[HN Gopher] Show HN: Word Slicer
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Show HN: Word Slicer
Hi. I created a small word game and would love someone to give it a
try and let me know what you think. Thanks!
Author : NoArcher888
Score : 36 points
Date : 2024-07-26 12:24 UTC (10 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (wordslicer.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (wordslicer.com)
| koch wrote:
| I want to be able to type instead of clicking on letters
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| Good point. How would you want to control it?
| whiterook6 wrote:
| You would just start typing, and it would try and select each
| letter in turn, or show a little blip if you didn't have that
| character available
| MrZander wrote:
| Fun game concept!
|
| Some improvements I would request:
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| * An option to disable the "success" sound in the settings. It is
| quite loud.
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| * There is no way for me to go back and see what my time was once
| I left the page. I only have the option to replay the game.
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| I agree - I will add a mute/unmute option. Right now the
| results are only shown for registered players. Given that most
| people do not sign up, then I think it would make sense to make
| a scoreboard for all players.
| chungus wrote:
| That was fun. Wasn't able to get the hints, it just said "reveal
| word". But I got most of them. Be aware that swiping can trigger
| page back on phone browsers
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| Oh. Good catch about the swiping. I wonder if it is possible,
| or even desireable, to override the browser swipe behavior.
| ineptech wrote:
| The vertical bars don't seem to be draggable on desktop, took me
| a while to figure out you have to click on letters.
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| You are right and I will look into improving that as around 38%
| of todays visitors are using desktops.
| whiterook6 wrote:
| When the vertical bar is very short, like two or three letters
| only, it is hard to find space to tap and drag the bar up or
| down. A more generous vertical tap-and-drag region, or handles,
| or up/down arrows, would be nice on a phone.
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| I like that thought. I will look into extending the touch area.
| d0100 wrote:
| The touch/scroll area should be the full columns height. This
| allows for minimal hand movement across the screen
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| Good point, I will work on getting that implemented.
| omoikane wrote:
| It did not register "SIR" as a word.
|
| https://imgur.com/a/EkuQ2be
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| The sliders were "TQSF", "KWRI", "RNIV". I found FIN, FIR, SIN,
| TIN. It rejected SIR.
| daemonologist wrote:
| It was probably looking for "SKI". I think it could benefit
| from having two dictionaries - one with common words to draw
| answers from and one with _everything_ to exclude
| possibilities. (So, generate sliders which allow for `n` words
| to be created from the small dictionary but zero additional
| words from the large dictionary.)
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| Hi. I worked quite a lot on the dictionary part when
| designing the game. What I came up with was to only use
| common nouns, like "river," verbs, like "dance," or
| adjectives, like "bright." Also all words are in their base
| or dictionary forms, like "happy" instead of "happier".
| 6510 wrote:
| good game, I'm terrible at it
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| Glad you liked it. When you get a hang of it, then it becomes a
| bit easier. I have made experiments to figure out to make it
| not too easy and not too hard - not sure if I succeeded :-)
| wonger_ wrote:
| - I like how the alphabetical order of missing words acts as a
| small hint
|
| - The difficulty felt challenging yet doable
|
| - The UI looks polished
|
| - I agree with others that the word-forming UX could be improved;
| maybe by typing letters, or maybe by more generous drag behavior
| sam_perez wrote:
| Yeah, it's a bit clunky. Maybe plays better on mobile?
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| It works best on mobile as a PWA. I am considering moving to
| a native Android and iOS app - would that make sense?
| michaelmior wrote:
| Cool!
|
| Minor feedback, when I went to sign up, I got "Secure sign-up
| code is on it's way" Seems to be some escaping issue.
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| Thanks. I will fix that.
| Shoop wrote:
| Puzzmo Typeshift is a similar game:
| https://www.puzzmo.com/play/typeshift/
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| Thanks for the link. This is the first time I have seen
| something similar. It is so hard to come up with new unique
| ideas.
| synthoidzeta wrote:
| Can we reject all cookies? I only see the option to reject
| optional cookies
| NoArcher888 wrote:
| I will look into that.
| Waterluvian wrote:
| Very cool. Took me 2:38 and felt fun. Nice ergonomics.
|
| Note the z-index of the close X button on the results page was
| too low. It hides partly behind the card inner frame.
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