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I came across https://bert.org/2021/11/24/the-best-starting-word-in-wordle/ https://bert.org/2021/11/24/the-best-starting-word-in-wordle... on HN the other day,

by sigvef 5y ago

I came across https://bert.org/2021/11/24/the-best-starting-word-in-wordle/ https://bert.org/2021/11/24/the-best-starting-word-in-wordle... on HN the other day, and decided to do my own take on the concept as a little weekend project.

sigvef 5y ago
Technology-wise, I wanted to try out two things that I hadn't tried before for this project. One was to use Expo to release on web and mobile at the same time. I've used React Native quite a bit in a professional capacity, so I wanted to check out the Expo landscape. I discovered that the web part (react native web) didn't quite deliver on what I was looking for, so I scrapped it and ported to Vite/react-ts and dropped native completely. The other was to see if I could find a low-friction way of setting up subscriptions for a static web frontend with no first party backend. That is the reason why there is a premium subscription tier for a small weekend game like this. Turns out that this was pretty straight forward with Gumroad! In the end, I was pretty happy with the way the flow turned out (except that Apple Pay isn't supported without stepping out of the flow and heading to Gumroad directly).
huhtenberg 5y ago
It's 2048 vs Threes again. What you did is highly unethical - it's a blatant rip-off, with no credit to the original AND it's a for-profit. Shame on you OP. Flagged.
- beepy 5y ago
  This - and Wordle - are games that existed before the internet. I played this on paper as a child.
- MisterSandman 5y ago
  It is not "highly ethical", this game has existed for decades. That's like saying Candy Crush copied Bejeweled; neither games were origina.
  - huhtenberg 5y ago
    The exactly-five-letter word guesser that includes virtual keyboard that paints keys as hints as the game progresses? After explicitly mentioning in a comment that the game was derived from Wordle - "I came across https://bert.org/2021/11/24/the-best-starting-word-in-wordle https://bert.org/2021/11/24/the-best-starting-word-in-wordle... on HN the other day". The OP now added "About", with weasel-worded reference to Wordle. Jesus. How hard is it to just acknowledge other people's work that you are directly borrowing from.
    - ximeng 5y ago
      It’s better than Wordle, which is offering one word per day. It’s not like he’s getting rich off three dollars a month. He’s providing a free service. Does Wordle have a link to their inspiration? I support people being creative, if he wants to earn a few bucks and disrupt the word game market with a new business model, fine by me.

by sigvef 5y ago

sigvef 5y ago

Technology-wise, I wanted to try out two things that I hadn't tried before for this project. One was to use Expo to release on web and mobile at the same time. I've used React Native quite a bit in a professional capacity, so I wanted to check out the Expo landscape. I discovered that the web part (react native web) didn't quite deliver on what I was looking for, so I scrapped it and ported to Vite/react-ts and dropped native completely. The other was to see if I could find a low-friction way of setting up subscriptions for a static web frontend with no first party backend. That is the reason why there is a premium subscription tier for a small weekend game like this. Turns out that this was pretty straight forward with Gumroad! In the end, I was pretty happy with the way the flow turned out (except that Apple Pay isn't supported without stepping out of the flow and heading to Gumroad directly).

huhtenberg 5y ago

It's 2048 vs Threes again. What you did is highly unethical - it's a blatant rip-off, with no credit to the original AND it's a for-profit. Shame on you OP. Flagged.

beepy 5y ago
This - and Wordle - are games that existed before the internet. I played this on paper as a child.
MisterSandman 5y ago
It is not "highly ethical", this game has existed for decades. That's like saying Candy Crush copied Bejeweled; neither games were origina.
- huhtenberg 5y ago
  The exactly-five-letter word guesser that includes virtual keyboard that paints keys as hints as the game progresses? After explicitly mentioning in a comment that the game was derived from Wordle - "I came across https://bert.org/2021/11/24/the-best-starting-word-in-wordle https://bert.org/2021/11/24/the-best-starting-word-in-wordle... on HN the other day". The OP now added "About", with weasel-worded reference to Wordle. Jesus. How hard is it to just acknowledge other people's work that you are directly borrowing from.
  - ximeng 5y ago
    It’s better than Wordle, which is offering one word per day. It’s not like he’s getting rich off three dollars a month. He’s providing a free service. Does Wordle have a link to their inspiration? I support people being creative, if he wants to earn a few bucks and disrupt the word game market with a new business model, fine by me.