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octokatherine / word-master

A Mastermind-like word guessing game
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Add hard and easy mode #6

Closed octokatherine closed 2 years ago

octokatherine commented 2 years ago

I'd like to have a setting where the user can put the game in hard or easy mode.

Easy mode: guesses don't have to be valid words Normal mode: how it currently works Hard mode: any revealed hints must be used in subsequent guesses (can look at Wordle's implementation of this)

There should be a settings icon + modal added where a user can change this setting. Default should be normal mode. Could save the user's settings in local storage

Sam0ht commented 2 years ago

Do you think the user should be able to change the difficulty level mid-game, or should changing the mode also start a new game?

I intend to have a go at this; I'm moderately confident about implementing the game logic, less so about the UI to control it.

octokatherine commented 2 years ago

I believe wordle allows changing the difficulty level mid-game. Let's go with that to start

ckjpn commented 2 years ago

Instead of....

Easy mode: guesses don't have to be valid words Normal mode: how it currently works Hard mode: any revealed hints must be used in subsequent guesses (can look at Wordle's implementation of this)

I'd suggest working on offering different sets of words.

  1. Easy: Limited to very high-frequency words that even elementary school children would know.
  2. Normal: Limited to high-frequency words -- everyday words that adults use.
  3. Difficult: Less frequently-word words, but words most native speakers have in their passive memory, even though they don't usually use them.
  4. Very Difficult Maybe even have a level like this with words that most people don't know, but Scrabble player learn.
rcatwood commented 2 years ago

I believe wordle allows changing the difficulty level mid-game. Let's go with that to start

It does not (as of today), it would not let me change the mode after making a guess.

rcatwood commented 2 years ago

'Hard mode' as in Wordle changes the strategy (and is 'a better game' according to some) Using a bigger word list does not really change the game much. If my vote is worth anything :) , I vote for the "Hard mode: any revealed hints must be used in subsequent guesses" , becuase I'd like to play that version ! (though I suppose i can try to follow those rules anyways) while a separate option for extended word list could be (a different feature request?)

I have it on good authority that the Wordle code uses one list for the target word of the day , and a different , bigger, list for the validation of guessed words. For example, (very minor spoiler) I understand that 'zymic' is in the validation list but will never appear as a target word.

Sam0ht commented 2 years ago

Ok, issue #85 connects to the provided settings widget in the dialog and implements Easy and Hard modes.

octokatherine commented 2 years ago

It does not (as of today), it would not let me change the mode after making a guess.

@rcatwood you're right, he must have changed that! I used to be able to switch it mid-game

octokatherine commented 2 years ago

It's more important on Wordle to prevent changing mid-game since it's part of the stats tracked. In this game there is nothing tracked that says what mode you were in, its more of just a personal challenge so I feel okay about leaving it up to the user.

rcatwood commented 2 years ago

correction , I found out that you can turn OFF hard mode partway through , but not turn it ON. (in wordle)