Lingo Word Game

[eclectic-tech]

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Lingo

A word guessing game for Rainmeter (based on TV game shows)
Over 5,000 words to strengthen your vocabulary
Guess the word in less than 5 attempts
5-letter or 6-letter variants
Select by word types or by starting letter
Correct letters in correct position are green
Correct letters in the wrong position are yellow
Earn points by solving before 5 attempts
Maximum of 5 points reduces on each attempt
Random letter hints will cost 1 point
High points for each variant are remembered
Reset them with middle-click of 'Level' display
Not timed, so you are not rushed to succeed

Word List Source: English Study Online
Modified these lists as included files (no internet required!)

Download From my DA site: Lingo

[Lieuallen]

Excellent game!

I'll admit that I haven't looked at the code yet, since it probably wouldn't do me much good. I was playing a game today and discovered that it doesn't handle duplicate letters the way I thought it would. Basically, I had gotten two green letters (a "D" and an "O") and my next guess duplicated one of them (the "O"). The result showed one of the "O"s as green (correct letter, correct position) and the other as yellow (correct letter, incorrect position). However, it turned out that there wasn't a second "O". That's technically correct (the "O" was a correct letter in a different position), but I just wasn't sure if that was the desired result. It wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it meant that there was a second "O" in the answer.

Still an excellent game!

[eclectic-tech]

Excellent game!

I'll admit that I haven't looked at the code yet, since it probably wouldn't do me much good. I was playing a game today and discovered that it doesn't handle duplicate letters the way I thought it would. Basically, I had gotten two green letters (a "D" and an "O") and my next guess duplicated one of them (the "O"). The result showed one of the "O"s as green (correct letter, correct position) and the other as yellow (correct letter, incorrect position). However, it turned out that there wasn't a second "O". That's technically correct (the "O" was a correct letter in a different position), but I just wasn't sure if that was the desired result. It wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it meant that there was a second "O" in the answer.

Still an excellent game!

Glad you like it!

As for the letter coloring, that is the expected result; a correct letter (it is in the word and shown already as 'green') but it is not in the correct word position. I understand your reasoning, but the logic is simplified to check if the letter is in the word, then if it is in the correct location.

Honestly, it has been a while since I coded this, but I believe that is the logic I applied.

Thanks for playing!

[Yincognito]

Additional ideas:

Battleship Game (but with airplanes).png

Hangman.png

Tic-tac-toe (Xs and Os).png

Tetris.png

Darts.jpg

A bit harder to do:

Monopoly.jpg

[eclectic-tech]

Some things are better left for others to try to duplicate ... I know how you love a challenge

[Yincognito]

Some things are better left for others to try to duplicate ... I know how you love a challenge

Nice one!
Nah, I was just saying after seeing your similar game skin. Some things are indeed better left for actual game software to do, since they're better at it and at the algorithms used to simulate a computer as an opponent.