Devlogs
0.5.0 Released!
Wordy RainA downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Hey friends! I added a few new things and fixed some bugs, so here is v0.5.0:
- Added “next letter” hint
- Made the block spawning a touch faster
- Hitting Spacebar when you have letters selected that don’t make a valid word will now quick-deselect all
- You can press S or Down Arrow to spawn a block manually — because of the risk, spawning blocks like this gives you a score multiplier of up to 50%
- IMPORTANT NOTE: you might encounter a bug where spawning a block conflicts with a block already spawned, and somehow ends the game. Let me know if you encounter this!
- Scoring tweak: bigger words are encouraged by giving a score multiplier based on the number of tiles in the word
And here’s a reminder of the basics:
- Click on letters to make words -- letters must be next to or diagonal to the last selected letter, but they can be in any direction
- Hit Submit to submit a valid word -- Enter and Space are quick ways to submit
- Q will deselect all letters
- Letter swap: gives you the ability to swap letters vertically or horizontally, and runs on a timer once used
- Make a 5+ letter word and you get a bomb powerup to help clear blocks -- accrue multiple bombs if you want
- Rare letters are worth more points, and bigger words get you a bonus
- Get a score multiplier up to 50% for manually spawning blocks with S or Down Arrow