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Link to the game: https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ Pretty fun. If you read his homepage https://www.powerlanguag
by Zren 5y ago
Link to the game: https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/ https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/wordle/
Pretty fun. If you read his homepage https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/ https://www.powerlanguage.co.uk/ he mentions he created Reddit's "The Button" and "Place" April Fools games. Dude's pretty creative.
- weeblewobble 5y agoThe Button was pretty cool. I really love the UX on Wordle. Can't really explain why but it's just so pleasant to use.
- Scott_Sanderson 5y agoI didn't understand what the button was and pushed it right away lol
- ryantgtg 5y agoThe letter flipping reveal is a key component that adds to the joy of Wordle.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoIf anything I think Wordle is such a great example of how a simple idea, but executed pretty perfectly, can get traction. Things like: 1. The letter flipping, as another commenter mentioned. 2. How the keyboard colors the keys after your guesses. 3. The social sharing, with the simple (text only!) sharing of your scores. 4. The "once-per-day" nature of it. 5. It's all basically in a single static JS file! I don't have to wait for anything to load, don't need to sign up or login, yada yada (of course, I pretty much expect the NYT to fuck that up, but oh well, that always happens over time). I could basically see a ton of different iterations of this that wouldn't have been any where nearly as successful.
- bikitan 5y ago> of course, I pretty much expect the NYT to fuck that up, but oh well, that always happens over time They have a number of free games that don't require any kind of account or registration. I am optimistic that they won't introduce any unsavory elements to it and turn off the playerbase it's amassed. Take a look: https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords https://www.nytimes.com/crosswords
- arrrg 5y agoIf you look at these games you can see that Wordle is a perfect fit. There is no other way to put it. If Wordle were already in that games list it wouldn’t stick out at all. Especially the aspect of having a daily puzzle that’s the same for everyone is a great fit. Even the whole design aesthetic is similar (it’s a pleasantly useable experience all around). The biggest differences are the ads and the registration requirement. Which are, I guess, in a sense both ways to fuck it up.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y agoSorry, I beg to differ. I just clicked on your link and tried the Spelling Bee game. Started playing, after I hit my fifth word the game terminated and I got a popup: You’re good at this! Know more words? Subscribe to reach our Genius ranking. With a subscribe button. I don't blame NYT for doing this, at all. If you pay millions of dollars for something, you expect a return. But this kind of "stop what you were interested in doing right when it starts becoming fun so you can subscribe" is exactly the type of annoying shit I was talking about.
- heckerhut 5y agoThe button was one of the best internet experiments I’ve ever experienced
- whit537 5y agoGotta be creative to work for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSCHF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSCHF (according to his LinkedIn).
- ehsankia 5y agoNote that you can basically save the website locally and since it has the full 2300 word list hard coded in the JS bundle, you can technically keep playing offline until 2028.
- bspammer 5y agoThose two projects were by far the best April Fool games on reddit, with Place being one of my favorite internet events ever.
- bambax 5y agoI don't remember Place but I do remember The Button. It was extremely original. Both things were extremely social in nature. Creative mind indeed.