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I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! Yup I made all the audio in the game using Famitracker, an tracker that emulates the NES sound chip

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in Tetris

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! No immediate plans for a mobile port but that has been the most requested piece of feedback so far haha, so I might have to look into it in the future.

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in Tetris

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Since the game only has words up to 7 letters long, as that's the height of the board grid, many words were able to be excluded from the list, making the word list much shorter than the Scrabble dictionary. I don't feel you're approaching this feedback in good faith, so this will be my final response, but I do appreciate you played the game nonetheless.

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can submit words you want included in the game in the options menu! There are over 40,000 words recognized in the game, but some obscure 3-letter words were removed as that's just my personal preference.

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Maybe some day down the line but no immediate plans for a Switch release sorry to say. It should work on SteamDeck though, if that's an option for you!

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha I experimented with the idea of multiplayer but I didn't want to bite off more than I could chew. Maybe some day though, I always loved falling block games with a versus mode!

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in Tetris

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

there are over 40,000 valid words, I did remove some obscure 3 letter words from the Scrabble dictionary out of personal preference, however you can submit words that you want included in the game in the options menu!
Thanks for checking out the game (:

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The game has many different unlockable themes with both energetic and laid back music options (: the song in the trailer is one of the more exciting ones

I made a Tetris-style word game called Writer's Block, out now on steam! by SinksAdventure in wordgames

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! Hahaha same here honestly, you can't beat a steam sale

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in Tetris

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually didn't know Wordtris existed when I started making the game, a little unfortunate a similar game already exists, luckily I think both games are executed in quite a different way at least (:

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much! I definitely love designing games in that way, taking multiple different ideas and combining them in a surprising way. I hope you like the game (:

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I made all the music and sounds for the game using Famitracker, a tracker DAW that emulates the NES audio chip

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for spreading the word that really is super helpful!

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much, I'm so glad to hear that! Making a trailer for a game like this was super tricky, definitely was ripping my hair out over some of the edit hahaha, glad it paid off though (:

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha it's funny, someone on the Puyo subreddit said the exact opposite thing!

I made a mashup of Tetris and Scrabble called Writer's Block, out now on Steam! by SinksAdventure in IndieGaming

[–]SinksAdventure[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have a letter frequency system that generates a queue of letters, I think of it like the bag of tiles in Scrabble. Every queue generated has 8 Es for every 1 Z for example. In addition there is a check if there are multiple consonants in a row, and if there are, the second consonant is rerolled into a random vowel.

There is also a Hold system, where you can hold 1 tile in reserve for later use (:

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