Inspiration
- Scrabble and traditional word-search.
- Candy-crush for the infinite mode.
- 2048 for the appearance.
What it does
Word-search game, where random 16 letters are placed on a 4x4 grid. The player's goal is to find as many words as possible by creating paths with their finger/mouse on the board. A path can be straight or turn in any direction, even crossing over itself, as long as the letter cells are adjacent.
- Daily challenges involve searching any dictionary word in a given board, or words related to a theme.
- Infinite mode involves searching as many dictionary words as possible. The board gets updated as the words are guessed.
How we built it
- React in the Frontend with svg for display.
- Express.js in the backend
- Redis to store points, challenges, and dictionaries
Challenges we ran into
- Efficient word search
- Challenge generation
Accomplishments that we're proud of
- Smooth appealing-looks.
- Challenging game.
- Multilanguage support
- Learning reddit apis in a few days
What we learned
- A 16 letter grid contains many more words than it might seem
- We improved our knowledge of Redis
What's next for Palabros
- New modes of play.
- Hands-off challenge generation.
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