Spellbox by superjoebob

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made by superjoebob for LD26 (COMPO)
Drag the columns to line up words and make combos! Watch out, because every time you activate a combo, lock-blocks become more likely. Click the check mark when you've spelled all that you can spell to submit your score.

By the way, please tell me if you're having weird slow down issues when hovering over letters. The frame rate isn't actually dropping, Unity just seems to have a quirk where it completely screws up and shits the bed on lerping my word hover color. I really can't imagine what could be causing it other than Unity being in a wedged state.

Ratings

Coolness 61% 3
Overall 3.34 382
Audio 2.12 886
Fun 3.17 383
Graphics 2.45 1002
Humor 1.87 826
Innovation 3.53 243
Mood 2.25 1103
Theme 3.03 1013

Feedback

Hemuuuli
29. Apr 2013 路 09:07 UTC
Good concept. But I found the best way to score was just randomly spamming around.
馃帳 superjoebob
29. Apr 2013 路 16:57 UTC
You'll get exponentially more points with longer words in combos, and the more combos you activate the more likely locked blocks become. Spamming works for a while but you'll never get a proper high score that way!
CherryNukaCola
30. Apr 2013 路 06:11 UTC
Love word games and this has a clever twist. I could easily see this as a commercial game on iOS. Cheers and thanks!
Zemmi
01. May 2013 路 03:38 UTC
I had lots of fun making funny expressions like: "Give voodoo a chance" and "Mythical fanny poots"
GeorgeBroussard
02. May 2013 路 06:07 UTC
Pretty slick word game. Nice art and well presented. Would have liked basic sounds for events, even sfxr stuff :) Would potentially make a good iOS game.
TehSkull
02. May 2013 路 06:11 UTC
This would be fantastic on Android/iPhone. Needs a lot less difficult letters like V and less lock blocks though, to be a great GREAT game.
DaveDobson
02. May 2013 路 06:23 UTC
This is a great, fun game. I don't think it has much to do with minimalism, but it's a really neat concept, and it looks clean and sharp. Very nice work; I like the subtle sliding sound.
cakemonitor
02. May 2013 路 06:34 UTC
Word games aren't really my cup of tea, but for those who like them this is a very sold implementation and as far as I know a nice original idea, good work. (Not sure it has much to do with minimalism ;) )
kurrik
02. May 2013 路 06:46 UTC
I'm not sure I came up with a good approach to scoring higher point totals. Dictionary seemed a little permissive too. But I really liked the idea of the board locking up as you play - a mechanic to unfreeze the locks a little easier would be welcome. Nice work.
finefin
02. May 2013 路 07:05 UTC
at first I was also just "spamming around" stupidly - but when more and more lines got blocked, my brain woke up.
nice little scrabble'esk game ;)
ohsqueezy
02. May 2013 路 07:50 UTC
Cool concept! I had fun playing
kreddor
03. May 2013 路 10:21 UTC
Interesting concept, but more often than not, I would just have words appear randomly when moving things around, and scoring that way instead of actually planning where to find words. It takes out some of the strategy I had hoped this game would have.
Roan Contreras
04. May 2013 路 06:04 UTC
Simple and fun... Although I just randomly spam the letters. I like the idea of the game :D
Jorjon
04. May 2013 路 18:11 UTC
I want this on Android. Good job!!
Sylvain.p
04. May 2013 路 18:25 UTC
When I started this game, I ask myself what is this shit... but actually, it's really a good game. I wait with impatience the french version :-). Good job.

PS :slamburger you're impressiv.
GaTechGrad
06. May 2013 路 01:51 UTC
Nice twist on the classic word find game.
SmilingCat
06. May 2013 路 01:56 UTC
Took me a while to realize I could slide rows/columns of letters, once I discovered that it was much better.

I immediately turned to my wife and called it an "Infinite Boggle where you can slide stuff around", and that got her very interested as well.

Great job!
Szedouu
06. May 2013 路 19:34 UTC
Good Job! nice entry
wademcgillis
06. May 2013 路 20:23 UTC
It's like Polymer but with letters!






I hate it.
Sebastian
07. May 2013 路 19:36 UTC
Had some fun playing this, locked lines are so frustrating lol.
SnoringFrog
10. May 2013 路 00:03 UTC
Fun game, managed to rack up about 45000 points on my second try.
juaxix
10. May 2013 路 22:59 UTC
aha!, very interesting rules, I love to see words inside the soup, it helps me think hehe, take a look to the game Letterbox for iOS...add some animations and great job!