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Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

https://alphabetsoup.club
11•johnchinjew•1h ago
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 :)

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SamBam•47m ago
Nice!

Needs a chat space to say "gg" at the end. It could even be just a button that does just that, if you're worried about unmoderated chat. Competitive games feel unfinished without it!

I was in second place for the first three rounds and then swept to the front on the last round.

johnchinjew•35m ago
Adding chat is a good idea, thanks for the input. Thanks for checking it out!
trapture•32m 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•23m 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!
magneticnorth•31m ago
This is a lot of fun! I'm pleased that I was able to defeat "hitler1488", but you may want to add some auto-moderation for the name choosing step.
johnchinjew•13m ago
Good idea. And thanks for checking it out!
zatkin•6m 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!

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