Get The Pic? Sure!

Guess phrases using web resources...

Background

The game was developed in 3 days, as a nomination for the Yahoo BOSS contest presented on Yahoo's conference held in Israel on October 31st.

Here's the flow in short

• Select 3 letters
• A random phrase containing these letters is selected
• See some pictures describing the phrase, and try guessing what it is
• You can either try guessing letters, or gamble on more by guessing the entire phrase/
• If you see you can't get it - buy a hint. A hint is a sentence containing the phrase.
• If you misspell the phrase - you will be forgiven and get your points

How it works

• Phrases repository: Phrases are taken from an open-source words list
• Picture fetching:Using Yahoo BOSS image search engine.
• Hints:Hints use the Yahoo BOSS news search.
• Spelling:Using Yahoo BOSS spelling correction

Credits

All me. Concept, design and both client and server development.

Enjoy.



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