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    Re: Crossword Countdown: Word Game feat. 170,000 Word Dictionary

    02-10-2020 07:30 AM

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    Crossword Countdown: Word Game feat. 170,000 Word Dictionary

    ‎02-09-2020 07:40 PM

    Crossword Countdown:  PowerApps Word Game

     

    Objective

    Score as many points as you before time runs out.

     

    How To Play

    • Make a word of 3 letters or more by selecting a series of connected tiles
    • Tiles can be selected in any direction: up, down, left, right
    • Press the score button once you have made a word to add its points to your total
    • Points are determined by adding together the numbers shown on the tile used to build the word plus any bonuses for that tile (example: Letter Score x 2, Word Score x 3)
    • Words that are 7 letters or longer get 40 additional bonus points

     

    What features in this game would be interesting to a PowerApps developer?

    • 170,000-word dictionary used to instantly check for valid words
    • Components are powerfully combined with collections to efficiently create the game board
    • Actions triggered by clicking any of the 16 game tiles have similar code so they are executed via a single-toggle control.  This is how the concept of “functions” found in other “pro-developer” languages can be applied to PowerApps
    • Entire game takes place on a single screen by making controls visible or not-visible based on a variable that holds the current screen name (e.g. TitleScreen, PlayScreen, GameOverScreen).  Includes a developer panel used to access these screens during development.
    • High scores are saved offline to your mobile device using the SaveData and LoadData functions

     

    Check out the article 5 Things I Learned By Making A PowerApps Game on the community blog for more about how I made this app.

     

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    Give a Thumbs Up if you liked the app to make it easier for others to find in the gallery

    Follow me on Twitter for more PowerApps tips https://twitter.com/mattbdevaney 

    Send me a message for any bugs your encountered and I will try to fix them quickly

     

    High Score Challenge  (send me a screenshot as proof)

    Clarissa Gillingham is currently the World Record Holder with a high score of 247 points.  Follow her on Twitter @ClarissaGillin2.

     

     

    Author's Note:

    For the best experience I suggest playing this game on your mobile phone.  The app will also run on your personal computer with the web browsers Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, etc. but using Internet Explorer might work due to triggering of a toggle control on a second screen.

     

     

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    ‎02-10-2020 07:30 AM

    This is a textbook example of how to use components in a PowerApp solution! Fantastic work

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    ‎02-12-2020 01:18 AM

    A very high quality work and article! Fantastic job done here @mdevaney. Thanks for sharing with the community...

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    ‎04-13-2020 06:15 AM

    Great work, Matthew

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