Spellbox

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.34
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.53
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.03
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.45
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.12
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.87
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★61%
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.

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Comments22

Hemuuuli
Hemuuuli29 Apr 2013, 09:12
Good concept. But I found the best way to score was just randomly spamming around.
superjoebobauthor29 Apr 2013, 17:02
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
CherryNukaCola30 Apr 2013, 06:16
Love word games and this has a clever twist. I could easily see this as a commercial game on iOS. Cheers and thanks!
Zemmi
Zemmi1 May 2013, 03:43
I had lots of fun making funny expressions like: "Give voodoo a chance" and "Mythical fanny poots"
GeorgeBroussard2 May 2013, 06:12
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
TehSkull2 May 2013, 06:16
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
DaveDobson2 May 2013, 06:28
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
cakemonitor2 May 2013, 06:39
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
kurrik2 May 2013, 06:51
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
finefin2 May 2013, 07:10
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
ohsqueezy2 May 2013, 07:55
Cool concept! I had fun playing
kreddor3 May 2013, 10:26
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
Roan Contreras4 May 2013, 06:09
Simple and fun... Although I just randomly spam the letters. I like the idea of the game :D
Jorjon
Jorjon4 May 2013, 18:16
I want this on Android. Good job!!
Sylvain.p
Sylvain.p4 May 2013, 18:30
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.
GaTechGrad6 May 2013, 01:56
Nice twist on the classic word find game.
SmilingCat6 May 2013, 02:01
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!
Szedouu6 May 2013, 19:39
Good Job! nice entry
wademcgillis
wademcgillis6 May 2013, 20:28
It's like Polymer but with letters!

I hate it.
Sebastian
Sebastian7 May 2013, 19:41
Had some fun playing this, locked lines are so frustrating lol.
SnoringFrog
SnoringFrog10 May 2013, 00:08
Fun game, managed to rack up about 45000 points on my second try.
juaxix10 May 2013, 23:04
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!

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