I saw a paragraph about Wordle in some blog a couple of weeks ago. It gave
a brief description of the game and a photo of a completed grid. I
immediately thought that it might be fun to code something like that for
the "QL", so I set about it the same evening, making up the rules as I went
along. After a few hours I had a working copy (sort of) - WQRDLI
(pronounced wordli). WQRDLI is, in other words, NOT a Wordle clone! Ive
never seen, let alone played, Wordle. I dont know its rules, although I get
the general idea. So WQRDLI may or may not play by the same rules.
WQRDLI V0.01 is out now at
Knoware.no. Its not a highly polished product as
finishing it off would take at least as much effort as has gone into it so
far. But I have other things to get on with, so Ive decided to park it out
there for now.
I wanted to make it BBQL-compatible if at all possible, but I struggle to
work with a real QL these days. So I have to say: Its Qdos-compatible, but
it doesnt really run on a 512x256 QL! I hope to make it so one day. Perhaps
those of you who still regularly use your QLs may find it acceptable. Id
recommend at least a GoldCard for speed!
Apart from that it should run on most systems and in any colour mode,
provided you have an up-to-date PE and a few other necessary bits and bobs.
In theory, it should be perfectly within a QL's capabilities to carry off
such a simple game, so theres still a challenge to produce a comfortable,
QL-compatible word puzzle game like WQRDLI or Wordle for anyone whod like
to give it a go!
As beta testers are rather thin on the ground for games like this, these
days, youre all beta testers now! So Id like to hear back from you; how you
get along and whether you found any problems or things youd like to see
improved! (Although I make no promises that Ill do any repairs or
improvements.) Also, Id like to make available a few more quality word
lists in other languages. Word lists of 3000-5000 5- and 6- letter words in
French, German, Italian, Klingorn, Spanish, and yes, even perhaps, Welsh
;oP might be nice! Also the joiner's handful of translated program texts in
those languages would be welcome. So if you produce any such lists please
share!
So, get ready to test your word skills (while you still have 'em!) Ive made
it easy to brag about your successes online, if you choose: Press F4 for a
screen shot at the end of a game. (Of course if you do you might get
unfriended by Britain's top spymaster and MI6 chief, Richard Moore, AKA C
(see
this ). Dont think he hasnt noticed you hang out
here!
- Not so much a brag as an illustration!
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