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Wednesday Words

Remote multiplayer desktop web game

Player drags a tile from their rack and drops it onto an interactive game board in a multiplayer game

Play a game!

Using Google Chrome on a desktop, go to wednesday-words.herokuapp.com.

Demo

To just see how gameplay is, try the single player demo! Shuffle your rack tiles, drag and drop tiles onto and across the board, assign a blank tile a letter, undo tile moves to remove last dropped tiles from the board and return them to your rack, and end your turn by playing your word.

Start

Start a multiplayer game with your name and select the total number of players (2 to 4). A code for your game will be generated. Share the game code with your friends to join. Your game will start when all players have joined :-)

Join

Join a game that a friend started by entering your name and the game code.

Features

  • 2 to 4 remote players
  • Player dashboard with drag-and-drop tiles, scoreboard, turn status, points-in-play (dynamically calculated with each tile move), and definitions of last word(s) played using Merriam Webster's API
  • Live board displays real-time updates to all players
  • Sound effects from freesound.org

Development

  • Node.js http server
  • JavaScript client
  • ES6 Class-based game model
  • Merriam Webster's API word definition lookup

To do

refactor

  • React-based UI (in progress)

features

  • user action: shuffle rack tiles
  • user action: exit game w confirm
  • sound effects
  • demo game for 1 player
  • user action: save/pause game
  • user action: rejoin in-progress game
  • user action: exchange tiles
  • chat widget in player dashboard

tests

  • UI component tests
  • server/build test
  • browser testing

bugs

Safari
  • Fix: look and feel of drag and drop
  • Fix: sounds