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Posted by johnchinjew 10 hours ago

Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win(alphabetsoup.club)
I've been working on a simple multiplayer word game called Alphabet Soup.

It's a bit like NYT Spelling Bee, except it's multiplayer and only your best (longest) word counts toward your score. So, instead of trying to find as many words as possible, the game is more about finding one unusually good word.

You can play with friends in a private match, or, you can join a public Arena match to play against other players who are online. If no one else is around, you'll be matched with a bot.

The game works well with just 2 players, but, also works with bigger groups since the game isn't turn-based.

Would love to hear any thoughts or questions :)

31 points | 21 commentspage 2
brikym 5 hours ago|
Awesome game. This round was quite funny since the other person got an antonym.

Me asexually +18 38 lessee +12 31 Noah slays +10 30

ttd 5 hours ago||
This is great! No need to require a button click in between rounds IMO. Just start the timer.
trapture 8 hours ago||
A word got denied with the error "Word was already used". I had in fact not used it already, neither had any of the others. That caused me to lose the game, very unsatisfying. (nice game otherwise)
johnchinjew 8 hours ago|
I think I know what went wrong. Right now, even unscored words are not allowed to be reused. Will post a quick fix. Thanks for the precise bug report!
zatkin 8 hours ago||
I'm the horrible kind of person to go off and use an AI-assisted cheat that can be pasted into the console. Very fun game, nonetheless!
doublerabbit 8 hours ago||
Gentle and fun. Reminds me of isketch back in the days of flash.

I look forward to playing this with my mother.

johnchinjew 26 minutes ago|
Thanks for checking it out!
antonbezr 2 hours ago|
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