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I made a word association game - Noun Sense

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    jmpavlec
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    Some Tildes users already know about this game from this thread. It was quite early on when I shared it there and I thought it deserved its own post. The game is called Noun Sense. It's a game...

    Some Tildes users already know about this game from this thread. It was quite early on when I shared it there and I thought it deserved its own post.

    The game is called Noun Sense. It's a game about word association. Each day, you get 10 adjectives. Your job is to guess the most common noun that follows them.

    I created the dataset on my own laptop off a large collection of text files (billions of words). I generated the adjective/noun pairings and their frequencies utilizing a variety of sources (magazines, news articles from the last few years, movie subtitles etc). I have a full blog post about it if you are interested in the development details.

    Lately, I've been busy tweaking the UI and handling user migrations from guest -> regular account. I also added a friend system, streak system and leaderboard.

    Give it a shot here and let me know what you think!

    4 votes
    1. jmpavlec
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      Special thanks to @balooga for some great feedback and bug finding. And thanks to early adopters @cutmetal and @HiddenTig.

      Special thanks to @balooga for some great feedback and bug finding. And thanks to early adopters @cutmetal and @HiddenTig.

      3 votes
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    Narry
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    Feels like a single player version of Family Feud, and I can see the appeal to it. It’s not my personal cuppa, but it’s good: it looks nice. It plays well. You can tell what’s going on at all...

    Feels like a single player version of Family Feud, and I can see the appeal to it. It’s not my personal cuppa, but it’s good: it looks nice. It plays well. You can tell what’s going on at all times. It doesn’t take long to pick up. Well done.

    4 votes
    1. jmpavlec
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      Thanks! I am actually working on the coop multiplayer version right now. The plan is to have a full coop mode, where you work together as a team to guess the top 10 nouns in a given period of time...

      Thanks! I am actually working on the coop multiplayer version right now. The plan is to have a full coop mode, where you work together as a team to guess the top 10 nouns in a given period of time (or maybe cumulative score?). I'll probably also create a free for all version or team vs team (family feud style!). I appreciate you checking it out.

      4 votes
  3. cutmetal
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    Noun Sense and enclose.horse from that linked Tildes thread have bumped NYT Spelling Bee down to my tertiary daily game.

    Noun Sense and enclose.horse from that linked Tildes thread have bumped NYT Spelling Bee down to my tertiary daily game.

    2 votes