SpellChain

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.76
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.92
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.16
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.52
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.77
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.18
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★40%
I misread the theme as "Connected Words", which inspired me to make a word game. Didn't get to spend as much time as I would've liked on it, but here it is.

This was my first comp entry for Ludum Dare. I made some silly coding choices early on, which inhibited me when day 2 came around. Ah well, live and learn. Hope all of you enjoy it regardless!

Game was written in Haxe using the HaxeFlixel framework.

Instructions are in-game. Enjoy!

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Comments15

NuSan
NuSan25 Aug 2014, 10:53
Cool entry, im not a english native, but i managed to find several world before being stuck. Keep up the good work
pythong25 Aug 2014, 11:04
Connected Words, eh? There isn't much to say, maybe you could use some more polishing (fonts, choice of color, ...)
Lacaranian
Lacaranian25 Aug 2014, 13:57
Some good wordsmithing a la Boggle. Kudos.
fizzd25 Aug 2014, 13:59
Played till a score of 645, was pretty fun having to plan the direction i needed to expand in. Something fun would be having a faraway tile to reach to get bonus points, as a sort of secondary goal. But well done for doing something different, even if it was due to a misreading. It's definitely a unique concept!
01010111
0101011125 Aug 2014, 18:07
Very addictive! There are a lot of directions you could take with this game (mobile, multiplayer, etc) great job! (I wish the 'dictionary' was larger)
Tanner25 Aug 2014, 19:09
"Words" can also be "Worlds". Nice game ;)
stvr
stvr27 Aug 2014, 13:56
With a bit of polish, this would make a solid mobile game.
InfectionTeam
InfectionTeam30 Aug 2014, 14:00
Nice ;) leaderboards would be awesome!
Shivur31 Aug 2014, 03:11
Cool idea.
Tanser31 Aug 2014, 11:08
Cool game :)
jukimv19861 Sep 2014, 01:09
Thank god you misread the theme, otherwise we wouldn't have the opportunity to play your game! Unique game, I could see myself playing against another person, trying to block another player's way, in what could be a good mobile game. Keep it up!
pmrsco1 Sep 2014, 01:29
Fun concept, I enjoyed quite a few rounds! With a little more aesthetic pizzazz, and maybe some sounds, this could be quite the addicting app.
commanderstitch
commanderstitch8 Sep 2014, 02:56
nice overall. you got your programming working fine and it was easy enough to figure out. good work!
smizmeal
smizmeal11 Sep 2014, 21:45
Very original and fun game. I think the best strategy is to spread out along the corners and watch out for areas with no vowels!

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