Although the WordCord game is based on the same premise as WordLadder in that you must take single letter steps to reach another word, the game play itself is different.
In WordLadder, the game play is based on a crossword puzzle style of game play, and you're given a certain number of clues, and a certain group of answers. In WordCord, you're given two words, and it's your job to figure out how many steps in the ladder it will take you to reach the second word. For example, you're given a phrase like, "Turn wet to dry" In this particular case you start off with the word "wet" and each letter is separated so that you can do a single finger double tap on each letter you wish to change. For example, if I want to change the letter "w", I would move my finger to the letter "W", or simply do a single flick to the left or right until the letter "W" is highlighted, then I double tap with a single finger. Once you do this, the keyboard will appear and you're to enter in the letter you wish to replace the "W" with. In this case I want to change the "W" to a letter "B" to create the word "bet". Now that the word "bet" is created, I now want to change the letter "T" to a letter "E", so I flick to the letter T, or find it with my finger, and do a single finger double tap, then move to the keyboard and type in the letter "E". So now I have the word "bee", but my task is not finished. Remember that my target word is "dry", so I must continue changing one letter at a time to make new words until I reach the desired target word of "dry". Once you've reached the target word, move your finger to the middle of the screen, and you'll get a message congratulating you and outlining the number of moves, or steps you used to reach the target word. If you reach the target word in the least number of moves, the game will notify you of this. If you you surpassed the most efficient number of moves, it will let you know how many moves it took you to complete the puzzle, and let you know that there is a method of doing it with a certain number of moves. For example, the particular puzzle I illustrated in my example, has a minimum of four moves in which you can complete the puzzle. That's not to say that you can't take as many moves as you'd like, but taking more than four moves gives you the opportunity of re-doing the puzzle to see if you can beat your previous number of moves. Keep in mind that while all of the screen elements are labeled properly, there are some inaccessible parts to the game. A good example of an inaccessible item of the game is the letter clue button where a sighted person can tap that button in order to receive a letter clue as to what possible letter you might want to replace or input. I really can't say for sure what the button does, but from the button label, one can deduce what it does. On the other hand, you are given two buttons directly to the right of the letter clue button that work perfectly. The first button gives you a step up in the puzzle, giving you the next word in the puzzle. So, to use the example up top, if I double tap the aforementioned button above, the puzzle will automatically enter in the "B" for me, and I can keep hitting that button until the puzzle is solved, which, by the way, is cheating, as the game does not know that you hit the button once you're done, it just assumed you completed the puzzle, or as I said above, you can choose to continue on from the second or third word, where ever you feel comfortable in proceeding. The button furthest to the right is the undo button, and this undoes, as the button denotes, the last letter change. The great thing is that you can keep hitting this button until you reach the beginning of the puzzle, so you can go back to the beginning if you find you've made a mistake in the moves somewhere along the line. So, as you can see, the basic premise of the game is the same as WordLadder, however, the game play is different and, if I do say so, more challenging. I must also note that at present, the four letter puzzles are not accessible in the sense that one cannot double tap the letters to change them. One cannot even get the keyboard up to type anything in, so perhaps someone more invested in the game might want to contact the developers to let them know if this Voiceover bug. 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.
