A lot of comments are suggestions and/or complaints, so I just came to say I loved it, no notes.
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#282Thanks 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 it just the way it is. Fun!
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#283Thanks 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 don’t mind the timer, but if I “lose” on a word I’d like to keep going or trying myself.
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#284Lovely game indeed!
Spoiler alert ahead: unethical way to win that needs to be fixed.
Play in incognito mode and when you lose, you already know the word(s). Restart the browser and you are ready to play again, instantly.
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#285Thanks 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?
Complete gut reaction to your first question, my preference would be two fold: 1. An option to start the game in timeless mode 2. When I fail a word, prior to showing me the word, give me the option to enter timeless mode for the rest of the run, such that it doesn't ruin the current round, and that run is now excluded As for the second, that's more suggestive and I don't care as much either way. Personally me for me…
I too think timeless mode should be an option, and since you're telling me i'm in "top 10%" or whatever at the end, Timeless can just not be on the leaderboard, instead maybe just use a local-storage streak calculator or something to reward users instead.
^parent's #2 tip is great too, as I was sad to cut the fun short when I couldn't guess EXAMPLE today.
Just minor notes though really. The game was fun and seemed nice and polished. And obviously allowing playing using the keyboard was a great idea that I appreciated.
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#286Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wondered about this because I used a keyboard to do it. But then I thought maybe krick used mobile and there's no onscreen keyboard. But then I realized that krick said mouse skills and so is probably on a desktop. I think maybe just some graphical indicator that you can type would be helpful for first time users.
No, I did try to type, but nothing happened. I seem to remember I did check that I had English layout turned on, but maybe I actually didn't. Really cannot guess any better than that what might have been the problem. Anyway, doesn't matter, it was totally my mistake, everything works for me as well as for everyone else.
Maybe there was some kind of focus issue your first time, where the browser wasn't sending the keystrokes to the page.
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#287The timer makes it not enjoyable for me. It seems necessary to the game design and I’m not being negatively critical. Just sharing an additional perspective. I’ve been playing Zanagrams and the ability to hide the clock really improved my enjoyment of that game. If I could magically get a feature by request, it would be to give me infinite time even if that meant my score came with an asterisk. Maybe just call it Rel…
I agree. The combination of one game per day, and a timer is not a great combo. Having a total time at the end would be a great way for people who want to compete on time, and for anyone else who actually wants to finish they can do that too.
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#288I think it might be fun if the words told a story
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#289I 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…
for what its worth you sound ultra fluent in english, so kudos whoever taught you english
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#290Answer key in case anyone is curious: https://gist.github.com/hrdwdmrbl/0588c581f7fcc0e448fc063c4e...