Homebrew Homebrew game [Release] Wordle DS - A clone of Wordle for the DS(i)

[Pk11]

Version 1.3.3 - Animated icon​

What's new​

• An animated icon has been added, thanks to @lifehackerhansol for the Python script used for TWiLight Menu++
  • Update to the latest TWiLight Menu++ (v24.5.0 or newer) for the icon to display correctly, it also doesn't display correctly on the 3DS HOME Menu but it does on the DSi Menu (on 3DS HOME Menu and old TWiLight it's always green)
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• A refresh button will now be shown if the day changes while playing to allow you to switch to the new day without exiting
• Wordle DS can now be played if the FAT init fails, it just can't save stats

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle DS 297 5/6

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Edit: Hotfixed the release to fix the keyboard showing up on top of the how to play on first load and to allow playing if the FAT init fails.

 

[Pk11]

Version 1.4.0 - Background music​

What's new​

• Adds background music
  • An original composition for Wordle DS by @RocketRobz
  • Alternatively, you can supply a custom song as WordleDS.msl in the same folder as WordleDS.json
    • Custom songs must be module files, ex. from The Mod Archive, and be converted as described in the README
  • Music can also be disabled from settings

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle DS 303 3/6

 

[RocketRobz]

What's new​

• Adds background music
  • An original composition for Wordle DS by @RocketRobz

Here's the music in question:

 

[ZiggityZeke]

NGL, I’ve been thinking about this one myself. I’ve been meaning to screw around with devkitpro myself, and this seems like a good chance to do so. I can definitely get a working dark mode only version in a day or two, but I’m less confident about a toggleable version. I’ll post a link to a github repo once I have something.

Thank you that sounds awesome!!

 

[DanTheManMS]

Wow, I really like this new release. I went ahead and updated all my DevKitPro stuff for the GBA and DS, and used mmutil.exe to convert a few of my favorite MOD files, as per the instructions in the README. They worked perfectly. I'm attaching my favorite, which is "Space Debris"



Keep up the awesome work!

 

[Pk11]

Version 2.0.0 - Mod support​

What's new​

• Wordle DS now supports loading simple user created mods!
  • See the modding wiki page for more information
  • Mods can be downloaded from Universal-Updater or a web page in the GitHub repo, as explained on the wiki page linked above
  • Currently there is only a "Wordle (ES)" (Spanish) mod made by me as an example, however I've made a mod sharing discussion so if anyone makes any please share them there or this thread and they can be added to the repo for easy downloading
• Statistics, settings, music, etc have been moved to sd:/_nds/WordleDS
  • When loading this version for the first time your old files should be imported automatically
  • The WordleDS.txt is now found at sd:/_nds/WordleDS/[mod folder]/share.txt (for the base game, [mod folder] will be Wordle DS)
• There is now a fade to/from white effect when opening/closing Wordle DS
• The board state will now be saved after each guess, allowing closing the app without progress loss

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle (ES) DS 109 4/6*

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Thanks to @NightScript for suggesting adding a simple way to make mods for Wordle DS, it should be much easier now for anyone who wants to customize it. If y'all make anything cool please share it as I'd be interested to see and happy to add it to the repo for more people to find it.

Please let me know if you notice any new bugs as while I've done my best to test everything and I didn't touch the core gameplay code much, I did rewrite like half of everything else so there's bound to be a something I missed. One thing I've noticed is that it sometimes takes a few seconds to save the stats, I've got no clue why though as all it's doing is writing a string to a file. If you get a bit of a freeze while stats are saving, don't worry it should fix itself in a couple seconds.

 

[Pk11]

Version 2.0.1 - Bug fixes​

Bug fixes​

• Fixes clearing your streak if reloading Wordle DS on the same day
• Fixes using high contrast yellow emoji in mods instead of the normal one

What's new?​

• For future proofing, mods can now specify a minimum version if needed, currently no real need to set it
• See v2.0.0 for more recent changes

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Numberle DS 313 5/6*

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As always... a few bugs that slipped through the cracks... If you lost your streak you can fix it by editing the stats.json. If it matched your max streak just set it to that, if not then you can maybe work it out by counting back in the guess counts until you see a 7, assuming you didn't miss any days. Just no cheating

I'd also like to mention, there's already a few more mods! Numberle DS where you guess a 5 digit number and Wordle (IT) DS, an Italian translation. Check them out from the mod list or from Universal-Updater (instructions on the wiki). And there's at least a couple more I've heard are in the works.

 

[Pk11]

Version 2.0.2 - Update word list (again)​

What's new?​

• Updates the word lists to match the NY Times' latest changes
  • 6 upcoming words have been moved to the end
  • All(?) previously removed words have been re-added to the valid guesses list (but not the correct answers list)
• (@SombrAbsol) Added a boxart image for TWiLight Menu++
• Rewrote the JSON code to use cJSON, saving approximately 400 KB file size

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle (ES) DS 123 4/6*

 

[Blugoo]

Good job and thanks for this; I use it every day
Best regards.

