Comments on: Spwords (AGJ) http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/ Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:19:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: David T. Marchand http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/#comment-18249 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:13:21 +0000 http://www.freeindiegam.es/?p=4524#comment-18249 Awesome!

]]> By: nobody http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/#comment-18223 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:00:21 +0000 http://www.freeindiegam.es/?p=4524#comment-18223 (That does suggest a four-letter-minimum mode might be worth implementing?)

]]> By: agj http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/#comment-18188 Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:17:05 +0000 http://www.freeindiegam.es/?p=4524#comment-18188 This has already been made, in fact. I’ll send you the link privately so you can test it out if you like! I’m holding off on making it public until I can try out hotseat mode with someone else.

]]> By: Big D http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/#comment-18123 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:20:25 +0000 http://www.freeindiegam.es/?p=4524#comment-18123 actually nevermind, the lack of backspace makes it better

]]> By: David T. Marchand http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/#comment-18121 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 03:16:16 +0000 http://www.freeindiegam.es/?p=4524#comment-18121 It’s intentional, I think. Just like we do, the computer player is designed to fuck up a letter every once in a while, even the first one. And if you mistake the first letter, the game makes you lose the turn immediately without waiting for you to finish the word. Thus explaining why your AI opponent only typed one letter.

My English vocabulary is very tiny, pretty much close to non-existent actually, but I managed to get 3 wins a few times by just typing [REQUIRED FIRST LETTER] plus [RANDOM VOWEL] plus [REQUIRED LAST LETTER].

I must say, a game like this in Spanish (the author’s native language) could be pretty interesting, since my trick wouldn’t work ’cause we have so few monosyllabic, easy-to-guess words.

]]> By: Big D http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/#comment-18116 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:34:24 +0000 http://www.freeindiegam.es/?p=4524#comment-18116 needs backspace

]]> By: nobody http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/#comment-18114 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:43:43 +0000 http://www.freeindiegam.es/?p=4524#comment-18114 (err, “its full turn”)

]]> By: nobody http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/#comment-18113 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:42:39 +0000 http://www.freeindiegam.es/?p=4524#comment-18113 I really like scrolling text! (Though this implementation isn’t quite smooth enough for easy reading — at least on my computer — if you keep your eyes on the right edge of the screen and focus on the words just as they scroll in, I found it legible enough.)

I played twice. Winning strategy is to play words as short as possible. Quick to think and quick to type. Curiously, on my second playthrough, the computer was tasked with playing a word starting with “M” and then flubbed completely, offering the single letter “V” as it’s full turn, thus ending the game. A bug or a neat bit of AI stagecraft?

]]> By: WIGGLE http://www.freeindiegam.es/2012/12/spwords-agj/#comment-18110 Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:20:15 +0000 http://www.freeindiegam.es/?p=4524#comment-18110 WHY SCROLL LIKE THAT. THAT IS THE MOST INFURIATING AND IMPOSSIBLE TO READ WAY TO DISPLAY TEXT.
WHY?
WHY?!?!

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