Hi guys,

I'm new to scratch and i've been thinking of designing the 9-letter word game.
There hasn't been any similar projects around here so it is difficult to actually start it up.
I know the basics of scratch, and I am not asking anybody to help me do it step by step.
But could anybody give me some tips on how to start it up from the beginning because I am quite stuck !

Thanks in advance !

you have a FIT1040 dont you

Why don't you ask on the FIT1040 Moodle assignment discussion forum?

Newtothegame wrote:

Hi guys,

I'm new to scratch and i've been thinking of designing the 9-letter word game.
There hasn't been any similar projects around here so it is difficult to actually start it up.
I know the basics of scratch, and I am not asking anybody to help me do it step by step.
But could anybody give me some tips on how to start it up from the beginning because I am quite stuck !

Thanks in advance !

In broad-brush terms… if this is a game where you have to find words in some layout, then get yourself a word list and build that word list into a tree structure. Then explore the layout in parallel with walking the tree. You may be assuming that people know what “The Nine Letter Word Game” is, but we don't. I did google for it and found this: http://nineletterword.tompaton.com/irttvoeah/ but I don't know if that is what you're referring to.

Anyway - the answer to all word game coding is always to use a DAWG. (Or a TRIE, which is almost the same thing.) So go research those terms and see if they help.

regards,

G