xyWords - Text Mode Edition
A downloadable game
xyWords is a cross-word anagrams game where the object is to use letters in the wheel and find words on the board.
These words can be interconnected like a cross-word or isolated on the board. You need to find all of the words to complete the board.
Hidden (off board) words can be found for a bonus challenge.
This is a text-mode rewrite of the earlier (CGA based) xyWords.
This download contains the game, assets and source code written in Quickbasic 4.5
Notes -
This release was a bit of an extra challenge to see if I could get xyWords to run on a PC with only 256KB of RAM and no graphics card (MDA).
It also contains some concepts planned for xyWords 2.0 including; statistics and multi-player (hotseat) support.
The game runs efficiently on even the slowest of IBM-PCs and it can run entirely from a single floppy disk
Note - there is no puzzle editor included but you can edit the text files directly if you want to create one.
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Install instructions
System requirements: IBM-PC running at 4.77mhz, 256KB RAM and either a floppy or hard disk with approx 300KB of space. MS-DOS 2.11 or above is required.
Alternatively run it in DOSBOX if that's your jam :-)
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I'm really looking forward to playing xyWords soon!
You look like the type of person who'd enjoy this jam: WOW JAM
They have a very interesting platform and are even offering prizes xD