[Rsgames-beta] Scrabble?

[Kevan]

LOL guess I missed that in the documentation. I thought words can go any 
direction so long as they aren't diagonal. Thanks for clarifying!

On 12/18/2020 11:50 PM, Caroline Toews wrote:
>
> Kevan, in Scrabble, words go from left to right, and top to bottom. So 
> you can’t make a backwards word or a word that goes upwards. There 
> shouldn’t be any need to mark the beginning of a word in this case.
>
> Caroline
>
> *From:* Rsgames-beta <rsgames-beta-bounces at bluegrasspals.com> *On 
> Behalf Of *Kevan
> *Sent:* December 18, 2020 10:46 PM
> *To:* RSGames Beta Discussion <rsgames-beta at bluegrasspals.com>; Ryan 
> Smith <computerwizry at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Rsgames-beta] Scrabble?
>
> Hi Ryan,
>
> Sorry for my delayed reply. I'll give an example. I tried putting in 
> the word "mute" once, and the game said "etum" is not a word.
>
> Technically this can happen with any word the game gets backwards. 
> Maybe there's a specific direction the game checks words?
>
> My suggestion, to prevent this happening in the future, if it keeps 
> happening, would maybe be to add a suggestion for marking the start of 
> words. There could be a checkbox or something for me to tell the game, 
> Hey this is the 1st letter.
>
> Just my thoughts. I don't do sound design, or I'd help with those too.
>
> How about adding in the Rummy background music for Scrabble too? That 
> track is several minutes long LOL.
>
> On 12/14/2020 9:07 PM, Ryan Smith wrote:
>
>     Hi Kevan,
>
>     Thanks for this.
>
>     For this part: "No way to mark the start of words, so the game
>     keeps getting words
>
>     backwards... This is a show-stopper, really bugs me when I get a good
>     word and can't use it."
>
>     Could you please describe a little further, maybe with an example?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     Ryan
>
>     On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 8:52 PM Kevan <kevgp0 at gmail.com
>     <mailto:kevgp0 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Hi!
>
>
>         There might still be enough time to fix Scrabble before the
>         20th of this
>         month, which is RS Games' 11th anniversary.
>
>
>         Here's the 3 biggest bugs I notice.
>
>         1: No way to mark the start of words, so the game keeps
>         getting words
>         backwards... This is a show-stopper, really bugs me when I get
>         a good
>         word and can't use it.
>
>         2: No background music, so the client keeps throwing errors.
>         I'd think
>         you'd be able to use the background music from other games,
>         maybe Rummy,
>         as that track's pretty long.
>
>         3: When I activate the report option at the end of the game
>         main menu,
>         and I cancel, the client freezes after I cancel my report filing.
>         There's no way to get back in except to close the client and
>         start over.
>
>         Good luck with game development. I really wouldn't like to see
>         no games
>         released this year, especially with the pandemic people are
>         probably
>         bored out of their minds, LOL.
>
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