wdumaresq

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   by wdumaresq 1y ago

   This was posted on HN about a month ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43774702
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   by wdumaresq 1y ago

   I made a multi-player (up to 12 players) Scrabble-like game. Everyone submits their turn at the same time so there are no long waits between turns. It's a "capture territory with words" game. http://crosswordisland
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   by wdumaresq 1y ago

   If anyone would like to try this highest-scoring boggle board to see how many words you can get you can try it here: http://crosswordislandhopper.com/playGob?pg=BYZX&bd=KOHGVZRV... I found 267 words in 5 minutes.
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   by wdumaresq 2y ago

   Also this was a somewhat similar effort to yours, to create the Common English Lexicon word list that can be used on the word game site woogles.io: https://github.com/Fj00/CEL
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   by wdumaresq 2y ago

   I made a root comment before seeing this one but here's my shot at answering this question with the data / player base that I have: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40902840
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   by wdumaresq 2y ago

   I also developed a word search game and was interested in a methodology for determining what words are "reasonably findable". The best I could come up without going through the dictionary word-by-word like you did was to use data
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   by wdumaresq 3y ago

   It's an interesting game, I think. So far I haven't quite reached the point of satisfying gameplay as I keep getting caught in traps like forgetting that words need to go down, not up (even though I play Scrabble!). I'll try
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   by wdumaresq 3y ago

   ThePowerOfFuet should have googled it. Not sure where they got the idea that Costco is a Canadian company.
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   by wdumaresq 4y ago

   Does anyone know why there would be multiple bots (I assume) GETting the URL in the post repeatedly? I.e. there are multiple IP addresses from which I have been getting GET requests every few minutes since this post went up. To be clear, th
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    Show HN: Bog Gobbler Word Game(crosswordislandhopper.herokuapp.com)

    2 points by wdumaresq 4y ago|1 comments
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    by wdumaresq 6y ago

    I like games like Scrabble and Bananagrams. I like games where capturing territory is part of the strategy. This is a game that attempts to combine elements of both. I've been playing around with the idea in my head for years and final
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    Show HN: Crossword game where you capture territory by placing words(crosswordislandhopper.com)

    1 points by wdumaresq 6y ago|1 comments