Honey Word

Long Description:

HoneyWord is word puzzle game where you have to find 3-, 4- or 5-letter words in the "hive" of letters. You begin with selecting first letter and select neighbour "honeycomb" letter to complete the word.

You can move in any direction but only through neighboring cells. If

the word exists in the dictionary it will became red in the left lower corner of the screen and the amount of points (honey) will appear in parentheses. Total amount of "honey" harvested is displayed in the right lower corner of the screen. You have two "help" options - to change two neighbour cells with letters which costs you 50 points and to completely change the screen ("hive") which will cost you 100 points. Controls are very simple and understandable.

Controls:

Aim of the game.

It is required to find words on the screen (Nouns of 3,4 & 5 letters length), selecting neighbouring cells in any direction. If the word exists in the vocabulary, in the left lower corner of the screen it becomes red and number of points associated with this word appears. After pushing Select key word disappears and casual words "slip down" to free places. The more rare letter in the word and the longer the word - the more points you earn Aim of the game - finga as many words as possible and to earn maximum points. In the next version there will be ability to check the word on remote server with full dictionary.

Help features.

1) When you push 5 the mode of changing neighboring cells activated. If you change any cells you loose 50 points.

2) Pushing "*" you change the whole screen. It becomes completely new. In such kind you loose 100 points.

Controls: Select Key (usually most up left key) - selects initiating cell of the word, selects the word, when it is choosen. 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 keys move "active" cell left-up, up, right-up, left, right, left-down, down and right-down respectively. Cursor keys move active cell only up, down. right & left. 5 key activates cell changing mode and then deactivates it. Pushing cursor keys or 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 will automatically change active cell with neighboring in selected direction. 0 - shows current points, time spent in game and better word.

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