WordFall

Middle of game example.

Inspiration

We really liked some of the NYT games, such as Wordle and Strands, and we wanted to create a twist on it.

What it does

Drop letters into a 7x7 grid to form words. Words can be horizontal, vertical, or diagonal in a forward or backward manner. Once a word with 4 or more letters is formed, it gets highlighted. The player then clicks on the grid to "burst" it and resume the game.

Once the grid gets full, the game ends.

How we built it

We used Reddit Dev tools + a web framework.

Challenges we ran into

It was hard to get the words to highlight at first. Once we realized we can use states in order to manage this, we were able to include this functionality.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Having a prototype out! :)

What we learned

We experimented with the algorithm to figure out the most efficient way to calculate whether a word has been found. We also realized that we wanted to have an "MVP" out before getting into more complicated functionality!