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Show HN: Stupid – A simple daily word scramble

by cdevroe on 5/17/22, 5:41 PM with 1 comments

• by cdevroe on 5/17/22, 5:41 PM

  After playing Wordle for 90 or so days in a row I got the itch to build my own word game. I began with a simple word scramble, added a few family members, and have iterated on the game until the point you see now.

  I called it Stupid because I thought it was a stupid word game.

  Stupid allows for two backspaces and two guesses. Once you burn your guesses you’re done (even if you haven’t used your backspaces yet). It takes a few days to get it (which is likely due to my poor game design skills).

  Speaking of design, the UI features art from artists I like. I’ll be switch up the UI from time-to-time. I’m keeping a history on my website: https://cdevroe.com/portfolio/stupid-april-2021/

  I built Stupid by handcoding JavaScript without any use of frameworks. The JavaScript isn’t very good - and I know that - but I’m totally open to critique and feedback. Please do not hold back.

  There is no server side component, no tracking, no analytics. My best guess, due to Digital Ocean’s graphs, is that there have been a few thousand players so far. But I cannot say for sure.

  If you do play, please play at least a few days in a row. And please give me feedback. I’m eager to improve it.