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Slocan 2011-07-15 14:05
[Announce] Wordsler - Word game.
 
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Available now in Extras-Devel is Wordsler, a word game. The goal of this game is to score as many points as possible by making words with 8 letters given at a time. Bonus points are given based on the length of the word.

In standard game mode, there are 58 cards in total. The game ends when you can't find a word, or you run out of cards.
The Time Trial mode has the same rules, but adds a 2 minute timer at the end of which the game ends.

=== Version 0.2 ===
Adds daily Online Challenge mode, and letter re-ordering (long press on the letters).

=== Version 0.3 ===
Bug fixes, and better flow of the online experience.

JohnLF 2011-07-16 23:34
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Loving this Slocan. Current high score is 170 in regular mode, with a high word score of 29 for "Wintery". Maybe you could add that stat to the home screen, highest scoring word?

Keep up the good work.

MyNokiaN900 2011-07-17 19:00
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@Slocan,

How did you get your screenshot to show 45 cards left.

http://www.mynokian900.com/wp-conten...717-191833.png

My screen seems to cut off the last digit?

Great game though, very addictive. Good effort.

Slocan 2011-07-17 20:09
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Originally Posted by MyNokiaN900 (Post 1052829)
My screen seems to cut off the last digit?
That's weird, haven't seen that on any platforms I've tested it on. Do you have the CSSU installed? what does this say:
Code:
dpkg -l | grep declarative

kinggo 2011-07-17 21:26
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doesn,t start on my device Black screen is all I get.

Kevstacey 2011-07-18 10:44
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Originally Posted by kinggo (Post 1052933)
doesn,t start on my device Black screen is all I get.
same here, how can we fix it?

cheers

Slocan 2011-07-18 14:33
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Same questions as above, are you running the CSSU (latest version, old version...), or PR1.3?
In the terminal, what does:
Code:
dpkg -l | grep declarative
say?

Edit: Also, does it say anything when started manually:
Code:
/opt/Wordsler/bin/Wordsler

kinggo 2011-07-18 15:15
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I'm on PR1.3 and I'm missing QtQuick or something like that.
But installing "mcsp" solved it.

Slocan 2011-07-18 18:10
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Originally Posted by kinggo (Post 1053393)
But installing "mcsp" solved it.
Thank you, that's indeed the issue. Workaround for now is to install mcsp, but I'll publish an update tonight so it's not required.

Edit: Version 0.1.1 was pushed last night, which removes the requirement for mscp package, and solves a few bugs with the timer.

MyNokiaN900 2011-07-19 22:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Slocan (Post 1052877)
That's weird, haven't seen that on any platforms I've tested it on. Do you have the CSSU installed? what does this say:
Code:
dpkg -l | grep declarative
Nokia-N900:~# dpkg -l | grep declarative
Code:
ii  libqt4-declarative                                  1:4.7.0~git20100909-0maemo1+0cssu1        Qt 4 declarative module
ii  libqtm-11-declarative                              1:1.1.2-0fn~fremantle0                    Qt Mobility Declarative module
ii  libqtm-12-declarative                              1:1.2.0-0fn~fremantle3                    Qt Mobility Declarative module
Nokia-N900:~#
I do have CSSU loaded. It's not a big deal. I've played it a lot since downloading it - it's brilliant. I really love it!

Was thinking if there was one request it would be to have a random button to jumble up the letters or give one the option to jumble them up given more combinations...

Mike

barzam 2011-07-20 06:51
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Very nice program! I love scrabble and this is a great single player alternative!

Where did you get the word database from, and would it be hard to implement other languages (not changing the scoring rules)?

Slocan 2011-07-20 18:55
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Originally Posted by barzam (Post 1054524)
Very nice program! I love scrabble and this is a great single player alternative!

Where did you get the word database from, and would it be hard to implement other languages (not changing the scoring rules)?
It's very easy to change the word database, it's just a text file. Would need some testing for non-ascii characters, not entirely sure it would support that as is.

JohnLF 2011-07-20 22:17
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I just beat my high score! Now on 182 helped hugely by getting CLOISTER for 32 points :D

TimusEravan 2011-07-21 04:47
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Can you implement an easy mode in which more than 8 cards are displayed? This will be nice for us non-native speakers. :)

barzam 2011-07-21 06:34
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I found the word list on the github repo. But I wondered more specifically where you found all of them as I guess you didn't type it all in :)
SPOILER ALERT:
https://raw.github.com/Slocan/Wordsl...feb/words.dict

Also, I take it the program is GPL v2 (or later), even though your copyright file is a bit empty still?
https://github.com/Slocan/Wordsler/b...ttan/copyright

Slocan 2011-07-21 18:54
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@Timus: I think 8 letters is quite enough. I am not a native speaker either :-)

@barzam: Actually, you found an old list, the current one is:
https://raw.github.com/Slocan/Wordsl.../wordlist2.txt
I've found similar issues with it than the ones you reported, but haven't yet found a better one.
As for license, I guess it would be under the GPL... This stuff makes my head hurt :)

barzam 2011-07-22 06:09
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Personally I think GPL is a good choice, that's been around for a long time and have been tried in several European courts and found valid.

Would it be possible you think for Wordsler to read words from the phone's own dictionary? That would perhaps be an easy way to use other languages in the game?

Slocan 2011-07-22 17:12
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Originally Posted by barzam (Post 1055891)
Would it be possible you think for Wordsler to read words from the phone's own dictionary?
It's a good idea, but I don't know of any ways to access the dictionary. I'll have a look into it as time allows.

