WordsPy Milestone

As of the most recent revision (r18:6453f11b96e6), WordsPy functions as a (bad) game. The dictionary is hooked up, and it only lets you remove letters if they form a word in the dictionary (That’s a rule. Games have rules. Ergo, game. Right?).

Other features:

  • Selected letters are highlighted
  • Backspace support
  • Nonstop key-pressing action!

Next steps will be arranging it so the letter generator provides useful letters rather than just random ones (probably just analyze the dictionary for letter frequencies and use that), creating some kind of status display, and additional nice things (score? list of words you made in that session? difficulty levels? the possibilities are endless!)

Edit: and a screenshot for posterity.

WordsPy screenshot

Written by Tracy Poff on Sun 16 May 2010.