Code Alpha
by Eric March on November 29, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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App Name: | Code Alpha |
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| Developer: | Jade Kerr |
Version: | 1.01 | |
| Publisher: | Jade Kerr |
Size: | 2.5 MB |
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| Category: | Word Games | |||
A rather simpler word game of the Bookworm variety, Code Alpha requires you to spell as many words as you can as quickly as you can. A time limit bar shrinks at the bottom, and refills a certain degree with every word spelled — the higher scoring the word, the more time gets refilled. Longer words obviously score more.
Each level that passes gives you a new background, and also speeds up the timer, so the game gets more and more fast paced as you go. The backgrounds are generally nice to look at, though some are rather busy and distract from searching for words. This is only an issue because the letter tiles are translucent. I don’t know if this was done to artificially increase difficulty, but it’s a bit irritating.
Unlike Bookworm and its kin however, you are not limited to spelling words using only adjacent strings of letters. You can use any letters on the board regardless of where they’re located. Although it seems to make the game easier at the outset, the timer element does ensure that the further you progress, the the harder it gets.
It’s a fun little game with some nice graphics. There’s no sound, though. It could have used some nice ambient sounds for selecting and completing words, perhaps, and maybe an audible timer noise when you get dangerously low on time. Still, it’s a pretty good game overall.
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