Ludum Dare #45compo

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by johnny-turbo

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.12

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.75

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.21

Audio★★★★★★★★★★1.38

Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.93

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.43

Start with Nothing

Rules:

#### Ways to win:
- Play all the letters held in hand
- Eliminate all other players by busting them

*A player will bust when their hand is full and they attempt to draw another letter.*

#### Order of play on a turn:
- Each player will get the chance to place a letter on the game board.
- Placing the main letter (in the center surrounded in [ ] ) will force all other player to draw a new letter.
- If a player places a letter before or after the main letter, they can select another player to draw a new letter.
- Placing a letter two before/after the main letter means no one has to draw a new letter.
- If a player cannot place a letter on the game board, they will need to draw a new letter.

#### Example game board: F - G - [H] - I - J

Tags: #ld45, #letters, #word game

Genres: card game

Tools: Unity

Comments5

ogre15 Oct 2019, 06:13

Feels pretty random. Maybe there's some strategy, it's not readily apparent. An awful lot of clicking next, might be nice to let it just play the AI turns on timers. Nice complete implementation, haven't seen many other turn-taking games.

Tygrak15 Oct 2019, 17:48

There are some very interesting decisions to be made in this one: Should I place a letter 2 a part from the current one, or do I reroll hoping to get a closer one? It's hard to say sometimes. I managed to eliminate one player and then fought for a long time with the two others and ended up eliminated in the end. I think it might be easier to eliminate others (and speed up the game) if the letter limit was less than 14. Also I noticed that there's some text missing at the bottom of the rules page (the text is cut off at "they will need to"), at least on my screen, that's just a minor nitpick though.

Good job on the game :).

Franciszek Pyrć17 Oct 2019, 05:57

Very nice entry

philomory18 Oct 2019, 17:39

This was a really neat idea, with some interesting strategy. The only unfortunate part is, at least when I played, it seems to drag on once there's only two players left. Not sure if any tweak could be made to address that, or if a tweak is even necessary - it may be fine as it is. Regardless, really neat idea!

Zachary Shah18 Oct 2019, 21:26

Played this for a while, I have to say I might be addicted! This game is really well designed, the only thing I would tweak is the visuals. I would add a glow around letters I can play so that I don't need to search for them. I also think the buttons should have a nicer style so that it fits better with the aesthetic. Other than that, great game!

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