 

[Pk11]

Thanks to commit 09e2c1d to @Hydr8gon's NooDS emulator, Wordle DS now works correctly... Meaning Wordle DS is now probably the best way to play Wordle on the PS Vita lol

It unfortunately can't save stats since there's no SD emulation, or at least I don't think there is, and the sound is bad since it's not quite full speed, but if you turn off sound it's fairly good. It at least works unlike every web Wordle/clone I tried

Wordle DS 398 4/6

Spoiler: Wordle 398 spoilers

 

[Pk11]

Version 2.1.0 - Completion timer​

What's new?​

• Wordle DS now tracks how long it takes you finish
  • Your average completion time will be displayed in the statistics menu
  • It can also optionally be included in the share message thanks to...
• Added a new option to the settings menu for customizing the share message, allowing you to include your completion time and/or current streak

Bug fixes​

• Fixed a bug in the image reading that was slowing it down and making Wordle DS fail crash from GodMode9i and melonDS
• Fixed a bug where it was attempting to create its folders even when it had no SD card causing a crash in melonDS without DLDI/SD

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle DS 429 5/6 02:15

 

[Pk11]

Version 2.1.1 - Update guessable list​

What's new?​

• For the first time the NYT has decided to update the guessable words list
  • Note that this is completely separate from the correct answers list, the correct answers have not been altered
  • 1,881 more words have been made guessable for a total of 12,546 incorrect words and 14,855 total words
• Added an option for the share QR to open a web page instead of the raw text, as some QR readers do not handle newlines or such correctly

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle DS 453 4/6 01:27

 

[reidling]

This is great! I have noticed a small bug though. If you turn the music off, you can't turn it back on until you restart the game. The switch graphic updates in the menu, but it doesn't actually play.

 

[Pk11]

This is great! I have noticed a small bug though. If you turn the music off, you can't turn it back on until you restart the game. The switch graphic updates in the menu, but it doesn't actually play.

I honestly have no idea what's wrong with that, I haven't changed that at all and I checked the code and it all looks fine... Maxmod is a black box of magic that works 40% of the time and when it doesn't work you just have to live with it...

 

[reidling]

I honestly have no idea what's wrong with that, I haven't changed that at all and I checked the code and it all looks fine... Maxmod is a black box of magic that works 40% of the time and when it doesn't work you just have to live with it...

Don’t worry, it’s nothing game breaking and I either play with it on the whole time or off the whole time

 

[Pk11]

Version 2.2.0 - Infinite mode and word list update​

What's new?​

• (@ItsSiem and me) Added infinite mode
  • Randomly picks words instead of daily
  • Stats are stored separately from daily mode
  • Streak only breaks on fail/skip, not missing a day
• The Times has hired an editor so now words are no longer completely random
  • Currently words until Christmas Eve are public, so expect an update by Christmas
• The timer now pauses when sleeping and works on non-no$gba emulators
• There is now a fade effect between all menus to hide any glitchy texture changes

Bug Fixes​

• Fixed a regression where it failed to load before Wordle 0
  • Note: Negative Wordles are not guaranteed to stay the same between versions, especially with the now more frequent word list updates

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle DS CHIEF 4/6 01:13

(This is from infinite mode, hence why it has the word instead of a number – it's not a spoiler if no one else is going to get the same word )

 

[Pk11]

Version 2.2.1 - Word list update​

What's new?​

• The word list has been updated to include through 2023-02-04, today is the last correct day in the old version so update before tomorrow!

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle DS 553 3/6 01:01

Edit: 2023, not 2022 lol

 

[Pk11]

Version 2.2.2 - Bug fixes and word list update​

What's new?​

• The word list has been updated to include through February 19th, 2023 (previously February 4th)

Bug fixes​

• Fixes restoring the board state with non-ASCII Unicode characters
• Fixes the mod minimum version checks not working correctly

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle DS 579 4/6 01:27

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This release brought to you by Bacer's Wordle DS (RU), a Russian translation, which exposed a few bugs with Unicode and modding.

 

[Pk11]

Version 2.2.3 - Bug fixes and word list update​

What's new?​

• The word list has been updated to include through February 25th, 2023 (previously February 19th)

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle DS 609 4/6 15:45

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Sorry about the delayeed posting here, was kinda busy yesterday and forgot about it. Be sure to update today as the word list will mismatch tomorrow, I woulda released sooner except the NY Times still only has 5 new days in the API and I as hoping they'd add more... If this is going to continue I might have to do something more automatic...

 

[Pk11]

Version 3.0.0 - Online word updates​

What's new?​

• The word order is now synchronized from the internet to remove the need to update the whole game frequently
  • Unfortunately this requires a WEP router in-app, however 3DS users can use Universal-Updater (it'll automatically download the latest list on update and there's a manual entry for it too) and I also made a little Python script which you can just put in "sd:/_nds/WordleDS/Wordle DS" and run on PC, can always just manually download it too
• Attempting to enable hard mode while playing now has a popup explaining why you can't

As usual, download on GitHub or Universal-DB

Wordle DS 621 0/6 02:22

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Wow I just noticed that the 1st birthday of Wordle DS was back on February 13th (or 15th here), when I started this it was supposed to be a little one off thing that I just had a little fun making, released, and never worked on again. And here I am making v3.0.0 a year later. It's not really thaaat major of a change all things considered, but with it being such a major change to the usage of the app I figured I'd give it the v3. Also, Wordle DS has an official webpage now ;P