It too me the better part of an afternoon to whip up the display and function of the game so that it was playable, and then another ninety minutes or so to code the puzzle generation algorithm. The whole process was very painless, and in the end I had a fully functioning prototype of the game.

I think if I make a habit out of creating games for the iPhone or any platform, this will be a pretty standard first step for me.

words = {
    "persevered": 1,
    "domination": -1,
    "resembling": -1,
    "generation": 3,
    "resounding": 2,
    "definition": -1,
    "adrenaline": -1,
    "definitely": -1,
    "reputation": -1,
    "revolution": -1,
    "meditation": -1,
    "separating": -1,
    "recuperate": -1}

def compare( one, two ):
    equal = 0

    for i in range(0,len(one)):
        if( one[i] == two[i] ):
            equal = equal + 1

    return equal


known_words = filter( lambda x: words[x] >= 0, words.keys() )
unknown_words = filter( lambda x: words[x] == -1, words.keys() )

possible_words = []

for word in unknown_words:
    valid = 1
    for check in known_words:
        if( compare( word, check ) != words[check] ):
            valid = 0
    
    if( valid == 1 ):
        possible_words.append(word)

print possible_words

I'll clean this up and make it a nice gui app at some point.

Let me elaborate a bit...

In the mean time, here's a screenshot of the generated output:

Next Steps:

• Multi-Threading
• Color gradiants
• Dynamic resizing / regenerating

I chose squarespace as the host, predominately because I'd heard such good things about their site creator on a bunch of podcasts.  I haven't had too much time to play around with the designer, but I really like the CMS.  It makes adding different pieces and widgets to the site very easy.

I'm hoping that I'll be able to update this a few times a week.  I'll also try to update the project pages frequently, as that should keep me working on them.