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Scrabble Dictionary Files:

• http://ejohn.org/files/dict/ospd3.txt
• http://ejohn.org/files/dict/ospd4.txt
• http://ejohn.org/files/dict/owl.txt
• http://ejohn.org/files/dict/owl2.txt
• See also: http://mike.pietdepsi.com/scrabble/lexicons/

OpenOffice Dictionaries:

• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/contrib/dictionaries/
• English: http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/openoffice/contrib/dictionaries/en_US.zip
• Post-process: dict/ooo/

Wiktionary:

• http://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiktionary/latest/enwiktionary-latest-pages-articles.xml.bz2
• Post-process: dict/wiki/

TODO:

• Write an automated, server-side, test suite for game.js
• Write a QUnit-based test suite for ui.js
• Automate dumping static stuff to CloudFront
• Use SendGrid or Amazon Email for sending notifications
• Store played games in a MySQL DB
• Add a way for users to create an account (name / username - send them password)

App Structure:

• Solo
  • Random Game / Replay Game
    • You can challenge a friend from here
    • Play a random game, dropping 75 tiles, go for medals
    • Some way to enter in game numbers and/or replay old games
  • Endurance
    • Tiles never stop coming, going for an overall point score (maybe tile count as well?)
  • Levels
    • Pre-compute scores via bot and figure out what scores are best
      • Possibly arrange levels by how "difficult" they are (what the high score is? or if there are any dropped letters?)
    • Put scores on a scale and award medals/trophies (bronze/silver/gold/diamond)
• vs
  • Points
    • Playing the traditional 75 point game for high score
    • See the person/computer's board that your playing
  • Speed
    • Same as points but trying to complete it faster
  • Battle
    • Spelling a word removes the last letter for the other player
    • Makes it harder and harder to spell words
    • Not sure when the game should end (fixed amount of time? person can't spell a word?)
  • vs Friend
    • Connection done through NodeJS, requires net and persistence
  • vs Computer (Possibly require web workers?)
    • Easy, Medium, Hard, Expert
    • Possibly scale computation time based upon the level of difficulty
• Rumble
  • Everyone connects to a central server
  • Everyone plays the same game simultaneously
  • Possibly have some bots playing as well to keep things interesting
  • Game is reset every couple minutes or so
  • Possibly allow people to "observe"?

Possible Designers:

• http://www.lostgarden.com/2011/03/list-of-game-artists.html
  • http://blackmoondev.com/
  • http://www.bryneshrimp.com/
  • http://www.devilsgarage.com/
  • http://ryansumo.carbonmade.com/
  • http://www.israelcevans.com/
  • http://www.gabrielverdon.com/games/

Misc:

• Find name: http://startupgods.com/
• Testing: http://feedbackarmy.com/
• Better Font: http://www.google.com/webfonts
• Drop shadows: http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-drop-shadows-without-images/
• Wood textures: http://tileabl.es/packs/pack-5-wood
• Up and Running with Node.js: http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449398583/index.html
• Mozilla Web Apps: https://apps.mozillalabs.com/
• Background texture: http://rappdaniel.com/other/noisy-sample/