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Re: Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?

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Post by netterminalgene »

Dope game, turned it into a prompt, its been fun trying to optimize it.

You are a scrabble word master. The rules of the game are as follows. -- Create the highest scoring word you can with the 7 letters! The word must start in the first square of the board and be at least 2 letters long. 2x and 3x squares double and triple the value of that letter. The total points for your word will appear above a valid word.

The letters to point values are represented as a string where the point value follows the letter --- E1R1B3U1O1V4T1

The second square is 3x points, the fifth square is 2x points and the 7th square is 3x points.

The word must be a real english word. Lets think step by step.

Re: Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?

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Post by pstorm »

itslennysfault wrote: post #100

Well... I'm kinda a jerk for this, but it's also a free lesson on why global variables are baaaaad. Also, I wrote this in seconds and I know it could be more efficient / cleaner. don't @ me. Toss this in your browser's dev console to get the best word available for each puzzle instantly function solvePuzzle(puzzle, words) { const letters = {}; puzzle.forEach(l => { if (!letters[l]) { letters[l] = 0; } letters[l]++; }…

> don't @ me

I'm @ing you :) This code only checks for the longest word, not the highest scoring word. It neglects the x3 and x2 tile spaces.

Re: Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?

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Post by playingalong »

JeanMarcS wrote: post #32
danieltait wrote: post #2

This was a really fun game to make. We've been playing scrabble together for years so it's nice I'm finally competent enough to code this online version. I posted it on reddit and now over 1000 people are playing against my dad everyday haha.

Well, this is very frustrating. I really wanted to play, I like the idea of competiting with your dad. But as a non native english speaker, my vocabulary is too low to give me a chance. Anyway, great idea ! (I don't know if you are aware, but in French speaking countries, competition are mostly played this way, everyone with the same letters. At the end everybody got its own points and the best word is placed on the…

It's called Duplicate Scrabble: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplicate_Scrabble

Re: Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?

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Post by m4tthumphrey »

netterminalgene wrote: post #121

Dope game, turned it into a prompt, its been fun trying to optimize it. You are a scrabble word master. The rules of the game are as follows. -- Create the highest scoring word you can with the 7 letters! The word must start in the first square of the board and be at least 2 letters long. 2x and 3x squares double and triple the value of that letter. The total points for your word will appear above a valid word. The l…

I just tried this and was blown away. Maybe I should start giving this ChatGPT some attention...

Re: Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?

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Post by throwway120385 »

kevviiinn wrote: post #75
blowski wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, I wonder how much internet points improve quality of conversation. Given some people keep arguing even when they're being downvoted into oblivion, there must be something deeper, like a need for engagement.

It is a well known fact that everyone who gets down voted is always wrong

And the person getting downvoted is never an expert talking to amateurs, and the downvoters are always correct that there is zero nuance to the subject.

Re: Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?

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Post by gbudee »

KineticLensman wrote: post #59
Tade0 wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

After spending a year on-and-off making a game I realized that I don't really have a compelling story to tell and my artist friend is too busy to help me with the visual side. Also, the real underlying reason why I started was the technical itch I wanted to scratch - it's been done so many times by so many people that I don't think it would be particularly interesting at this point. I suppose there are more people li…

FWIW: So I started some hobbyist game dev using Unity and realised that the full process of making a game has dependencies on a mass of lower-level skills including lighting virtual environments. As a hobbyist photographer I could see some useful analogies from lighting studios and other scenes So I pivoted, and eventually made money, not from selling a game, but from developing tutorials about digital lighting. I wa…

Could you link me to your tutorial? I'd like to improve the lighting in my game and I'm quite excited to have seen your comment!

Re: Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?

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Post by PaulMest »

I was a huge fan of Scrabble growing up. I like how simple this is and would probably be fun playing with my mom daily for a bit (similar to Wordle).

I like your game for what it is, but anchoring it to Scrabble confused me a bit when I first played. It was missing a couple of keys aspects for me:

1) Bingo bonus (+50 for using all of your tiles)

2) Optimizing your tileset so that future turns have a better chance for a bingo.

Also, minor nit: the colors for the letter multipliers (purple and red) in your game also confused me because in Scrabble the red x3 is a word multiplier and not a letter multiplier. You could consider using light blue and dark blue if you want to align to the traditional game.

Re: Show HN: Can you beat my dad at Scrabble?

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Post by marymkearney »

danieltait wrote: post #115
capitainenemo wrote: post #111

After trying a few practice rounds. I don't know if the generator is the same for the daily, but I feel like bonus tiles should be left biased since the board requires starting at the left. Many times with the letters given it was impossible to reach any bonuses which reduces the fun a little I feel. Or... perhaps allow starting on any tile to try and arrange letter scoring optimally? That might add something as well…

Hmm yes it is just random right now and agree often they are impossible to reach! Will have a think how and if it should be more weighted

What if only the 7th and last slot were excluded from the 2x and 3x randomization?
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