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andrewschultz / very-vile-fairy-file

My IFComp 2019 entry. Release 3 is finished. Release 4 will be a maintenance release adding to the scoring-based storyline. Parent of Quite Queer Night Near.
https://andrewschultz.itch.io/very-vile-fairy-file
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HA HALF trumps homonym good-guesses, misleading in Been Buggin #45

Closed andrewschultz closed 5 years ago

andrewschultz commented 5 years ago

For instance, GOT GOURD when you need GOT GORED.

Or MO MAD doesn't clue SO SAD but instead MO MAPPIN.

This is a particular problem in Been Buggin.

andrewschultz commented 5 years ago

Turns out the MO MAPPIN check rule was wrong, and also I could just have you focus on the two blocker-puzzle rules (so sad/way wrong) in Been Buggin, and that got rid of a lot.

3 guesses remain: HOT HOARD, GOT GOURD, WOE WEIGHT.

We could put these into the table of homonyms. Perhaps the HA HALF button blinks frantically (?)

Rule for printing a parser error (this is the clue half right words rule):
    abide by the verb-checker rule;
    abide by the mistake-checker rule;

Could become

Rule for printing a parser error (this is the clue half right words rule):
        now table-to-scour is table of homonyms;
    abide by the mistake-checker rule;
    abide by the verb-checker rule;
        now table-to-scour is table of main mistakes;
    abide by the mistake-checker rule;

However, since this only improves on 3 good guesses, I don't want to risk it in-comp unless I get a lot of testing, which probably won't happen. Still, it's a bug I'd be okay with fixing.