A program that can find the top moves in any Discord Spellcast position. It supports the different tile score boosts, frozen tiles for Singleplayer levels, and can find moves that utilise swap boosts.
- Python installed (3.12.1 was used in development)
- Basic experience with using a terminal
- Use a terminal to
cdto the project directory. - Run
pip install -r requirements.txtto install the necessary dependencies.
The state of the Spellcast board is stored in board.txt and you will need to edit it such that it matches the board in your game. Here is an example board file:
t*jfel
iengv#
tan+lr
iynim
n+audo$
6
Letters with $ after them are double word score.
Letters with + after them are double letter score.
Letters with * after them are triple letter score.
Letters with # after them are frozen (cannot be used).
You can chain modifiers if you want; e.g t+$ for a T tile with double letter score and double word score at the same time.
The number on the last line is the number of gems you have available to spend on swaps. It may take several minutes to find moves with 3 swaps, so it is not recommended to specify 9 or more gems.
Once you have configured your board file, you can run the program with python main.py. You will be given the best moves in the position and the co-ordinates of any swaps necessary to play the move. The first time you run the program will be slightly slower as it generates a prefix tree of the dictionary.
There is a script called benchmark.py which you can run to test the solver against a large
number of randomised Spellcast boards. You will be given a small report on how it performed, and can configure the benchmark at the top section of the script.
