WordSmog UX

[domino14]

We'd like to make WordSmog available to everyone without having to go through a secret settings menu. For now, we make people enable WordSmog via secret settings. What this does is:

• create a new "Variant" dropdown for seeks/matches
• shows sought WordSmog games only to other people who have WordSmog enabled (but a direct match request will always show up regardless of whether the receiver has enabled WordSmog)

WordSmog is distinguished from our "Classic" variant with a subtle cloud-shaped icon in match requests and inside the game info page, as well as the profile page and ratings, etc. See these screenshots:

Request from UX:

• A new better icon for WordSmog
• Perhaps an icon for Classic (to differentiate from WordSmog)
• A better way to show WordSmog requests in the Available Games menu. The cloud is likely not going to be enough for most people once it goes live for everyone. (Perhaps it can be separate sections for different variants?)
• Anything else you may want to put anywhere to make it more clear it's a WordSmog game or anything else I missed
• Do we want to name the variant WordSmog or Word Smog?
• Is there any way we can explain to people what Word Smog means / how to play?

[dacronbb]

Designs

I don't think showing an icon will help much - For now I think we can use a separate section for each wariant. See the Figma for my overall comments!

Should we be showing the valid word upon unsuccessful challenge?

[domino14]

@dacronbb what would it look like when someone matches you to a WordSmog game?

[dacronbb]

Did we build match yet? Sorry I haven't played in a bit 😅

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@dacronbb https://github.com/dacronbb what would it look like when someone matches you to a WordSmog game?

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[domino14]

not the way you have designed it yet. It looks very similar to a seek right now. See the 2nd screenshot above

[dacronbb]

let's not spend much time on pre-MVP stuff.

Can we just add a string that says "This is a WordSmog match request" for now?

[domino14]

@dacronbb how would we show WordSmog ratings and in the history as well?