itowlson / leptos-spin-wordgame

A Leptos/Spin sample that doesn't involve counters. Okay, maybe one counter

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Half Arsed Word Game in Leptos and Spin

Rules

  • The goal is to force the computer to complete as many words as possible in 60 seconds.
    • You score more for longer words.
    • You lose a point if you complete a word yourself.
  • Each turn, hit a letter key to add that letter to the end of the current string.
    • If the result is an English word, you lose a point. (Or, specifically, if the result is what the computer thinks is an English word. It has some bloody funny ideas.)
    • Otherwise, your letter must result in the prefix of some English word. E.g. if the current string is AQ, you can't add a Z because no words begin with AQZ. If not, your letter is rejected with no penalty.
  • Then the computer tries to add a letter from its list of tiles.
    • If the result is an English word, you score the length of the word in points.
    • If the computer can't make a prefix using its tiles, it refreshes its tiles and tries again. You gain a time bonus every time it refreshes.
    • Otherwise, the computer replaces the tile it used, and it's back to your turn. (The word that the computer found to prove that it's a legit prefix is displayed below the play area, because the computer thinks of some extremely obscure and questionable words that I for one had no idea how to continue.)
  • When either side completes a word, a new starter letter is displayed and it's the human's turn.
    • The alleged word is displayed below the play area.

Known issues

  • There is almost no feedback so it can be confusing whose turn it is. (The JS console can help here.)
  • Turns are not properly enforced!
  • I can't imagine it works on mobile
  • No Start button. No rules display. Refresh to restart.
  • The word list needs pruning, but without thwarting logophile humans. (Maybe the computer should only offer prefixes that can be completed in 2 or more ways?)
  • Look basically it's all known issues loosely hung together on a gossamber thread of demo

Try it on Fermyon Cloud

https://wordgame-wulxactm.fermyon.app/

Build it yourself

Prequisites:

Build and run:

  • spin up --build to build and run the server. It will print the application URL.

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