New: Hex Boards

[admin]

Hex Boards went live today for those interested in a new challenge. The usual Wordtwist rules apply, only now the board is made of hexagons instead of squares, and you can link any letters that share a side. Minimum four letters per word, with usual scoring applied.

Hex boards will have their own separate competition/trophies/etc.

As always with any new feature, please let me know if you notice anything strange/unusual or any glaring bugs in the new game.

Cheers!
Stephen

[JJBeanie]

I don't know if this is a glitch, but I just played a 6x6 game had this happen as I was typing. I see that it's also on the new hex boards. Frankly, it's awful and off putting. It often incorrectly assumes where I want to start the word and then jumps around as I keep typing. Stephen, please remove it from 6x6 at least. I tried a 5x5 afterwards and it's not there.

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[JJBeanie]

I was the first to play this hex game yet it didn't indicate that I had the longest word record!


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[admin]

Automatic highlighting can now be turned on/off via a text link at the bottom of each board, same way sounds are handled.

Longest word bug should also be fixed.

Thanks!

[JJBeanie]

Ok, so I'm really not a fan of the highlighting of letters as I type, nor the red lines, nor the light yellow highlighting of valid next letter choices. Plus, it's immediately obvious when an invalid next letter is typed because the red line doesn't move.

All these things are distracting, make the game harder to play, and really dumbs it down.


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Edited to add: I was typing this post as you were posting about turning off highlighting. Have checked it out and it works. Thanks, Stephen.

[silk]

guess i will enjoy the novelty of being a record-holder while it lasts