MyNokiaN900 2011-07-23 10:31
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How about a random button that jumbles the existing letters? (for both games). Sometimes letters in a different order present themselves better.

corduroysack 2011-07-23 14:42
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firstl thankyou for such a addictive game, certainly gets the grey cells working :D

Slocan 2011-07-29 16:25
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Version 0.2 now in extras-devel. The main feature it adds is the Daily Online Challenge. Every day, a new set of cards, common to every one playing the challenge, is set, so you can compare your scores. Top 10 scores for every day are at:
http://feedingit.marcoz.org/wordsler/
(JohnLF is going to be tough to beat!!)

The other main new feature is the ability to re-order the cards by doing a long press on them.

JohnLF 2011-08-01 00:39
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I am loving this new version Slocan, it is great fun.
Vincy whoever you are, you are giving me a challenge!

Slocan 2011-08-02 18:19
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Package is now in Extras-Testing:
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...ordsler/0.2.0/
If you've tested it, and feel it is ready for Extras as per the QA guidelines, please vote.

@JohnLF: you're very impressive, consistant highscores! It was quite fun watching you and Vincy battling it out this week-end. The online version should be available for Symbian^3 in a few days (going through Ovi store QA), so that might bring a few more challengers.

dar3d3vil 2011-08-02 18:31
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Originally Posted by JohnLF (Post 1061959)
I am loving this new version Slocan, it is great fun.
Vincy whoever you are, you are giving me a challenge!
lol...just trying my best whenever i get the time..;)

@ Slocan...I agree with John - the new version is quite good:)

Slocan 2011-08-19 04:38
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Version 0.3 in extras-devel now. It adds some more stats tracking (called achievements), available when pressing on the score table. It's quite plain looking, I'm definitely struggling with the artwork... :)

PS: grats to JonhLF and Vincy again, amazing how you 2 can be so consistent!

JohnLF 2011-08-19 11:53
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Just downloading now - thanks.

Still can't believe Vincy got 195 yesterday, 192 today and both on 1st attempt! Very well done. Would love to know what some of the words were!

Slocan 2011-08-19 17:26
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Originally Posted by JohnLF (Post 1072953)
Still can't believe Vincy got 195 yesterday, 192 today and both on 1st attempt! Very well done. Would love to know what some of the words were!
Yesterday, he used very easy to find words like ADENINES, GAUZIER and CLIQUIER :-p.

I record the words that are used (for fraud detection), and I intend to somehow make them available (a day or two after) on the site, but I haven't weighed the pros and cons of it, or how to make it in a useful and interesting way. I'm open to suggestions.

JohnLF 2011-08-19 22:56
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I'm normally quite good at getting the IERs INGs EDs etc, but I admit to missing GAUZIER. Sure I used GAUZE at one point - drat! ;-p

Nice one Vincy (dar3d3vil) - I'm feeling thoroughly beaten at the mo! :D

JohnLF 2011-08-19 22:59
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How about a list of the top 5 or 10 scoring words, and if used by a single person, you could list their name? That way everyone gets to see how the high scores are done and learns to improve. If done the day after, there's no problem with people using other people's words etc.?

Slocan 2011-08-26 16:04
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Another update in Extras-devel, mostly to fix a bug where cards became inaccessible under some circumstances in portrait mode.

And just for giggles, a (very bad) photo of Wordsler running on 7 different OS.

tig3r81 2011-09-23 12:52
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how can I add a wordlist in a different language? If this feature is possible.
anyway It's a great app...thank's

Slocan 2011-09-23 16:32
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Originally Posted by tig3r81 (Post 1094493)
how can I add a wordlist in a different language? If this feature is possible.
anyway It's a great app...thank's
Changing the wordlist isn't too difficult, but you'd also need to change the letter distribution, and points to make it interesting. I do intend to add a few languages at some point, but haven't had a chance yet.

tig3r81 2011-09-25 07:51
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ok Slocan, I renamed the original wordlist (wordlist2) and I put my personal wordlist: italian language (I rename it wordlist2); but the game continue to use english language. I'm mistaking something but i don't know what.

Slocan 2011-11-30 20:27
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Just a quick congratulation message to dar3d3vil/Vincy, who's won all the monthly challenges so far, and is most of the time on top of the weekly leaderboard!
Special mentions to Cleaner, Specialk, Lizthewizz and Ngumu for pretty consistent high-scoring play too!

UWman 2012-03-12 19:44
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Thanks for the awesome, and addictive game! What happened to the weekly and monthly standings for the online challenge? They're not working for March. also, is there any way to ensure that the game doesn't start off with no vowels or an otherwise unplayable letter selection?

Slocan 2012-03-12 20:18
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Originally Posted by UWman (Post 1178564)
Thanks for the awesome, and addictive game! What happened to the weekly and monthly standings for the online challenge? They're not working for March. also, is there any way to ensure that the game doesn't start off with no vowels or an otherwise unplayable letter selection?
Glad you enjoy it!
The scores broke because of those 2 days where everyone had 0, it's fixed now, thanks for reporting that!

As for the unplayable letter selection, it has only happened twice since release last August (both of which were last week...). I could probably add something to prevent that, but it brings complexity and one more thing that can break. If it starts being more frequent, I'll definitely revisit that.

john_wf 2013-01-23 16:25
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Hi,

I've noticed that the scores seem to have stopped working since the 13th January?

-john

Slocan 2013-01-23 18:22
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Originally Posted by john_wf (Post 1317024)
Hi,

I've noticed that the scores seem to have stopped working since the 13th January?

-john
Thanks John, fixed now. No score was lost, it just stopped calculating daily. Sorry I didn't notice earlier.


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