New game uploaded: Word Slide!

SlithyMatt · Post by **SlithyMatt** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 7:58 pm

Word Slide!

You get six chances to guess the secret word. It is one of about 2500 commonly-used English words with exactly 5 letters. Just type the word and hit RETURN/ENTER to see if you guessed it correctly. If you had any letters in the correct position, they will be highlighted as green. If you guessed a letter that is in the secret word, but in the wrong position, it will be yellow. Any letters that aren't highlighted are not in the secret word, so you can eliminate those from later guesses.

For more information and the code (which also can be built for the Commodore 64), check out the repo on GitHub: https://github.com/SlithyMatt/cbm-wordslide

If you see any apparent bugs, or words that should or shouldn't be included in the list, please enter an issue on GitHub, or a pull request with your own fix -- adding or removing words from the list (2500words.txt) is trivial, and an easy way to contribute to this project!

Submitter

SlithyMatt

Submitted

01/19/22

Category

Games

SlithyMatt · Post by **SlithyMatt** » Wed Jan 19, 2022 8:06 pm

This is in active beta testing before I make a video and start sharing this project with the X16 Facebook group and the wider Commodore community. The biggest need is to refine the word list. I keep finding common words that aren't in the list, and some that are in the list are so obscure even a crossword addict like me has never seen them. I started with a list of 2500 words from an English as a Second Language (ESL) site, with the intent on having words that even non-native speakers should be able to know. Please enter any issues and/or pull requests you may have on GitHub (linked above). Thanks!

SlithyMatt · Post by **SlithyMatt** » Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:00 pm

I made a lot of revisions to the word list, including a lot of very common words that were missing. Everything added through yesterday (with a big thanks to the X16 Discord community) is now playable in the web emulator.

desertfish · Post by **desertfish** » Fri Jan 21, 2022 3:05 pm

SASSY !

kelli217 · Post by **kelli217** » Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:49 pm

BLEAK

Well, you can tell it was developed in the 2020s. ?

Edmond D · Post by **Edmond D** » Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:24 pm

On 1/21/2022 at 9:49 AM, kelli217 said:

BLEAK

Well, you can tell it was developed in the 2020s. ?

It didn't like the word COVID, but then who does? ?

SlithyMatt · Post by **SlithyMatt** » Mon Jan 24, 2022 5:17 pm

Video now public on YouTube:

Strider · Post by **Strider** » Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:25 am

Very nice! Fun little game!

As I got older, I developed a soft spot for this style of word game. Used to have an electronic handheld I took everywhere, just to kill time. Probably still have it buried somewhere.

Your game reminded me of it. ?

SlithyMatt · Post by **SlithyMatt** » Mon Mar 07, 2022 5:18 pm

New video to go along with some changes for Beta Release 0.3 and the new VIC-20 version:

kelli217 · Post by **kelli217** » Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:54 am

I've been percolating on the issue of a PET version.

I finally hit on something that might actually work.

There are the increasing vertical width bars... what if the 'in the word, but not in place' signifier was to put the 'thick' side of one of those characters toward the letter?

Like this:

And then when the letter is correct, you just put it in reverse video without the bars:

And then if the letters on both sides of the bar are 'in word, not in place' then you get to just use a reverse space.