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hryanjones / guess-my-word

A word guessing game, where you only know whether my word is before or after your guess. (An unofficial clone of the game previously available on simbase.org)
https://hryanjones.com/guess-my-word/
MIT License
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Create a Tutorial Video for the About page #7

Closed hryanjones closed 5 years ago

amygoldstein commented 5 years ago

You don't need a video, but some info and instructions on the game page would be good.

hryanjones commented 5 years ago

Thanks Amy.

I've gotten some mixed feedback on this one. Some people like the minimal design and the input placeholder and labels were enough, but I can see adding a little more. What do you think if I added the below?

I'm thinking of an English word. Make guesses below and I'll tell you if my word is alphabetically before or after your guess.

amygoldstein commented 5 years ago

I think that’s good—thanks for asking. For what it’s worth, you might want to avoid plural answers like today’s FRIENDS and verb forms with common endings like -S, -ED, and -ING. Puzzle folk are generally annoyed by stuff like that.

Really hope you can get a leaderboard going. That would be fantastic.

Thanks, Amy

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Thanks Amy.

I've gotten some mixed feedback on this one. Some people like the minimal design and the input placeholder and labels were enough, but I can see adding a little more. What do you think if I added the below?

I'm thinking of an English word. Make guesses below and I'll tell you if my word is alphabetically before or after your guess.

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hryanjones commented 5 years ago

That's good feedback, I just went and removed a couple extraneous endings.

hryanjones commented 5 years ago

Added instruction pre-amble:

https://github.com/hryanjones/guess-my-word/commit/1546f6d3aa5ea714d1b753b57bf05e03d9d3b036

amygoldstein commented 5 years ago

Addendum to my earlier note: This applies to verb endings too. So today’s easy word would’ve been better without the past-tense -D ending. Thanks!

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That's good feedback, I just went and removed a couple extraneous endings.

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hryanjones commented 5 years ago

Sorry, I missed that one. I took another look through the future normal words and made some modifications to reduce these again.