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I created Crossle after playing a dice version of this once. it's web/mobile only with mechanics similar to wordle. the object is to create a crossword using scrabble words that is fully connected and each word is at least 3 characters long. all letters must be used. Fun weekend coding project that I'd love to get any feedback on.

thanks!

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neilsharma425•2h ago

Cute idea. The constraint that all letters must be used is what makes this interesting over just a free-form crossword builder since it turns it into a proper puzzle. How do you handle validation? Specifically, are you checking connectivity with a union-find or just flood fill from an arbitrary starting tile?

enahs-sf•2h ago

we just check connectivity on the front-end kind of naively by ensuring each square is adjacent to another. is that union-find? I didn't do well in algorithms class..

dylanhouli•2h ago

Nice and simple. Might just be me but a way to move groups of tiles on the board could be helpful, I accidentally started building too low down and had to move everything at one point.

enahs-sf•2h ago

yeah i agree moving the tiles can be cumbersome. I started thinking through keyboard interactions but haven't figured out how best to implement it yet.

beardyw•1h ago

Maybe just scroll the grid?

selixe_•1h ago

Fun concept and clean design very good game. :)

enahs-sf•1h ago

Thanks. Enjoy playing!

beardyw•1h ago

Presumably you choose the letters with a solution in mind, otherwise it might be impossible.

enahs-sf•1h ago

So the lions share of the work was building a solver and then iterating through the solution space to come up with puzzles. All of them are solvable. It’s on my todo list to classify them based on difficulty and potentially add variable difficulty levels by the day.

agadi1993•45m ago

Cool game…excited to try tomorrow.

enahs-sf•36m ago

thanks! this is what i'm hoping for!

sjezewski•21m ago

Hey pretty fun

I can see it getting addictive

enahs-sf•20m ago

boss makes a dollar, i make a dime, thats why i do casual gaming on company time.