Space Inserters by Jeff Kerman
Space Inserters!
Space Inserters is a text game where your goal is to turn a jumble of letters into proper words. You do this by inserting letters and spaces wherever you think will make the most sense. However, to make it more difficult, you have a limited number of spaces (get it) you can insert to make words.
There are two modes in our game: The daily mode consists of five jumbles that are curated by us and rotate every day. Infinite mode will keep throwing out more and more jumbles that slowly get more and more difficult.
Scoring Each jumble solution is scored based on how long the word is as well as how many letters you added.
| Link | https://ruairidhwilliamson.itch.io/space-inserters |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/54/space-inserters |
Ratings
| Overall | 483th | 3.652⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 472th | 3.545⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 156th | 3.935⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 24🗳️ | 13🗨️ |
(I also see you guys have audio as a rating but I didn't hear any, not sure if that's something on my end?)
Well done :)
Very nice game, though! I'm sad I couldn't play more.
Is there guaranteed to be a solution for each level? Some of the infinite mode levels were real head-scratchers.
@dave-septian thank you for pointing out this bug it is now fixed :)
@james-laird there is always a solution but on the infinite mode the words can be very obscure. We are using a large english word list and choosing words using an algorithm that makes it harder as you complete more levels :D
If I have the letter A, I can just separate that out and type ANTIDISENESTABLISHMENTARIANISM and get a million points. The more interesting part of the game seems to be using your spaces efficiently and in the right places, but what you're being REWARDED for is how long the longest words you know are. Also, I really wished you could add letters, and then move forward in a word, without having to add a space. Maybe that would make it too easy?
Overall, this Is a great concept, and I think worth exploring further. Some balance tweaks need to be made, but this is a strong and unique platform for a word game. Very impressive :v:
EDIT: I went back and played the daily, and I think that in that format, your contraints and point systems make a lot more sense to me. I had a blast with that more finite mode and will be updating my score