{"author_link":"\/author\/hbocao\/","author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","comments":[{"author_name":"incobalt","author_uid":"4524","time":"Dec 17, 2013 @ 12:24am","epoch":1387239540,"text":"I ended up with some very strange words, like cwms and erer. On the plus side, it taught me what a cwm was, but I still don't know what an erer is supposed to be."},{"author_name":"epb9000","author_uid":"14828","time":"Dec 18, 2013 @ 4:42am","epoch":1387341420,"text":"My vocabulary knowledge and recall is truly horrific apparently, but good show."},{"author_name":"ReactorScram","author_uid":"29177","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:06am","epoch":1387414860,"text":"Was not able to run it. &quot;Not a valid Win32 application&quot;. I guess it needs the C# runtime?"},{"author_name":"AnnaGavaldaKedavra","author_uid":"17388","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:16am","epoch":1387415460,"text":"Quite hard, the list of words on the right isn't really &quot;user-friendly&quot; :). I'm french so i really can't find some words."},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:38am","epoch":1387416780,"text":"@ReactorScram Yeah, probably you need to install Framework .net 4.5. Sorry :("},{"author_name":"javifugitivo","author_uid":"25708","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:39am","epoch":1387416840,"text":"Great idea."},{"author_name":"Lissar","author_uid":"27179","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:40am","epoch":1387416900,"text":"I wanted to enjoy this game, but the first word I got was &quot;buss&quot;!  Apparently this is an archaic word.  Which, while fascinating! is a bit frustrating in this kind of game."},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 1:44am","epoch":1387417140,"text":"@AnnaGavaldaKedavra @incobalt @epb9000 Yeah, the game is kinda hard and English only. Sorry about that. All words have a definition where the API query it. The problem is that, sometimes, you get abbreviations.\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@AnnaGavaldaKedavra What do you mean with &quot;list no user-friendly&quot;? Can you elaborate more, please? Thanks for the feedback. ;)"},{"author_name":"jomomomo","author_uid":"4914","time":"Dec 19, 2013 @ 3:25am","epoch":1387423200,"text":"Can't play windows games.  :-("},{"author_name":"hbocao","author_uid":"25980","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 2:52pm","epoch":1387723620,"text":"@Lissar Yeah, it's a random word and we did our best to use the API to make it more easier, but that's it\r<br\/>\r<br\/>@jomomomo :( Sorry, man"},{"author_name":"tobbez","author_uid":"19361","time":"Dec 22, 2013 @ 3:36pm","epoch":1387726260,"text":"Some of the words used are quite rare. It seems like if you use the example you can go on almost forever. After some words I got an example that did not include the word but that seems to be the only way to fail with that strategy. Like the idea but it put too high demands on the dictionary used and also many of the words picked I had not ver heard, more common words would be more fun."},{"author_name":"bodsey","author_uid":"3672","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 11:14am","epoch":1387796940,"text":"Simple but effective. It's a bit hard for me as english isn't my mother tongue :) Ps : the game crashed when I tried to play again"},{"author_name":"Sanguine","author_uid":"4159","time":"Dec 23, 2013 @ 12:10pm","epoch":1387800300,"text":"BOOM HIGHSCORE! Anyway, nice job on the game, really cool idea. It seems like the only viable option is to just keep using the example every time. (or at least for me)"},{"author_name":"GarethIW","author_uid":"20364","time":"Dec 26, 2013 @ 2:17pm","epoch":1388067120,"text":"Agree with the above, had to buy the example every time. Interesting to see a word game in LD though!"}],"images":["ld28\/25980-3ac24cbcc4305c0a00585f4968b5dfac.jpg","ld28\/25980-3a70279c98c547671fa109ee5b11ba80.jpg","ld28\/25980-07e1b33375bb563ee91e10fab0dd5035.jpg","ld28\/25980-d6e26585f49bcb17bad8b924e54c8a87.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/41585850\/YogoLetter.zip","text":"[UNAVAILABLE]Download (Windows)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"20690","g_author":"25980","g_event":"LD28","g_eventkey":"20","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"20719","g_title":"YOGO Letter!","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"467","g_commentcount":"14","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/25980-shot0.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/25980-shot1.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/25980-shot2.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/308734\/25980-shot3.jpg-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"Hey guys,\r\n \r\nIt's my second Ludum Dare, however, in this one I got a partner. It was his first time, and as he didn't want to participate alone and I wouldn't have enough time to make it to the compo, it worked out really well!\r\nEven though we are not very proud of our idea, making it to the end has made us both really satisfied.\r\n\r\nWe hope you have a really fun time playing our minimalist game.\r\n\r\n--------------------\r\n\r\nYOGO Letter! is a game where you are challenged to dive into the depths of your mind and try to discover the correct word in the given time! And oh, You Only Get One LETTER!\r\n\r\nThe game is fairly simple. We give you one letter and you must guess the secret word in the meantime. Once you get the right one you earn a bonus time, and move up a level.\r\n \r\nYou can guess an infinite number of words, and at every attempt we give you two hints: the number of letters that you hit right in the place (bluish square) and the number of letters that you missed the correct positioning (grayish square). \r\n\r\nFor these letters you earn time bonuses. Also, you can buy an usage example, the word definition and a bonus letter of the secret word, but it will cost you 75%, 50% and 25% of your time respectively.\r\nThe game ends when you run out of time. Good guesses!\r\n\r\n--------------------\r\n\r\nMade with Visual Studio 2012, C# (Framework 4.5), WPF, Extended WPF Toolkit, MySQL Connector, the \"words dictionary\" API from www.wordnik.com, and piano hints from www.VirtualPiano.net.\r\n\r\n--------------------\r\n\r\nFilipe Scur - filipe.scur@gmail.com\r\nHenrique de Aguiar - @hbocao\r\n","title":"YOGO Letter!"}