Wordquake by phi
So you're just minding your own business, testing out a word puzzle game in some jungle temple. But oh no, the earth starts shaking! It's a devious trap!
Build pillars to keep the temple stable during earthquakes so you can escape with your life.

If you're confused: - Click the letters to move them to a column or back - Drag the letters to reorder them within a column - Form English words and click the checkmark to lock it in place and get points :money_mouth: - Pillars collapse when there isn't a correct English word in them
Contributors: - :musical_note: @sophiakene - :art: @pleyad - :computer: @tau - :computer: @veloev - :computer: @eta - :computer: @phi
| Link | https://phigames.github.io/ld49/dist/index.html |
| Link | https://github.com/phigames/ld49 |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/49/unstable-words |
Ratings
| Overall | 203th | 3.95⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 380th | 3.738⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 149th | 3.932⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 230th | 4.091⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 437th | 3.929⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 198th | 3.881⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 968th | 2.583⭐ | 20🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 690th | 3.476⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 16🗳️ | 24🗨️ |
Awesome job!
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Very fun game! I love word puzzles, and the music acting as a clock is VERY effective!
Cheers!
[-LB](https://ldjam.com/users/the-lame-brain/)
Taking this into consideration, I did felt like the earthquakes were a bit too frequent/fast, and I would have liked mor time for reflexion. (but then again, not my first language) (maybe an easy mode in a postjam version? :D)
Selecting a pillar was sometime a bit slow and tedious with the mouse, especially with the time constraints. I'm not sure how exactly this could be done, but maybe have a shortcut of some kind to write a word faster?
That said, the game is really great and I will probably give it another go later tonight!
Great work and thank you for your game!
I found myself wanting to be able to drag the tiles all the time.
Love the leaderboard, and the theming is really good.
Great pixel art! Great music! Really nice feel to the game. Well built!
But, I really wanted to try to hack your leaderboard afterward... Or submit vulgar names.
What I didn't expect was some prefixes working, but others not working (i.e.: "oi" vs. "quo"), which I guess is fair still, since the Q gives so many points and the vocals in hand can get a bit overwhelming with a bit of bad luck. Other than that, it felt immensely satisfying building 5+ letter words!
The music serving as a tool of how much time is left is incredibly helpful! Great job all around!
Now, If there was only an option to change the language to German... :P
Good job!
But damn, my brain is slow !
Had a lot of fun, nice job !