Instead of writing about C+, data compression, or my usual raft of interesting topics, I’ve been busy for the past few weeks writing a new game, Rack Master. Rack Master is a free training program that gives you a fresh puzzle every day. Your goal is to make the best scores out of five racks of letters, using the scoring rules from games like Scrabble and Words for friends.
There are four levels, with varying degrees of difficulty. See what you think, give feedback, and by all means, pass the link along to any friends who are word enthusiasts.
- Mark
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackPretty cool, Mark.
1. You might want to keep the top score hidden (visible based on a button click). It could give it away (well… partially), e.g., QLBDSEA w/ a top score of 9 and a space for six, the Q must be out.
2. Not sure if the top score is correct overall. GROWING showed 62, w/ no DL/TL.
I forget that not everyone is an avid Scrabble player! There is a 50 point bonus for using all seven letters. Now on the easy level I bubble up a little message showing that you have received the bonus.
Giving away some of the information via the score is all part of the game. When you get all the way up to the master level, you’ll see that there is almost no additional information you can use.
Thanks for playing!
- Mark
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