How to Play Wordotron
🎮 The Basics
Goal: Navigate 9 interconnected boards, collect letters, and spell words to score points. Don't hit walls, trails, or dead players!
Desktop Controls: Arrow keys to move, SPACE to submit your word.
Mobile Controls: Touch & drag to move continuously (slither.io-style), double-tap to submit.
🗺️ The Boards
- 9 Boards: Each board is a 20×20 grid arranged in a 3×3 layout
- Portals: Glow at the edges with numbers (1-9) showing their destination - walk into them to teleport to another board
- Letters: Collect them to build words
- Your Trail: Shows where you've been - avoid crossing it!
💰 Enhanced Scoring System
Letter Values
| Points |
Letters |
| 10 pts |
Q, Z |
| 8 pts |
J, X |
| 5 pts |
K |
| 3 pts |
F, H, V, W, Y |
| 2 pts |
B, C, M, P |
| 1 pt |
A, D, E, G, I, L, N, O, R, S, T, U |
Multipliers
- Length Bonus: 3 letters = 1.0x, 4 letters = 1.2x, 5 letters = 1.5x, 6 letters = 2.0x, 7 letters = 2.5x, 8 letters = 3.0x, 9+ letters = 4.0x
- Speed Bonus: Submit words quickly for multipliers up to 1.5x (Lightning!)
Bonuses
- First Discovery: +25 points for being first to submit a word in this game
- Explorer Bonus: +50 (3+ boards), +100 (5+ boards), +250 (all 9 boards)
- Long Word: +30 (7+ letters), +75 (9+ letters)
💀 How to Die
- Hit a wall (grid edge)
- Cross any player's trail
- Run into a dead player
🔄 Respawn System (Multiplayer Only)
In multiplayer games, death isn't the end! When you die:
- 3-second countdown: You'll see "Respawning in X..." overlay
- Random respawn: After 3 seconds, you respawn at a random safe location on a random board
- Keep your score: All points earned remain - no death penalty!
- Fresh start: Your trail clears and word buffer resets
- Unlimited respawns: Die and respawn as many times as needed during the 5-minute match
Note: In solo games, death ends the game immediately (no respawn).
📱 Mobile Controls
On mobile devices, we use slither.io-style touch controls:
- Touch & Drag: Touch anywhere on the game area and drag to move continuously in that direction
- Hold to Move: Keep your finger down to continue moving - just like slither.io!
- Change Direction: While holding, drag in a different direction to turn
- Double-Tap to Submit: Quickly tap twice anywhere to submit your word
- D-Pad Alternative: Use the arrow buttons at the bottom if you prefer
- Submit Button: Large circular button at bottom-right
- Visual Feedback: Arrow indicator shows your current direction
- Haptic Feedback: Vibration on moves and actions (if your device supports it)
- First-Time Tutorial: A tutorial explains the controls when you first play on mobile
🏆 Winning
Game lasts 5 minutes. Highest score wins. In multiplayer, you can die and respawn, so focus on maximizing points with rare letters, long words, speed, and exploration!
💡 Pro Tips
- Explore: Visit all 9 boards for the +250 bonus
- Speed matters: Submit words quickly for multipliers
- Rare letters = big points: Q, Z, J, X are worth hunting
- Go long: 7+ letter words get both multipliers AND bonuses
- Portal strategy: Portals show destination numbers - learn the 3×3 grid layout for strategic routing!
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