[Rsgames-beta] some scrabble questions and bugs

[Ryan Smith]

Hi Alex,

Thanks for the feedback. I'm sighted myself and typically use the web
client when I am making a new game or something like that on RS Games. For
Scrabble, we did try to add in a grid and colored board on the web client,
similar to what you get in a Scrabble game. I was able to play this way.
It's still a work in progress but I think it's playable on a desktop or
laptop with the web client.

If there's any feedback on how to make it better, we'd love to know.

Mike was the lead developer for Scrabble, so I'll let him answer your other
questions.

Best,
Ryan
Co-founder, RS Games

On Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 10:27 AM Alex Wallis via Rsgames-beta <
rsgames-beta at bluegrasspals.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> i'm not sure if this is the right place to report scrabble bugs but I
> also have some questions and ideas for improvements.
> The documentation doesn't say the maximum number of players you can have
> in a game this would be helpful to know.
> Next, are there any plans to add graphics to the game, or does the rs
> games web client offer graphics?
> the reason I ask is because I would like to play with my sighted
> parents, but I can tell you for sure they will not play without graphics
> they need to be able to have something to help them visually understand
> the board.
> Unfortunately this is one area that there is a distinct lack of games
> that sighted people will enjoy playing online with VI players, I tried
> with my sighted partner and she didn't get on with rs games unfortunately.
>
> Now on to a few bugs and feature suggestions, I have found that if I
> enable the phonetic mode pressing p will not turn it off, jaws says that
> it has turned off but it remains stuck on.
> I also got an error which has been saved in a log but can't remember
> where it is stored or where to email it, maybe it would be good if the
> client could automatically submit these error logs.
>
> I do also have a number of suggestions having played scrabble, I would
> like to see a keystroke to automatically move me to the last played
> word, another to allow searching the board for a particular letter, and
> others to help find nearby squares that increase the score for words and
> letters. at the moment it can be very time consuming finding these,
> because of the fact that jaws always says that a square is blank
> followed by if there is anything special about the square.
>
> another thought I have had is, I know normally scrabble doesn't use
> coordinates for squares, but I would find it really helpful if squares
> could be given row and column coordinates such as a1, b1, c1 etc, I was
> getting very lost on the board sometimes.
> Another thing I have found very irritating is exploring the board when
> it wasn't my turn, finding where I wanted to put a word but as soon as
> it moves to my turn I get jumped back to the centre and so lose my place
> really ruins the forward planning element.
> Alex.
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