#quikbild — Public Fediverse posts

Summary of new features for #QuikBild (the word-guessing minigame) I worked on in the past days:

* New word list format, words now know context and synonyms
* Revised default word list (WIP)
* Quality-of-life: Better messages, more readable text, HUD stuff, sound effects, …
* More game settings to customize the game on servers
* Bugfixes! Bugfixes! Bugfixes!

Note: These features are NOT LIVE yet on the A.E.S. server for #Luanti.

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An upcoming planned feature for #QuikBild is also to upload word list translations to #Codeberg Translate, a #Weblate instance, so the words can be more easily translated in the browser by translators instead of editing CSV files directly.

This should allow to extend the word list much faster.

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But it turns out this isn’t good enough. During playing, I noticed that frequently, players basically figured out what the artist built but they don't say the EXACT right word so they didn't score. Super annoying.
For example, the word was "truck" but the guesser said "lorry". The solution for that is simple: I just added a list of synonyms for each word. Guessing any synonym of a word counts as a correct guess.

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A look behind the scenes: #QuikBild randomly picks a word from a word list to show it to the builder. This word is translated in 5 languages which can be set by players.

This makes it more complicated. We have to account for different word meaning, per language. Like "spring" can't be translated well w/o context (e.g. water source/season/mechanical?).

This is already an issue in English alone, but with 5 languages, it becomes more tricky …

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