Just a few today! · Fixed bug with "Swap a tile with a common Consonant from the Letter Bag" · Fixed bug with "If two adjacent tiles share the same letter, both score 3x" · Stopped game from playing mouse-over sound effects if it is not the active window · Fixed issue with "Word ends with" Modifier and Exclamation tiles
Hi! Thanks for your continued Word Play bug reports. Here's what's changed in 1.06: New: Added more words to the Word Play dictionary Added tutorial message if player clicks, but doesn't hold, on refresh button Diamond Tiles are de-prioritised when typing on the keyboard Re-balanced: Buffed Modifier "Add 3 Bonus Points. Increases by 1 when you add a new tile to the Letter Bag". Now +2 on new ti…
One last patch for the week! Thanks again for your bug reports · If you have more than one modifier that lets you refresh for free, only one will be used up · Fixed issue with adding phantom tiles to the letter bag when playing with a controller / Steamdeck · Improved typing support when cycling through multiple letters · Improved typing support for ING and ERS tiles - use Shift + I and Shift +…
Thanks for your bug reports! New Added labels in perk screen if you cannot choose a perk because you already have the maximum number of Modifiers / Upgrades You can now navigate to the score bar with a controller, to show how many points are needed to finish the round (previously required a mouse) (Coming soon, was broken!) Added 150 petitioned words to the dictionary Added symbol to Emerald ti…
Thanks for all the bug reports. I'm continuing to fix and improve the game - with a focus on show-stopping problems. Here's what I fixed in 1.03. New Added option on Steam Deck to show Mouse Cursor, if you prefer to play with a virtual mouse rather than touch (please use the system settings to change the joystick or trackpad to mouse emulation). Keyboard shortcuts only appear when you start usi…
Thanks for playing Word Play, and thanks for your bug reports on Discord. This patch is focused on fixing some of the more critical errors, including a few game breaking bugs. - Fixed "Fill all the additional tile slots on the board, for the first word of each round" not working when resuming save game - Fixed "Fill any unused Upgrade slots with random Common Upgrades" not working when resuming…
Hi there! Thanks so much for playing Word Play. The launch has been amazing! I am currently working through your bug reports and feature requests. I hope to have a proper patch available soon but wanted to put out a quick hot fix to solve a problem where... If you have the Modifier "All tiles are automatically Refreshed at the start of each round" and then enter the Special Round "The Top 4 Til…
Hey there! This is a quick message to let you know that Word Play is out now! There's a 10% discount for the first seven days so snatch it up early if you want a discount. Word Play is a strategic spelling game where you'll need to make words to score points - so you can unlock powerful perks that let you score even higher. The game has over 150 perks (from rule-bending modifiers to crazy speci…
Word Play is designed and developed to be played in English. Not only is all the text in English, and the dictionary only has English words, but much of the game is specifically and carefully balanced around the unique properties of English words, spelling, letter use, and so on. However - the game does have a secret way to play with other languages. This is an advanced, experimental, and large…
Hey! With Word Play less than one month away, I wanted to check in and talk about an important part of the game: accessibility. Accessibility refers to options, features, and design decisions that open a game up to people who have specific needs or requirements. And I've tried to pack the game with this stuff so that as many people as possible can enjoy the game. Let's look at some of the main…
Hey! Thanks so much for checking out the Word Play demo. As you can imagine, the demo only gives you a small sample of what the full game will contain. So here's a rundown of what to expect in the full release when it launches next month. More Special Tiles You've gotten to play with Golden Tiles in the demo, but the full game features a bunch of other upgraded tiles too. Like Dot Tiles, which…
Hello! I've just applied the final patch for the demo, ahead of Next Fest on Monday. So here's what is new and fixed. New · You can now open the letter bag and peek at the game board while the shop is open, using two new buttons. · Options menu lets you change volume settings from the title screen Fixed · You can now input "ing" tiles with the keyboard, by using the I key. · Volume and music sl…
Hello! I've just applied a quick patch to the demo, mostly with bug fixes. So here's what's what: New · You can now revert a glass tile after making one. Drag and drop the glass tile back onto the upgrade card to smash it and start again Fixed · Holding the shuffle button to sort the tiles alphabetically now works on controllers and keyboards, too · Various other fixes Also - because this updat…
Patch Notes - Demo 1.02 Hey! I've just applied a patch to the demo, ahead of Next Fest in a couple weeks. Here's what's new and fixed: New · If you spell a word that's not in the Word Play dictionary, you can petition for its future inclusion from the options menu · You can now spell words longer than 10 tiles. Just keep adding tiles to reveal a secret second set of submission slots! · Added vo…
Hey, Mark here. I just wanted to give a huge thank you to everyone who has tried the Word Play demo, and wishlisted the game on Steam. The demo has been downloaded more than 20,000 times and the game has almost 20,000 wishlists which means it's in a great position for launch. Speaking of which... I'm planning to launch the game in June, shortly after Steam Next Fest ends. So that means I've got…
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