Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

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Post by forestmyth » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 4:02 AM UTC

nice!!

Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

#22

Post by mjlawson » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 4:18 AM UTC

I played the second game, and your dictionary might need to be adjusted. Asse is certainly not a word.

Pretty fun game you got here though. I would like a retry capability so I can try to find another (read: the real) solution.

Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

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Post by resist_futility » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 4:36 AM UTC

mjlawson wrote: post #22

I played the second game, and your dictionary might need to be adjusted. Asse is certainly not a word. Pretty fun game you got here though. I would like a retry capability so I can try to find another (read: the real) solution.

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Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

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Post by quuxplusone » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 5:06 AM UTC

I'm not sure PYRUS should be in the word list, and fairly sure YACK shouldn't; but also it'd be nice to avoid generating puzzles with multiple legal solutions. Look up the old HN thread on HueWords for some discussion of Wordle-style "valid" versus "target" word lists and their applicability to this sort of puzzle-game design.

Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

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Post by totallykvothe » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 5:18 AM UTC

I absolutely love the sound effects and music. Made me smile. I look forward to more puzzles :)

One thing I'd say is that dragging from the edge of the screen makes it really easy to accidentally trigger the back gesture on my phone.

Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

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Post by ksenzee » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 5:33 AM UTC

I’d pay for the archive. This is great. Really nice work.

Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

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Post by dmje » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 5:33 AM UTC

I have no idea how to play. Am I alone here? Baffled.

Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

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Post by BaudouinVH » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 7:25 AM UTC

my 2 cents : please kill the light-show and music while moving letters effects. I think you want your users to be able to concentrate. Unless this effect is there to make this game harder for some reason ?

Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

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Post by petepete » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 8:07 AM UTC

quuxplusone wrote: post #24

I'm not sure PYRUS should be in the word list, and fairly sure YACK shouldn't; but also it'd be nice to avoid generating puzzles with multiple legal solutions. Look up the old HN thread on HueWords for some discussion of Wordle-style "valid" versus "target" word lists and their applicability to this sort of puzzle-game design.

I'd agree. I got stuck after getting SYRUP because I just assumed YACK wasn't a word.

Re: Show HN: Omiword – A daily, sector-based word puzzle

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Post by I_complete_me » Sat, Apr 12, 2025, 9:13 AM UTC

petepete wrote: post #29

quuxplusone wrote: post #24

I'm not sure PYRUS should be in the word list, and fairly sure YACK shouldn't; but also it'd be nice to avoid generating puzzles with multiple legal solutions. Look up the old HN thread on HueWords for some discussion of Wordle-style "valid" versus "target" word lists and their applicability to this sort of puzzle-game design.

I'd agree. I got stuck after getting SYRUP because I just assumed YACK wasn't a word.

FYI

yack n 1: noisy talk [syn: {yak}, {yack}, {yakety-yak}, {chatter}, {cackle}]

      v 1: talk incessantly and tiresomely [syn: {yack}, {jaw}, {yack
           away}, {rattle on}, {yap away}]