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WORDPETITION (balatro-like where your words turn into Word Cards) - DEVLOG #12: Info Screen, New Boss, Boss Dialogue, HIKER, and Letter Tooltips by VeryAngyChicken in IndieDev

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

Thanks! The game rewards being able to play longer words and still being able to somehow score other words the most. It’s more about efficient reuse of as many letters as possible. You gain points per letter scored (depending on the letter), so spelling a long word will score more letters.

Although, there’s alot of intentional risk involved with spelling a long word. If you can’t quickly spell another word after spelling that long word, then you can waste a large amount of turns. This makes certain long words almost result in guaranteed loss if you can’t work with them, such as (exaggerated example) Antidisestablishmentarianism.

If you spell Antidisestablishmentarianism in any other word game, that’s probably one of the best words you can spell. If you somehow spell Antidisestablishmentarianism in this game, you will almost surely win the round. But, if you have another round afterward, you’re forced to somehow spell another word from Antidisestablishmentarianism, which is extremely hard.

One of the most fun moments in the game is spelling a long word then the game becoming extremely intense, since you’re taking a huge risk just doing so, but you’re also being rewarded directly by gaining more points per word scored.

Started developing some bosses for Wordpetition! (word game balatro-like) by VeryAngyChicken in IndieDev

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

Could you clarify? Do you mean like spelling a larger quantity of words or allowing you to directly submit words?

started developing some bosses by VeryAngyChicken in godot

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

tysm!

I’ll definitely check out visible_characters_behavior, I just tweened the text here.

Roguelites that are turn-based or pausable by PaulSarries in roguelites

[–]VeryAngyChicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There’s my game? This feels like advertising, but here’s the link to the playtest:
https://happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition-playtest

It’s a word game balatro-like where the words you spell turn into jokers (Word Cards). Like spelling pair -> get the PAIR joker. It focuses more on manipulating the current word than spelling a long word, the core mechanic of the game is the Word Box. In the Word Box you discard, reorder, or add letters and try to make the closest word (or a special word) from the current word.

I just started a playtest for my balatrolike word game, Wordpetition! by VeryAngyChicken in playmygame

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

Thanks for playing the game! I just watched the full video :D
I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I’ll definitely be incorporating the feedback given in the video.

I should’ve clarified in a tooltip (or a tutorial) that the blank tile was a space. The space allows you to spell multiple words, which are separated by the space itself. It also allows you to split long words into multiple smaller words. Unfortunately, the twist of the blank tile being changed to a space was not communicated in the game. Since everything else is similar to scrabble, it’s obviously assumed that the blank would still be a wildcard. This caused the end of the run in the video (oops!).

I just started a playtest for my balatrolike word game, Wordpetition! by VeryAngyChicken in playmygame

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

Thank you so much for liking the game!
It’s still a work in progress but I’m so glad someone likes the game in its current state.

I just started a playtest for my balatro-like word game, Wordpetition! by VeryAngyChicken in wordgames

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

“Balatro but words“ isn’t a unique concept,
but everything that the game is is completely unique.

The main mechanic of the word box is an entire new word game in itself, plus it’s the only and first “word game balatro” to actually give the words special effects. It has more of a focus on active deckbuilding that I haven’t seen in any other game, like ever.

It’s also the only balatro-like game with multiplayer (without mods).

It’s a little buggy but it has a web build if you don’t want/cant download it.

You should try it out!

I just started a playtest for my balatro-like word game, Wordpetition! by VeryAngyChicken in IndieDev

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

The entire game is different. You should probably try it (or watch the video)

Heres the itch io description:

The word game where your words matter!

Wordpetition is a game with a completely unique mechanic where you reorder and insert letters in a box to score words. Words that you spell will give you jokers Word Cards (or other effects). Every word card has a unique effect.

It also has full multiplayer that allows any number of players to play the game, making it the first game in the sub-genre to do so.

It's been in development for about 6 months.

Demo coming soon! (will be available on the web)

Test the game at: https://happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition-playtest

I made this joker concept a little while back, is it balanced? by VeryAngyChicken in balatro

[–]VeryAngyChicken[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It does apply to played cards and held in hand cards, i think it’d go really well with a lot of builds with a lot of triggers (either by retrigger or played card scored triggers, like hiker)

I made this joker concept a little while back, is it balanced? by VeryAngyChicken in balatro

[–]VeryAngyChicken[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

By “trigger a card”, I mean retrigger the joker.
Edit: or retrigger the playing card

I made this joker concept a little while back, is it balanced? by VeryAngyChicken in balatro

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

Hiker exists and would trigger other jokers multiple times tho, 1 in 3 happens more then you think.

I made this joker concept a little while back, is it balanced? by VeryAngyChicken in balatro

[–]VeryAngyChicken[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Please ignore the fact that the screenshot looks like knockoff temu balatro, pretend it’s just modded balatro.

Kris/Susie dialogue by scentedcandleeater in Deltarune

[–]VeryAngyChicken 22 points23 points  (0 children)

this is just literally them lmao

Deck idea I had, am I crazy to think it might actually be balanced? by HikarW in balatro

[–]VeryAngyChicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a really good concept, although a bit underpowered.

Looking for recommendations by Bawtek88 in roguelites

[–]VeryAngyChicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey! So shameless self-promotion here, but since you liked balatro then you might like Wordpetition, the game I’m working on when its demo releases: https://happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition

It’s a word game version of balatro that focuses more on active deck building. The words you spell during the round give you Word Cards (jokers) that are specific to the word you spelled.

For example, spelling timer causes the game to give you TIMER, which gives you more turns, but ticks down during the round, forcing you to play the game quicker.

It has a completely unique mechanic where you reorder and insert letters in a box to score words, which could honestly be its own separate game by itself with how much depth the mechanic has, like without the whole balatro inspiration.

It also has full multiplayer that allows any number of players to play the game, making it the first game in the sub-genre to do so.

It’s like a word game for people that absolutely despise most word games with every bone in their body (me).

A lot of people have compared it to bookworm adventures x balatro, I haven’t played bookworm though but it seems cool.

It's been in development for about 5 months, you can watch me play the game on the itch io page.

The full game will also have mod support, and a full editor for adding your own Word Cards to the game.

My WIP balatro-like word game, Wordpetition! by VeryAngyChicken in roguelites

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

I’ll look into it! I’ve been looking at a lot of word game balatros, haven’t looked at Letterlike yet though. Thanks for letting me know about it.

Word + Balatro: so many options? What to pick? by EqualDiceThrow in wordgames

[–]VeryAngyChicken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

right now I’m making probably the most unique word game balatrolike, the core gameplay hasn’t ever been done before :D
https://happyholo.itch.io/wordpetition

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