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Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by john_strinlai »

cogburnd02 wrote: post #143
pompomsheep wrote: post #100

Thanks everyone for the feedback! Two questions 1. For a version without the timer what would you like to happen if you are just completely stuck on a word? Hints to reveal letters or skip the word? 2. For those who like the timed version would you prefer to continue when you miss a word and then get a final score out of 18?

1. You can have a button for both. 2. Yes 3. I got stuck and couldn't get past RILGUN -- it'd be nice to know what the word you were going for actually was.

>I got stuck and couldn't get past RILGUN -- it'd be nice to know what the word you were going for actually was.

i think there is only two valid words: luring and ruling.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by svantana »

dahart wrote: post #68
svantana wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

the obvious solution is to not use the words that have an obscure word as anagram. I failed on 'target' because I went for 'regatta'.

> I failed on ‘target’ because I went for ‘regatta’. Given that those two don’t have the same letters, isn’t that the expected outcome?

Haha oops, you're right :)

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by t-writescode »

thinkloop wrote: post #146
pompomsheep wrote: post #100

Thanks everyone for the feedback! Two questions 1. For a version without the timer what would you like to happen if you are just completely stuck on a word? Hints to reveal letters or skip the word? 2. For those who like the timed version would you prefer to continue when you miss a word and then get a final score out of 18?

Careful taking advice from nerds over-complicating things, it's beautiful as-is. Maybe have it be 7s per letter instead of a fixed 30s.

Oftentimes feedback is useful to address a complaint. “Lots of people are frustrated with X” is great signal. The solution might not be (but certainly sometimes is) the fixes they recommend; but the pain they’re expressing is real.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by tobadzistsini »

Using an android phone with Firefox and when I hit word #13 with 7 letters, I was unable to scroll to the right to see a hidden letter. I switched to landscape and the bottom three letters were not available not was I able to scroll down to tap them.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by seabass »

It’d be fun to get to try all the words. Maybe finishing the whole game as fast as possible could be the goal, rather than hitting 30s per word?

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by lisper »

You should take a look at this:

https://www.uptoplay.net/wordiest-online-game/com.concretero...

Very similar in spirit, but IMHO a lot more enjoyable than your version. It's untimed which takes the pressure off, but still a challenge because there are multiple potentially correct answers.

The on-line version doesn't seem to be working, and I don't have an android device so I can't tell if the app is still working either. But I ran this on my nexus 7 for years until it died. It was one of my favorite on-line games. I would happily pay someone to port it to ios.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by BurningFrog »

pompomsheep wrote: post #100

Thanks everyone for the feedback! Two questions 1. For a version without the timer what would you like to happen if you are just completely stuck on a word? Hints to reveal letters or skip the word? 2. For those who like the timed version would you prefer to continue when you miss a word and then get a final score out of 18?

Do something so you don't lose on time while "typing" the solution!

Adding a second for each letter you type is a crude version.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by ninjahawk1 »

I beat it! This is the first of your challenges I’ve actually completed.

It’s coming along nicely btw, some people are saying they don’t like the timer but I personally think the timer adds a lot to it. Also only being able to attempt once makes it more competitive, like if you combined hardcore minecraft and wordle. Hardcore wordle.

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