
Ludum Dare #57compo
Meaning
Meaning, a silly little word game!
Meaning is an *incredibly* short word game about digging into the true, deeper meaning of language. After struggling all weekend, I threw this together in three hours at the end...I've been in a rut for the past three or so Ludum Dare's, so I didn't want *yet another* unfinished project going on the books - hence « Meaning » !
How to play?
Once you hit start, you will be given a word and have thirty seconds to type in as many synonyms for it you can possibly think of - in other words, you are digging into the deeper meaning of each word.Don't be afraid to try two word or hyphenated synonym's - there are some of those in there!
A quick note: after the thirty seconds is up, you will automatically advance to the next word, however this is very little feedback for when this happens (sorry!) so you'll have to pay attention to know.
Note for mobile users: often times the « game area » doesn't resize correctly, so you may have to scroll to see the word and / or the timer!
Expected playing time
There are only five words total, and thirty seconds each, so expect to spend *exactly* two minutes and thirty seconds playing, if you decide to stay through to the end.Thanks for checking this out!!
Thank you for checking out my little thrown-together project, even though it is really not fun at all ;)Comments4

LDJam user 2874248 Apr 2025, 02:48
Kind of a neat idea. I'm apparently really bad at synonyms cause I sucked at this game. :laughing:

kroltan8 Apr 2025, 16:02
It's lovely to even get something done in 3 hours, good job!
But I'm either really bad at this or the vocabulary was a bit limited / using a very strict definition of synonym, I only got 3 points :smile:
But I'm either really bad at this or the vocabulary was a bit limited / using a very strict definition of synonym, I only got 3 points :smile:
LDJam user 38523212 Apr 2025, 15:35
A really solid entry for a game made in only a few hours, well done. This is a very nice twist on the theme and the gameplay loop is simple but fun. English is not my mother tongue so I had to dig kind of deep to find good synonyms, which led to learning new words with some targeted research after playing :) Good job !

That said, it's impressive for a 3 hour job. I haven't played anything else like it yet. Well done.