Post by Tahnan in 7 Stones of Llythyren comments

Viewing post in 7 Stones of Llythyren comments

So, first, if you look at the tutorial, then every new game you start actually just reruns the tutorial, which isn't great.

Also, though: how does this game even work? For instance, one of my rows of three stones started GUB. There aren't any words that start with GUB (well, OK, "gubernatorial", but that's more than seven letters). What are you supposed to do with that row?

Or: another row started ORB. OK, I put an S after that, and hooray, it's a word. But then what? Is the only way to get a seven letter word to form a four-letter word, then add a letter to make a word, then do that two more times?

The tutorial wasn't particularly helpful in this regard. How are you supposed to play it?

Tahnan2 days ago

...oh, I see, you can put tiles on top of other tiles. That would have been a really good thing to know (didn't the tutorial stress they can only go in blank spaces?).

The other thing is that sometimes it won't let me play a tile at all if it doesn't make a word (hence my previous question about having to keep extending), but sometimes it does. When it does, it's much easier: get a five letter word, hang an "E" off the end that doesn't make a word, wait for an R or a D.

I feel like there's definitely something good here, but it could use more clarity.

BearWithHands2 days ago

Ugh, I knew there would be something like that tutorial bug. Thank you for the heads up! Yeah, there are definitely some things that could be stressed or explained a little more clearly in the tutorial. You really have to make some non-words to set up real word and balancing your favor with that is the main challenge of the game. I'll try to add a few more details in the tutorial that explain that, and certainly something about being able to put stones on other stones.

I really appreciate the detailed comment!

itch.io

Viewing post in 7 Stones of Llythyren comments