WÖRD (MSXdev'22)
A game for MSX similar to Wordle. WÖRD is not a real Swedish word and should be read as “Word”.
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.
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.
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.
The game may contain inappropriate or offensive words that is not sutable for children.
MSX, Minimum 16K RAM
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
hub install WORD