![]() ![]() On Jerry’s behalf, I bragged to SpellTower creator Zach Gage via Twitter. How I Scored A Million Points In SpellTower Some of it may seem obvious, and some of it you may not have considered, but here it is in full, explained in his own words in this blog’s very first Guest Post: So I asked Jerry if he would share his strategy. The key to getting a high score is patience. Don’t play too fast, and don’t feel that you have to enter a word just because you found it. There is no problem in letting several turns go by without making any words at all - that just gives you a bigger collection of letters and more choices.Īpproaching one million pointsThe main strategic principle is to avoid developing towers on the sides of the board. Instead, try to cultivate a shape in which the board is even, or better yet, shaped like an upside down U where the middle columns are higher than the sides. The reason for this is simple: the side rows are the hardest to clear because there are fewer possible words to make when you can connect to letters on just one side. ![]() So always look first for words that use letters in the extreme side columns. If you can’t find any, just add another row until you can. Always enter the letters one by one until the board displays exactly which letters will be removed. Then examine the effect it will have on your shape before you hit the last letter a second time to enter the word. ![]() The next principle is to make long words rather than short ones. The obvious advantage is that you clear more letters, since five (or more) letter words clear all adjoining squares. You also avoid selectively removing the letters with no nasty little 6’s in the corners, creating a board in which most of the remaining letters do have these nasty 6’s. Yet another advantage is that you save the short, common words for an emergency. If you quickly use up many of the three letter words, you won’t have those words left to help you when they are the only way to save you from death. So again, if you can’t find a long word, it is usually better to add a row of letters than to make a 3 or 4 letter word. Save the short ones for emergencies and to help cut down pesky little towers or accumulations of black spaces before they get out of control. Even more important: save up the short J, X, Q, and Z words, because they are really helpful in a jam. There is one more special technique that is handy when you really need it. ![]() But if you already know your ABCs, and have played your fair share of word puzzle games, you'll get a K-I-C-K out of SpellTower+.Sometimes you just can’t find any word, and you are close to death. No, it's because this may prove to be too frustrating for kids, especially if they play "Rush" mode. And not just because you can spell the word "ass" if those letters come together. In fact, the only negative thing that can be said about this word puzzle game, and it's barely a thing, is that this is decidedly not for really little kids. So much so, in fact, that you might never felt the need to spend $4.99 to get the other five modes included in the paid version of the game. Regardless of which you play, though, this is a very entertaining and challenging word puzzle game. For example, if you have a "L" with a "5" on it, you can't spell "late" but you can spell "later" or "slate." The free version of this game also has three somewhat varied modes: "Puzzle," which is the basic game, " Tower," which adds a row of letters at the bottom when you find a word, and ends the game when the upper-most letter hits the top row, and "Rush," which also ends when the upper-most letter gets too high, but instead adds rows of letters over time. Sometimes, you may have to make words with a certain number of letters. You can also go diagonal, even if it means crossing streams. Except that when you find a word, it removes those letters, and sometimes others around it. Like the original SpellTower, SpellTower+ is like those puzzles where you have to find words on a page full of letters. While this word puzzle is safe for all ages, it's not the kind of thing that would appeal to young gamers.or old ones who are bad spellers. ![]()
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