Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the longest word to win

Re:Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the lon... by SamBam on Sunday August 09, 2026 @05:20PM (#49236034)

Nice!

Needs a chat space to say "gg" at the end. It could even be just a button that does just that, if you're worried about unmoderated chat. Competitive games feel unfinished without it!

I was in second place for the first three rounds and then swept to the front on the last round.

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Re:Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the lon... by johnchinjew on Sunday August 09, 2026 @05:32PM (#49236196)

Adding chat is a good idea, thanks for the input. Thanks for checking it out!

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Re:Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the lon... by doublerabbit on Sunday August 09, 2026 @06:09PM (#49236638)

As well recommend but make it limited chat.

A way to salute and say well done does make the experience more fun.

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Re:Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the lon... by pavel_lishin on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @01:28PM (#49275902)

Perhaps in the spirit of the game, you can only use a small subset of letters to send messages? :P

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Re:Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the lon... by SamBam on Friday August 14, 2026 @02:57PM (#49303110)

Nice emoji buttons! I think that works well.

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Re:Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the lon... by johnchinjew on Saturday August 15, 2026 @04:56AM (#49308954)

Thanks! Thinking of adding a "double tap to like" feature next to allow players to give kudos for clever words.

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Re:Show HN: Alphabet Soup, a multiplayer game, build the lon... by brikym on Sunday August 09, 2026 @08:47PM (#49237955)

OP will probably want to replay events to make it seem real time when there aren't enough people to pair with. So a real time chat might not work.

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