Open IdleMuse opened 9 months ago
Thanks for the suggestion!
Sorry for taking so long to respond. I discussed your suggestion in the discord. The idea is very interesting, but letters in titles are very helpful. So much that if implemented, the game loop would change to look for letters instead of mechanics and stats. I would like to keep the game loop about finding similarities in games, instead of in names.
I'm open for further discussion on this.
I saw you were looking for ways to make the game less hard; me and my friends find that we win too often after 11, 21, 31 guesses, as the 'first letter' hint is so strong if you're struggling.
What I suggest is to treat the title of the game like a mini-wordle; ie, if you guess a game that has the same first letter, you fill it in. If you guess a game that has the right fifth letter, you fill it in, and so on. You're probably semi-likely to get a few random unhelpful letters deep into a word, but, getting the first letter in particular would be very helpful (as you can see from the current 'freebie at 11' system). It'd also provide a small hint for instance if you get a match on the twelth letter - you can infer that the game name length is at least that long!
Example:
Actual game "Agricola" Display:
?
Guess:
Abalone
Display:A?
Guess:
Arriba y abajo
Display:A?ri?