WORD

WÖRD (MSXdev'22)

Description

WÖRD!

A game for MSX similar to Wordle. WÖRD is not a real Swedish word and should be read as “Word”.

Languages

The game can be played in English, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish by selecting one of the four the ROM files. Spanish version adds the letter Ñ and Swedish adds Å Ä Ö. No other diacritical marks are supported so words must be written without them. E.g. È becomes E.

Gameplay

Guess the five letter word in six tries. Each guess must be five letters but doesn’t have to be a real word. After each guess, the color of the frame will indicate how close your guess was.

  • Yellow: Letter is in the word but in wrong possition.
  • Green: Letter is correct.
  • White: Letter is not in the word. These letter will also be marked with blue on the virtual keyboard.

Controls

Letters can be typed on a keyboard and the guess is submitted with Enter. A joystick can also be used to move the cursor on the virtual keyboard. After six guesses press space/fire to see the correct answer on the last line. ESC can be used to give up and start over.

Warning

The game may contain inappropriate or offensive words that is not sutable for children.

Credits

Requirements

MSX, Minimum 16K RAM

Build files
Build script
mkdir -p package/
unzip word.zip

for LANG in en es nl se; do
  mv "MSXdev22_WÖRD_v1.1_${LANG}.rom" package/WORD_${LANG}.ROM
  cat > package/WORD_${LANG}.BAT << EOF
REM Look for SROM.COM in default dir
IFF EXIST %_DISK%:\SOFAROM\SROM.COM
  %_DISK%:\SOFAROM\SROM.COM WORD_${LANG}.ROM
ELSE
  REM Try to run it from path
  IFF EXIST SROM.COM
    SROM.COM WORD_${LANG}.ROM
  ELSE
    echo "SROM.COM not found. Install it with: 'HUB install SOFAROM'"
    exit 1
  ENDIFF
ENDIFF
EOF

  unix2dos package/WORD_${LANG}.BAT
done

cat > package/README.TXT << EOF
# WÖRD!

A game for MSX similar to Wordle. WÖRD is not a real Swedish word and
should be read as “Word”.

## Languages

The game can be played in English, Spanish, Dutch and Swedish by selecting
one of the four the ROM files. Spanish version adds the letter Ñ and Swedish
adds Å Ä Ö. No other diacritical marks are supported so words must be written
without them. E.g. È becomes E.

## Gameplay

Guess the five letter word in six tries. Each guess must be five letters but doesn’t
have to be a real word. After each guess, the color of the frame will indicate
how close your guess was.

* Yellow: Letter is in the word but in wrong possition.
* Green: Letter is correct.
* White: Letter is not in the word. These letter will also be marked with blue on the virtual keyboard.

## Controls

Letters can be typed on a keyboard and the guess is submitted with Enter. A
joystick can also be used to move the cursor on the virtual keyboard. After six
guesses press space/fire to see the correct answer on the last line. ESC can be
used to give up and start over.

## Warning

The game may contain inappropriate or offensive words that is not sutable for
children.

## Credits

* Code by Patrik’s Retro Tech: [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/patriksretrotech/), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaFWrgS4kNwspYCvaff0Wjg), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/patriksretrotec/), [Facebook](https://facebook.com/patriksretrotech)
* Music by Wolk aka Blueyakk: [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/blueyakk_retrocomputing/), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/user/blueyakk)
* Game is created with UBOX MSX LIB.
* Music playback in Arkos 2 Minimal Player (AKM).

## Requirements

MSX, Minimum 16K RAM
EOF

unix2dos package/README.TXT
  • 1.1-1 2022-03-20
    • Version 1.1
  • 1.0-1 2022-03-08
    • First release
Details
Category
Games
Author
Patrik’s Retro Tech
Packager
Carles Amigó (fr3nd)
License
 Unknown
Url
 https://www.msxdev.org/2022/03/07/msxdev22-02-word/
Install instructions
hub install WORD