Eric Sink

Microsoft MVP, Developer Technologies. .NET. SourceGear. Zumero. Teamprise. Spyglass. AbiWord. @[email protected]

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@jaketapper Shamelessly asking a famous CNN anchor to try our daily word puzzle:

https://t.co/n6NhpArW77

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

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[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

Have you tried our free daily word puzzle yet? 😀

https://t.co/n6NhpArW77

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@ianlandsman Bummer. A similar thing happened to me years ago, I had to cancel a conference speaking session because my gall bladder threw a tantrum at exactly the wrong time. Best wishes, and be well.

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

I am shocked and distressed to share that I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP for the 5th year.

I mean, what were these people thinking? In terms of MVP stuff, I was SUCH a slacker this year.

I guess now I need to turn over a new leaf.

😉

( Er, thanks #MVPBuzz )

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@jonbho Word Zero is currently an iOS app only.

The other two are Word Max and Word Box, currently web apps.

Lots left to do. :-)

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

New word game!

https://t.co/1jE5NIAU8A

In the tradition of Wordle, one puzzle each day that can be played in a few minutes.

Starting from a box of letters, use the clues and swap pairs of letters until every row and column forms a valid word.

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@jonbho Ha. Winnable Solitaire. That's a blast from the past.

That was never a terribly serious endeavor. With the current effort we are hoping to build something sustainable. We have 3 games now.

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@jonbho By allowing more obscure words like are seen in Scrabble play or crossword puzzles, the number of possible puzzles gets much larger, into the 10s or 100s of thousands.

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@jonbho When constrained to very common English words, yes, the solution space is quite constrained. Around 2,600 possible puzzles for the 6x4 size.

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@jonbho And thanks!

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@DamianEdwards Ditto. I didn’t see that coming.

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

Me: Crossword board game apps have too much pointless fluff. I'll create "Word Zero".

Also me: I wish I could find an excuse to put a physics engine into a word game app.

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@csharpfritz But what is the right number of water-skiing squirrels in life? I understand the benefits of going from zero to one, but after that, there’s no obvious place to level off.

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

Want to try the new game we've been working on?

'Word Max is a daily crossword board game played in the "duplicate" style.'

It should work in (most?) any web browser. This is the first public preview. Feedback welcome.

https://t.co/4WgNLMaQ8d

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@SamErde @awakecoding I came here to say the same thing. Project Hail Mary. So good.

[Fedor @[email protected] @fedor_games]

Big shout-out to @sourcegear/@eric_sink , joining macroquad as the Platinum Sponsor and making this all possible.

I am back to fulltime-ish work on *quads!

[Eric Sink @eric_sink]

@BethMooreLPM I assume now it’s your worst scrunchie.