Wordoid, a fast paced word game!

Use your spelling skills with strategic use of special tiles to beat the clock and advance to the next level!

UNDER DEVELOPMENT:  I'd love any feedback you have. Was it intuitive to play? Too easy or hard? Notice any bugs? 

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More information
https://www.seanw.org
StatusIn development
PlatformsHTML5
Publisher
Release date Apr 20, 2020
Rating
Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars
(3 total ratings)
Authorseanwilson
GenrePuzzle, Educational, Strategy
Tags2D, High Score, Score Attack, Singleplayer, spelling, spelling-game, Word game
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsMouse, Touchscreen, Smartphone
LinksTwitter/X

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emberfiend3 years ago(+1)

Delightfully addictive! :)

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WesleyJohnson4 years ago

Here are some thoughts - take them with a grain of salt.


  • The audio is a bit monotonous, maybe if the tones shift up in pitch as you add more and more letters to your word.
  • I got an orange letter and used it, but wasn't sure what that gave me. With the timer, you don't really have time to stop and look to see how the score changes - so maybe some sort of visual feedback there.
  • The game over sound is terrible - sorry for the bluntness, just my .02
  • I thought it was fun - I found myself wanting to quit to go do something else (I have a short attention span sometimes), but I'd level up and want to keep going - so I think there is something there.
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seanwilson4 years ago

Great feedback, thanks! Haha, yes, the audio needs a lot of work and is mostly placeholder for now. The orange/bonus letter boosts the score of the word you use it with - I need a way to communicate this in-game without having to hit the player over the head with instructions. 

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Stuart Bray - SnappyFingers.co.uk4 years ago

Might be a good idea if the tiles fall down to fill the space left by a word. Otherwise you get deadspots full of horrid letters. This also adds a bit of strategy to pick words at the top or bottom of screen first.

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seanwilson4 years ago

Thanks, still tweaking it! Better random letter selection might help with the deadspots e.g. a new tile should be a vowel if it's surrounded by consonants. Did you figure out the bonus/orange tiles give you even more points for long words? One strategy is to pick words near bonus tiles to help you get the letters you need for a big scoring word.

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senectus4 years ago (1 edit)

good fun, but please let me turn off audio...

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seanwilson4 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! Yep, still need to add this to the pause menu.

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senectus4 years ago

also a more obvious visual effect for when you're running out of time please.

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seanwilson4 years ago

When running low on time, do you think a tweak like changing the flash colour or flash speed would be enough? Or these would still be hard to notice because the visual feedback is at bottom of the screen?

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senectus4 years ago

For me, the issue is that the timer is on the bottom... I dont see it till its too late.

I would move it to the left or right... maybe a vertical timer counting down to the bottom, like sand running out...

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