The Birth of My First Game
The Birth of My First Game: A Conversation with ChatGPT
The Beginning
Explaining My Game Idea to ChatGPT
Me:Can you make games? I have a game idea but I can’t code.
ChatGPT:
How interesting that you have a game idea! I can help you make a game. If you tell me what your idea is, I can help you figure out how the coding would work.
Me:
It’s similar to Minesweeper, but instead of mines, it has letters.
ChatGPT:
That’s a fun idea! So you’re making a game with letters hidden in a grid. It seems like users would click to guess the hidden letters in each cell, trying to figure out what they are?
Could you explain in more detail how it should work? For example, I’m curious about how the letters would be arranged and what rules users would need to follow.
Me:
In Minesweeper, hitting a mine ends the game. But in this game, you have to find the letters.
ChatGPT:
Ah, now the idea is becoming clearer!
The basic structure of the game would be:
∙ Grid: Letters are hidden in a grid of a certain size.
∙ Finding letters: Multiple letters would be mixed together.
∙ Game rules:
∙ When a user clicks an empty cell in the grid, the hidden letter in that cell is revealed.
∙ Once a letter is guessed correctly, that cell can no longer be clicked, and the goal is to guess the letters in order.
∙ When all letters are guessed, the game ends and you win.
Is there any additional rule or unique feature you’d like in this game?
Me:
The letters form a word with adjacent letters, so if you guess one letter and click around it to deduce what the word might be, you can reduce trial and error.
ChatGPT:
Oh, that’s a really interesting idea! If the letters form a word together with adjacent letters, it adds a deduction element to the game, making it more challenging. Now the game isn’t just about guessing letters—adjacent letters connect to form words. This means players need to consider surrounding letters each time they guess, requiring a more strategic approach.
Checking for Similar Games
Me:Have you seen any games similar to this?
ChatGPT:
Yes, I’ve seen a few similar games. The most famous example is Wordle, a game where you guess a 5-letter word that’s given once per day. Players check the position and accuracy of letters with each attempt, deducing and guessing the word accordingly. However, Wordle is a bit different from the structure of adjacent letters, and players guess the letter sequence directly.
Also, a game called Boggle might be somewhat similar. Boggle is a game where you find words by connecting adjacent letters in a given grid. The way you connect adjacent letters to form words is similar. This game works by finding as many words as possible within a time limit, so it shares similarities in connecting letters to find words.
Additionally, puzzle games like Picross (or Nonogram) are similar in that deduction and discovery are important, and you have to piece things together using adjacent information.
Your idea seems to combine elements of these games, and it looks like it would be fun, providing the enjoyment of finding increasingly complex words through word deduction and letter position tracking.
This conversation led to the birth of my first game, Word Mining, which later evolved into the Worpuzz series.
🪄 Dev log originally written in Korean | Translated with Claude
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