Kefnac, the Word Grid Game by Greytyphoon
A silly game about placing words on a grid, and somehow always running out of space.
Drag words to the grid, reach every corner, and win! When you get the hang of it, use the options to make it harder!
⚠️ It seems not to work on mobile at all, despite my (admittedly limited) attempt. For now, the best way to enjoy the game is with a mouse.
| Link | https://github.com/greytyphoon/greytyphoon.github.io/tree/master/LD/54 |
| Link | https://greytyphoon.space/LD/54/ |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/kefnac-the-word-grid-game |
Ratings
| Overall | 285th | 3.19⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 234th | 3.262⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 159th | 3.5⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 183th | 3.659⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 279th | 1.588⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 336th | 2.088⭐ | 19🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 12🗳️ | 17🗨️ |

I always suck at word games because I simply don't know words, so its nice to have a list of possible words :slight_smile: Its still hard for me to strategically place words, but its very satisfying when I can place multiple words back to back by chance. Glad that there is no timelimit, makes the game pretty relaxing. Nice entry!
You *might* want to consider a blacklist/whitelist on the word generation? Not a big deal, but having the game serve up a curse word in the first setup does colour its impression a little. Seems like you know the direction placement is a little finicky, but it's perfectly playable.
Overall pretty fun, and it's nice to have options to tweak for multiple plays.
@tjm, uh, woops? I'll try to trim the offensive words, yeah, it didn't happen in my playtests somehow and slipped my mind. Thanks for the comment and the review :)
Might want to add that the invalid ways to place a word are not actually used.
Maybe it would be even better with some challenges: like fill the square using no more than X words, or with Y threshold for word disappearing. I think that would increase replayability.
Good job!
Also, it was pretty finnicky trying to place words where I wanted them.
With some minor adjustments, I bet this could be a satisfying grid based time killer similar to minesweeper. Nice word game :)

There are some problems with drag and drop words, it is difficult to insert a word in the right direction, the word jump and blink in x/y axies. Sometimes words perfectly fit, highlight with green color, but it is not inserted. Anyway, the game process is enjoyable and i like this game.
Great job!