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yathern | 1 month ago

Fantastic idea! I didn't see my https://words.zip game here so I'll submit it, even though it didn't get mucht traction on HN - it's up to 288,000 words found now!

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woutervdb|1 month ago

I like the idea, but the UI gives me a headache, especially when the "found words" are still loading. I think it might have to do with the contrast?

If relevant, I'm loading the website on a 27" IPS display under normal daylight conditions.

yathern|1 month ago

Thanks for the feedback, I've heard similar before and meant to make a lower contrast option - I'll definitely get on it.

yuppiepuppie|1 month ago

BTW Amazing site! Zooming out, it reminds me of that reddit canvas thing they did a while back where everyone got their space to own.

yathern|1 month ago

Thank you! Definitely an inspiration, sort of like a human proof-of-work canvas

bookofjoe|1 month ago

million dollar homepage

Buildstarted|1 month ago

This is amazing. Many years ago I started a similar project that but with a more traditional word search style. This one is much better as I couldn't get the interface the way I wanted. Congrats!

eps|1 month ago

This is truly excellent. The grid is completely randomly generated?

yathern|1 month ago

Yup! A fairly simple deterministic RNG such that it can be generated both client and server side. This strategy greatly reduces the burden of transmitting all the letters as you scroll around, only needing the subset of found words

yuppiepuppie|1 month ago

Thanks you so much! It should be on there now :)