Hi everyone, I’ve updated word2word to version 0.3.2a.

Making lots of progress on the game now. Christmas was a little quiet but on a roll again now. I feel it’s much closer to release as most features are in place or very near, with only a handful not started yet.

It would be so helpful if you could give it a try and report any issues or add comments, thanks.

See the download page, or use the itch.io app

Some of the bigger changes and fixes include:

• Hints now show first, last and bad letters instead of just next and bad letter.
• Included auto check for letters removed as well as when added.
• Implementing an instructions page, although this is likely to change, maybe using buttons to select different areas of interest rather than one large text scroll.
• Roundels appearing too low on the screen which was just a timing issue getting the dynamically changing size of the roundel and scratch squares area at the start of each round.
• Multiplayer setup screen is now a bit more streamlined and robust.
• SPEEDER mode now displays all possible target words as multiplayer testing showed both players could get different words at the same time in a draw but couldn’t show each other’s word to the other side.
• The hi-score screen now automatically gets displayed once you end a game and you have placed on it.
• Added a load of visual and sound improvements. Many more to come though.

That’s all for now but development continues…

Try out the new demo and don’t forget there are a couple of different small dictionaries to try until release.