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I would love a small visual indicator of which words were valid/invalid on the board. Maybe something as simple as valid words having slightly green letters, an

I would love a small visual indicator of which words were valid/invalid on the board. Maybe something as simple as valid words having slightly green letters, and invalid words having slightly red letters. Or a subtle little sparkle effect around letters that are part of a valid word. Especially when I'm having to read my entire opponent's board upside down, I find parsing which words are valid/invalid to be a time-consuming, mildly frustrating, and not super fun aspect of the game. Maybe that takes too much of the challenge out, but I don't find it's a part of the game I feel like I should have to be good at. Other minor feedback: - There's no cursor or focus indicator on the search box in the dictionary. - The dictionary should open auto-focused. If I click "open dictionary" with the mouse, and start typing nothing happens. I have to click on the "search" box before I can type. This is especially annoying given the lack of feedback from the above point on the search box.

liambigelow 3y ago
Thanks for the feedback — it's looking like we'll have to find some solution for showing valid words, based on the comments. (Also, will fix the dictionary, thanks!)
- ncallaway 3y ago
  Since I didn't say in it my comment, I'll say it in the reply: Congratulations on getting this far! Games are a huge amount of work (so much more than it looks like on the surface), so shipping something is always an accomplishment. I definitely had fun for the rounds I played the other day, which is why I bothered with feedback. It's a great little concept, and well-executed. I really appreciated the tutorial (especially the "sample game", that really solidified the concepts for me after the step-by-step tutorial). Great work so far! Excited to see where it ends up! (And one more super minor feedback while I'm here: when I'm playing on keyboard and mouse, I'd love the ability to press a keyboard key to select a letter, then click to play on the board with a mouse. So: "press the keyboard key 'i', then click on an empty but legal space to play", and one of my 'i' tiles goes to that space". As far as I can tell this would be manageable, since it doesn't seem to matter which 'i' tile I play from my hand).

liambigelow 3y ago

Thanks for the feedback — it's looking like we'll have to find some solution for showing valid words, based on the comments. (Also, will fix the dictionary, thanks!)

ncallaway 3y ago
Since I didn't say in it my comment, I'll say it in the reply: Congratulations on getting this far! Games are a huge amount of work (so much more than it looks like on the surface), so shipping something is always an accomplishment. I definitely had fun for the rounds I played the other day, which is why I bothered with feedback. It's a great little concept, and well-executed. I really appreciated the tutorial (especially the "sample game", that really solidified the concepts for me after the step-by-step tutorial). Great work so far! Excited to see where it ends up! (And one more super minor feedback while I'm here: when I'm playing on keyboard and mouse, I'd love the ability to press a keyboard key to select a letter, then click to play on the board with a mouse. So: "press the keyboard key 'i', then click on an empty but legal space to play", and one of my 'i' tiles goes to that space". As far as I can tell this would be manageable, since it doesn't seem to matter which 'i' tile I play from my hand).