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Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by furyofantares »

kokanee wrote: post #124
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?

Just a vote since I'm seeing a lot of anti-timer sentiment: I like the timer because it creates a conclusive way for the game to end, and causes me to spend a lot less time on the game, I imagine. But I also think it makes sense to have a non-timer mode. It would also be cool to have like 3 shuffles that you are allowed to use. As an exit to the non-timer mode, I think it would be fine to have an "I give up " button.

A problem with timers in word games is players vary A LOT, like a lot a lot, -- no, more than you're thinking now, even after I said that -- in terms of how fast they are at word games.

So a timer needs to either accept that a lot of interested parties will be turned off by it - or must be designed in a more accommodating way.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by jtsnow »

runjake wrote: post #178

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Hardly dangerous. The same disclaimer put on the Anti-Defamation League website applies here:

> All the symbols depicted here must be evaluated in the context in which they appear. Few symbols represent just one idea or are used exclusively by one group. For example, 100% is often used as an amount or an expression and it is also used by some by some white supremacists as shorthand for "100% white."

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by therealdrag0 »

johndough wrote: post #201
volkk wrote: post #194

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i've literally never heard of this, but great to pollute my brain with more of this bs. serious question: if the majority aren't "in the know" and some minority is, and the game has literally nothing to do with sending any sekrut messages, who cares? like, is a white nationalist sitting here on HN, playing this game over a coffee and thinks, "heh, sick this is 4 numbers away from the callsign"

If an uneducated acquaintance of yours was about to name their newborn child "Adolf", would you interject that this name might not be such a great idea?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179121/

But you gotta admit it’s strange that some mass murders are off limits but not others. Joseph, mao, osama. It’s mostly about preexisting popularity.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by therealdrag0 »

pekim wrote: post #150

https://wordnerd.co/23words/ is similar (but 23 words instead of 18). Possibly the biggest difference is that 23 Words continues with the next word if you fail to get a word within 30 seconds. When you have attempted all 23 words it will present you with results like this. You found 21/23 words Top 7% of players today.

I like that better

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by jdthedisciple »

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?

I'm fine with the timer if at least the game isn't stopped after a fail.

Just reduce the final score, as someone else here also suggested, but I'd like to at least always get to try all 18 words.

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Post by Liftyee »

vicnov wrote: post #122

I think there is probably a research paper hiding inside this game. I couldn't guess Dice because, as an ESL person, I couldn't make the D-i combo sound like /d/+ /aɪ/ in my head (it sounded as /d/ + /ɪ/), so a part of my neural circuitry didn't fire, and I couldn't complete it with `ce.` In other words I, personally, in this pattern recognition game rely on the way words sounds in my head to find familiar combinatio…

This is an odd and interesting effect. I experienced it and English is my first language.

Couldn't figure out "binding" because in the process of permuting the letters it got sounded out as "bin ding" which I immediately rejected as "not a word". It seems like it's intuitive to permute letters but I forget that you have to permute the sound too, otherwise it won't parse as a word.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by onefiftymike »

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?

I like the timed version, but would like to be able to just miss the word and get moved to the next one with a final score out of 18.

I also like some of the comments about the non-timed version to just chill and play without stress. Having a back catalog of timer-less puzzles would be a fun way to use my brain and kill some time.

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Post by TonyAlicea10 »

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?

For me the timer makes the game. Most popular word games have no timer stress so it makes it unique, versus just "Boggle but one word at a time".

I would like the option to continue when you miss a word, but I also like the "miss a word and it's over" nature for the actual daily game.

You're not going to please everyone here. You might simply need to let the player pick a difficulty level, for example:

- Relaxed - No timer, keep going when you miss / Hurried - Timer, keep going when you miss / Rush - Timer, stops when you miss (default daily)

I think you really have something here! I love word games, and a new one that I would play daily doesn't come along often. Nice job!

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