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Wordlike

This is a prototype of a tile-laying word game (like scrabble, bananagrams, etc.) with some extra mechanics that enable expansion across a large grid. Some influence coming from roguelikes, tower defense games, etc.

Playing

There are letter tiles, which may be in your rack or in the world. Clicking in your rack makes new random tiles.

At any given time you are either in a safe state or not. When you are not safe, a timer ticks down. If it ever reaches zero, you lose.

A safe state is when: all the letter tiles are in the world and not in the rack, and all letter tiles form valid words.

There are various things in the world that become activated if you achieve a safe state while your letter tiles are adjacent to them.

Tools

• Pointer: drag tiles around, or select tiles.
• Hand: drag across the world to pan (this can also be done with any tool using the middle or right mouse button)
• Dynamite: destroy tiles in the world or rack, or other items in the world
• Bombs: destroy a large radius of things in the world
• Vowels: click on this to get a random vowel
• Consonants: click on this to get a random consonant
• Copy: drag from a letter tile in the world to make a copy of it
• Timer Extend: restore the Panic Timer to its initial state, giving you more time
• Magnifying Glass: click on a known area of the world to see nearby areas

Bonuses

• Challenge word bonus
• Required letter tiles
• Trees: yield wood if activated
• Mountains: yield stone if activated

Resources

• Wood
• Stone
• Axe: crafted from Wood and Stone
• Planks: crafted from applying Axe to Wood. Can be used to fill in empty water cells

Mobs

• Snail: blocks you from placing tiles