Hello I recently downloaded word ladder. It is a great game and I play it daily. Someone recently sent excellent instructions to this list. and here is a copy of what they wrote.
Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone On Feb 12, 2013, at 2:28 PM, "Dani L Pagador" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Victor. > Thanks for such a detailed explanation. I'll go hunt this game down once I > get my app store problem solved. > Best, > Dani > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Victor Gouveia > Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 9:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Accessible crossword game > > Although not a crossword game per se, there is a game called WordLadder by a > company called Sporcle which is quite accessible. > > They've recently released an update that labeled much of the elements, and > it's free, if you want to wait for a single puzzle per day, or purchase a > game pack for $4.99. This particular game pack contains 500 puzzles, but > initially when you download and install the game/app, you get about 7 to 10 > days worth of puzzles for free, at which point, once the free puzzles are > completed, you can do them again, wait for another puzzle to come around the > next day, or purchase a game pack and have 500 puzzles to choose from, while > still getting your puzzle a day option, in other words, you're not relegated > to just the 500 puzzles. > > The game is quite simple. > > You're given a theme for the puzzle such as celebrities, Don't Wait, which > was today's puzzle, or a host of other themes, then you're given a series of > clues and you're supposed to fill in the answer to the clues, but the > answers are single words, between 4 and six letters, and each word is one > letter off from the previous word. > > For example... > > Clue=4 letter word > > 1. Number preceding five=four > 2. Fill a glass=pour > 3. destitute or penniless=poor > 4. This gives you access to a place=door 5. A ponzie or victim of a > scam=doop 6. Fall from a height=drop > > That is basically the way to play the game. > > To fill in an answer, you double tap the clue, and simply type in the > answer. > > Unfortunately, there are occasional games/puzzles that don't tell you the > number of letters in the clue, but scrolling through the clues will usually > yield an answer that gives you a precise answer to give you an idea of the > letter count in each answer. > > You can either play with a timer, where you have a limited amount of time to > answer all of the clues, or you can play in a timeless puzzle, meaning while > the timer is going, there is no time limit and so you can take as long as > you want to play the puzzle,or time yourself to see how long it takes you to > complete the puzzle. > > There are sound events that tell you when an answer is correct or not. If > an answer is correct, you'll get a pop sound. If the answer is incorrect, > you get no sound event at all, and so must delete the letters you input and > start entering the letters again, but be aware that if you're filling in an > answer where only the last letter is incorrect, you can simply delete that > last letter, and type in the replacement. This goes for all the letters as > there is an edit field just above the keyboard that gives you access to the > answer you're typing in. > > There is a quit button, at which point you're given the option of continuing > the game, resuming the game at a later time, or quitting altogether. When > you quit the game altogether, you're given the answers and can scroll > through them as you see fit. Once the puzzle is complete or quitted, there > are three buttons at the bottom that give you the option of doing the > previous puzzle, re-doing the current puzzle, or doing the next puzzle in > the pack. > > I would say that 95% of the game is accessible, and the 5% that is not > accessible is the labeling of a few elements, but the game play area with > the timer, correct answers to total answers and the edit field and clue area > are completely accessible. > > When you first start the game, you're taken to a screen where you can choose > to start playing or view more games by the company. Double tapping the Play > button, which is clearly labeled takes you to the second screen where you > have the option of selecting between playing the latest released games, in > other words, the daily puzzle component, or playing one of the packs you've > purchased. there are a few elements on this page that are not clearly > labeled, such as the buttons, but directly after each button is the button > label which is tappable, so one does not have to double tap the button > itself in order to make your option, one can double tap the label to choose. > > Once you double tap your option, you're taken to the third page with the > list of puzzles, though these are simply labeled 1, 2, 3 and 4 and so on. > You have to double tap the number and check the theme on the next page. The > daily puzzle component, however, is labeled with dates instead of numbers, > though each date is only given the theme on the next page, much like the > game packs. > > The game packs themselves are not themed, to my knowledge, and only the > various puzzles are themed, so don't purchase game packs based on any theme > you may like, but as the game packs are not labeled, just labeled as game > pack orange, or some such thing, I can't tell, so if someone uses magnifier, > they can possibly come back and let us know. > > Suffice it to say, once your puzzle is chosen, be it game pack or daily, > double tapping the corresponding number or date takes you to the next screen > where you're given three elements, go back to the previous page, the theme > of the puzzle, and the start playing button, though this button is not > labeled correctly. The go back button is obvious, and flicking to the right > of the go back button takes you to the theme, followed by another flick to > the right which takes you to the start playing button. Double tapping that > takes you directly to the game area. > > The top left hand corner of the screen houses the timer, flicking to the > right once gives you the ratio of correct answers completed and total > answers to be found, followed by the column labeled "Clue", and another > flick takes you to the next column labeled with the total number of letters > in each answer, either four, five, or six letters. I have not seen a puzzle > with more than a six letter answer, but I have not completed all 500 of my > game pack puzzles, so we'll have to see. > > Another flick to the right takes you to the first clue. As I said above, in > some cases the column labeled with the number of letters for the answers is > not often labeled, but rest assured that the number of letters in each > answer is the same for all the answers in that particular puzzle, so, if the > puzzle column says four letter word, all the answers will be a four letter > word, as in my example above. In some cases the column will be labeled with > "Five letter word" or "Six letter word", and so all the answers in that > corresponding puzzle will be a five letter word or a six letter word > respectively. > > If that particular column is not labeled with one of the labels listed > above, I would suggest you scroll down the list of clues until you get to a > clue you can answer easily, double tap the clue and type in your answer. If > you get the pop sound event, the answer will be correct, and you'll know how > many letters each answer should be. Remember that each answer is off by one > letter from the clue/answer directly above or below it, hence the name of > the game, WordLadder, spelled as a single word. > > Once the puzzle is complete, and all the answers have been filled in > correctly, you will get the pop sound event, followed by a string of chimes, > and you're taken to the next screen with the name of the theme of the > puzzle, with a single button. I'm assuming, since this button is not > labeled, that it's simply an ok button, but I've not confirmed this with > anyone sighted. > > I think that's it for the game and how to play, but feel free to ask any > questions regarding this game and I'll try to answer as best as I can. > > Remember that the company is called Sporcle with a C, not with a K, and they > have more games than just WordLadder. They also have a game called Minute > Morsel where you have one minute to answer as many trivia questions as you > can, Mixed Word, a game with scrambled words, and Missing Word, a fill in > the blank trivia game. They also have a Sporcle app, which gives you a > number of themes to choose from, but this is mainly a trivia game app, and a > few of the themes, like US States, or Country Flags are pictograph puzzles > with icons or pictures in place of the clues. In US States for example, you > don't get any Voiceover response from the clue, and my wife has advised me > that there is a picture, so I can only assume that it must be a picture of > the state itself on a map, or the state flag, or some such thing. That's > not to say that all of the trivia puzzles are like that, as there are a few > I have enjoyed playing, such as US Presidents and Lakes in Canada, but > suffice it to say, all the game play areas are exactly as I described for > WordLadder, and, for the most part, the game play area is 100% accessible. > > I would highly recommend playing this game, and writing the game developers > and reviewing/rating the game so the game developers can further make > modifications to the game in the hopes of making it more accessible than it > already is. > > Hope this helps. > > Victor Gouveia > Vice-President > Training Coordinator > VIP Tech > Tel: 1-(888)-737-1115 > Fax: 1-(888)-737-1116 > [email protected] > [email protected] > Limiting Disabilities with Limitless Possibilities > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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