Worble
Games
word game
SHOW HN2022
11points
15comments
#1,996of 2,570 in 2022
Top 78%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.29.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Fun to play
From 2 comments
Do I get an extra upvote if I point out (slightly more seriously) that you use CSS Colors Level 4 for rules like: ``` .bg-green { background-color: rgb(194 225…
dane-pgp on HNIf you like word games you should probably still try it :) The stupid name isn't enough to make it not fun
ralusek on HN
Objections
Rules are unclear
From 2 comments
Playing a game with unclear rules isn't fun at all.
jstx1 on HNDaily Worble 6/8/2022 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜ ⬜ Well I thought the rules were easy to understand, although I had the model that the word was constantly changing every time (instead of being…
main_gi on HN
Name is a derivative of Wordle
From 1 comment
To be honest, although I am a word game junky, I instinctively ignore new ones that use derivative names of Popular Thing. All you gotta do is come up with a different name;…
jimmygrapes on HN
Displayed letter change looked like a bug
From 1 comment
Daily Worble 6/8/2022 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜ ⬜ Well I thought the rules were easy to understand, although I had the model that the word was constantly changing every time (instead of being…
main_gi on HN
Questions
Do green letters stay green as the word changes?
From 2 comments
As the word changes, do the green letters I may have gotten always remain green? They remain valid letters and always stay in the same location?
infotropy on HNJust played a few games - and No, they don't, though it will tell you (for example) 'S changed to G' which means that G is now in the same place the 'S' was ... unless there were…
JacobAldridge on HN
Alternatives named
Wordle
From 2 comments
To be honest, although I am a word game junky, I instinctively ignore new ones that use derivative names of Popular Thing. All you gotta do is come up with a different name;…
jimmygrapes on HNYo HN, happy Sunday! A friend reached out to my partner and I with a fun idea for a game. Over the next two weekends we prototyped and polished. It’s a wordle-style guessing game…
rgbrgb on HN