Deepleap word game - Time Waster
Following people on Twitter that are at interesting conferences that I'm not at can often be frustrating, but sometimes it leads to a wonderful find. Recently Gina Trapani retweeted a somewhat cryptic tweet that made reference to javascript games, and offered deepleap.org as an example. Since the tweet in question also contained the phrase "getting mind blown", I couldn't resist heading over to deepleap.org to see what was there.
As it turns out, Deepleap turns out to be an incredibly fast-paced and addicting Scrabble-influenced word game. Knowing that it was created entirely using javascript makes it all the more amazing from a geeky perspective, but really, it's just a fun game to play.
The concept of Deepleap is simple; you are given letters on tiles at rapid regular intervals, and as your screen fills with them you must make words out of the letters you have available. Each word scores you points if it is a real word, but entering wrong words results in points being docked from your score.
The rapid-fire nature of the game is engrossing, but fortunately also makes playing in short bursts possible. This works perfectly if you're looking for a little coffee break pick-me-up that will get your brain juices flowing.
