mk-awesome 2021-04-27 14:46
I was not able to enter the first Code, is the Problem me? Or is that a bug? The Grafics look pretty nice btw =)
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD48 → WordGeddon
By devmerlin
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 1687 | 2.93 | 26 | |
| Fun | 1590 | 2.83 | 26 | |
| Innovation | 1786 | 2.41 | 26 | |
| Theme | 1835 | 2.47 | 26 | |
| Graphics | 1668 | 2.68 | 26 | |
| Audio | 1 | |||
| Humor | 1240 | 2.25 | 24 | |
| Mood | 1695 | 2.64 | 26 |
I was not able to enter the first Code, is the Problem me? Or is that a bug? The Grafics look pretty nice btw =)
Good game, but extrimely hard for non-english speaking players)
The core loop seems fine. It was nice to be able to answer with 4-letter words while knowing, for sure, that there was a longer one I was sacrificing for time. Made for interesting decisions. I wish it told me what the 8-letter word was every time instead of only when I gave up.
The words themselves were a little...strange. Some of them like "nonesuch" aren't in use as such, so it felt like the game had cheated me of the satisfaction of actually finding the 8-letter word. Maybe more curation there is required.
Overall, pretty decent.
Nice word game. Would definitely be driven crazy on hard mode, but I like being able to make any word. Was a bit confused when the game ended or didn't, but didn't take away from the fun of it. Good job!
Nice graphics :D And a simple but good game. It would be nice if you can erase letters in mid words by clicking on them. And use simpler words on the medium difficulty...I'm not a native english speaker therefore I had a bounch of words that I ddidn't even know
Hard little word-finder! I tried hard a few times but had a lot of trouble getting past 4 rounds, so I played easy. I do wish that after you reached the required score you could skip to the next round, it took a lot of waiting to get further down. The animations were super fun though, I really appreciate em!
@lelek-hunor-kadosa Thanks for the feedback! I've got a lot more I want to add to it, and as @steve-dragon said the dictionary can be... weird, sometimes. It's thrown me for a loop more then once.
Very interesting. The theme really didn't make much sense with the gameplay, and originally I thought that I had to come up with a full 8 letter word, which was very confusing - then I read the instructions. Furthermore, once you reach the "minimum" score, you should be able to advance to the next level as there really isn't any point of moving on. Overall, great job getting a game together!!!
**SPOILER** After clicking "Give Up", you can quickly type the word and press enter for the full points.
took me a minute to figure out, that I don't need to use all letters. After that, fun game, I had my problems wiht not being a native english speaker, but I still played a few rounds on medium difficulty. Some soundeffects would have been nice, maybe a little music track. Those two things can go a long way in giving the player a feel of stress.
@fribolin Thanks for the comments on audio - that was one thing I didn't really have time to do, but will be added in. Some in-game instructions too eventually. These will be in another version I'll post links to.
Word scrambles are always fun, and the time pressure and ability to make any word you want gives it a unique twist. Erasing could be a bit frustrating and unresponsive at times, but the visuals and art fit well. Nice work :)
@corbeng Thanks! I'm planning on making updates with some of the above mentions, including the ability to click to erase. Those'll be in the "published" version off Ludum Dare, so there should be some quality of life changes in the big version.
Got some sexual words xD Humor 5/5 xD
@leorid Yeah, I need to go through and prune the list some - it's a direct reference copy of a number of dictionaries.
This is a fun game! I liked that I had the option to enter shorter words just to keep things going, it made me feel extra smart when I figured out the full word, instead of dumb for not getting it.
I don't speak English natively so I had some trouble guessing the whole words haha. The option to enter shorter words is appreciated. It is an interesting approach to the theme of the jam. This concept would be very good for people who want to improve their English skills. Nice game!
I definitely love the art style, very nice work !.
I'm a bit of a sucker for typing games, but I have learned that I suck at scramble games. I could only beat it on easy. The idea is simple and it was a lot of fun! I liked the detailed lose screen, that was a nice touch. I think my main suggestion would be to give longer words some sort of compounding score instead of linear. I'm surprised how well the scramble works though, you can make smaller words out of the letters of almost any 8-letter word. Pretty crazy.
Pretty fun game! It could have benefited from some audio, even some simple sound effects. Most of the words I entered were 4-6 letter words, and I barely got the 8-letter ones. Overall good job!
It took me a little to figure out that it wouldn't take words shorter than four letters. Too bad, because I am really terrible at anagrams. ;)