kaybe »

austinhallock wrote: post #18
kaybe wrote: 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…

I'm using the mouse.

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

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Post by austinhallock »

austinhallock wrote: post #18
kaybe wrote: 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…

Ah, well I'll take a look then because that shouldn't be happening

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

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Post by kaybe »

austinhallock wrote: post #19
praxeologist wrote: post #16

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.

It would be great if I could look at the board for some more time and maybe choose to skip a game.

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

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Post by austinhallock »

kaybe wrote: post #22
austinhallock wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

I'm using the mouse.

Pushed a fix for that, let me know if it did the trick!

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

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Post by austinhallock »

MitziMoto wrote: post #27

Love it! Super addicting. My only complaint with these types of games is that I always feel like people are cheating. But at least it makes me feel better about how bad I am at these word games ;)

Glad you like it! We're doing our best to prevent cheating, but it's certainly not impossible to cheat. If it becomes a problem we'll definitely address it. As for the current scores, I don't believe they are cheating. I've been able to get 310 after playing quite a bit, and I certainly know there are people out there better than me.
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