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pompomsheep

733karma·81submissions·January 29, 2025
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Haha I've never heard of this but lucky i went with 18
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Very true and it's a bit lazy. I'm load a short wordlist first and then the longer version async so it doesn't really affect how long until you can start playing. Waste of bandwidth is …
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Thanks everyone for the feedback! Two questions 1. For a version without the timer what would you like to happen if you are just completely stuck on a word? Hints to reveal letters or skip the word? 2…
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Interesting idea but too many people mistype / mispell on first attempt (mostly me)
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Ok yes all good examples. Have reverted back ot the large dictionary for now which accepts all these
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It should have shown you!
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Yeah its just the single index.html file feel free to download it and adapt
1mo ago·view thread
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Haha yeah the 300k list contains so really obscure stuff
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Did you find a word that wasn't accepted you thought should be? I do have another version where it accepts ANY word but I found it quite unsatisfying when I survived by randomly spamming combinat…
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Yeah for sure I agree just kept it simple for now but will improve if people like it
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Thanks! I thought it was fun to throw people straight into the game without instructions but you think it too unclear?
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Oof yeah thanks! Fixed now
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Hmm I'm also macOS webkit and can drag no problem. Are you using Safari? It is also possible to tap each individual letter like you described as an alternative control method but I've found …
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I've added a global average time for now to each puzzle if that's nice? I will look into potentially adding percentiles in the next few days once I see how big the ranges are!
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Thanks for the feedback. Do you think finding plural should automatically find the root word as well?
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I have it semi automated but I've found they need to be manually reviewed to make fun puzzles. Basically I start with an 8, 9 or 10 letter word as the core of the puzzle. I then have a generator …
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Which colors specifically if you dont mind me asking?
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Fixed this thanks!
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This was helpful feedback thank you. I've tried to make this more clear with a new tutorial and updataed instructions
1mo ago·view thread
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Haha just a common bird family. Get your head out of the gutter!
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Wow, this post blew up! Thank you everyone for all the helpful feedback. I’ve just deployed a few updates: - Added a short playable tutorial for new players to learn how the game works. - Added…
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Thanks. I use a combination of AI to first score the words by obscurity and then manually decide which ones to include based on this score and my own judgement. I then manually test each of the puzzle…
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