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As one of the enthusiasts of this game, let me give some considered feedback: I love word games, and this is a really good one. The concept is great, the scoring makes sense, it's easy and fun to play. The timed and non-timed options offer different challenges, as do the highscores for single word and total score.
Still, I think the game could be improved, taking it from 4/5 to 5/5. My suggestions would be: (1) Make sure bonuses are always achievable after shuffling the letters (e.g., bonus for word beginning with B, there should be a B after shuffling). (2) Improve the letter selection algorithm. You shouldn't suddenly find yourself with 6 U's... (3) Balance out the bonuses: the multipliers are MUCH better than the bonus scores. Single vowel words are weak, so this bonus shouldn't be repeated several times during the game. (4) Finally, separate the highscores for timed and untimed games, as they are very different.
Thanks for a great game :-)
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drnoam: You are correct the scores are mixed together. I agree it would be better if they were separate. My top score is for untimed, randomania's is for timed.
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A very awesome game, simple and addictive. And this is for Nerdook's new wife, also a side project. Just read the description. Also, my highest word was 'DICERS' that scored 1240 points...I think. (But I made use of a bonus in thinking cap mode :L)
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brained for 3332 points O_O
Anyways, it's pretty nice for nerdook to put up a word game, it's somewhat unusual for him.
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I jave just noticed that I can play with other languages than english, and thus, with my own language. Thanks Nerdook! Another Great game you came with...
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Great game!!! Quite unusual for Nerdook to make a game like this. This game is somewhat, difficult. The one time I got the two letters I was looking for (To spell out "Seagulls") I had the "Sea" and the "lls" part, but not the "gu" so I was sad. Great game!!! 999.99(+0.01)/1
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How does the letter randomizer work? Several times in the same game I had no consonants at all. and most of the rest of the game I had no more than 4 in the whole grid. There also seems to be no preference for common letters.
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thankyou nerdook for a wonderful game , thankyou mrs carrots nerdook for making nerdook make this game , Greg - you better badge this one as well
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I felt that the letter generation was off. After a couple play throughs of thinking cap I'd get through about 15 words before I was forced to shuffle because I have something along the lines of 5 As, 4 Os, 3 Is, etc and maybe 2 consonants. It maybe that I was tending to use more consonants particularly higher scoring ones and trying to get the 1 vowel bonus, but after getting this result consistently I think you need to alter letter generation so maybe 3/4s as likely if already 2 on the board, 1/2 if 3, 1/4 if 4, 0 if 5 or more, to make a more enjoyable experience.
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I think your coding is off by a LOT. It thinks lots of things that are not even words are. Such as uu or uo. If you just press a letter then try the others you are bound to find a few that match up that are not even real words.
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Delete clearing the entire word rather than just one letter is a pain in the neck when you're used to playing other word games.
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If you have a bonus for words 'containing' a certain letter, you DON'T get the bonus if it starts with that letter. Worth noticing!