Scrabble-like puzzler bound for Wii, DS and PC

[wraggster]

Although we don't condone the use of the number '8' in words to replace 'ate' (it's a tired phonetic trick), we are in favour of more puzzle action on DS, and that's exactly what publishers Alten8 have lined up.

The aim of Wordsnake is to "build words of 3-8 letters from the random selection on the tile rack, and reach a target score before the time runs out," as Alten8 explains.

"Each new word is placed on the board from an existing letter tile, forming snake like structures, which means the words must begin or end with the existing letter. Subsequent tiles will disappear after a set time, which means the player must form new words to keep the snake alive and invalid words will reduce the players score."

So, if we're getting this right, it sounds like an interesting adaptation of Scrabble. Well, check out the first screens below and you'll see what we mean.

Wordsnake is due later this year, with the DS and PC versions expected first, followed later by Wii.

Screens Here

[Buddy4point0]

sweet. i dont like scrabble, but im sure word lovers will love this

[Jayenkai]

Cheap gits..
1 game, wowie..

Fact : If you have a working word list/checker, You can include craploads of word games for practically 0% work.

Make good use of it, and give us a decent variety, instead of just doing one.

Save some money and grab one/two of the many Homebrew word games out there. My very own Stringy Things has multiple games included, and Word-Up (The enemy!! Booo! ) is incredibly well presented.

(Rant : And when did this site become a general game news site, instead of just Homebrew?)