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• ToC

Summary

• The purpose of our Android app will be able to let users play the daily crossword puzzle of the
• day as well as previous ones.

Intended users and user stories

• Intended user 1: A person who likes to do crosswords in their free time instead of playing games
• on their phone as well as being competitive so they can see how they match up against others.
• User story intended user: As a crossword enthusiast, I want to generate and solve new puzzles
• daily so that I can challenge myself and climb the leaderboard.

Functionality

• The user will be able to click a button that will load the daily crossword puzzle.
• The user will log in with their email through a third party authentification service.
• The user will be able to play past daily puzzles that they choose up to an extent.
• There is an auto check that will happen with each letter implemented so after each letter the
• puzzle will be sent back to the cloud and it will send back a check to see if there is a match.
• A change of background color for correct or incorrect letters/words.
• The user can resume their recent game state if the game was not completed before leaving to menu.
• To initialize the game for the user it will load an initial game state that consists of the puzzle
• structure(puzzle id) and the clues in a grid map to the side of the game in a column format.
• The clues will be invisible to the user until they click on the corresponding grid in the puzzle.
• and then only that clue will become visible to the user to counteract cheating.
• A user can not have more than daily puzzle of the day game open at one time.
• There will be a check feature that the user can use to see if the corresponding letters in their
• puzzle are matched anywhere.

Persistent data

Puzzle

• Puzzle id
• Grid layout
• Clue list(across, down)
• Word List
• DateTime updated and created

User

• User ID
• profile settings
• progress data (ID’s and timestamps of completion)

Dictionary

• Active game words
• clues for active game words

Device/external services

• google authentication provider
• crossword puzzle generator
• pattern matcher
• dictionary word api

Stretch goals and possible enhancements

• Create animations for when the user gets a word in the crossword correct or finishes the game.
• Leaderboard implementation.
• Once the user completes a crossword, if done in the top 5 least amount of time have their
• username displayed in the leaderboard.
• There is a score that is based on the end time subtracted by the initial time.
• If user inputs a correct or incorrect word there will be an audio queue that activates when they
• do a check.
• Add an animation for a correct inputted answer and/or when the user finishes the game.
• Have user be able to delete their username from the leaderboard if they wanted to.
• Add multiple different themes so it gives variety to our crossword outside of just one theme.
• Add a point system to the crossword puzzle (maybe penalize or increase depending on input tries).
• Have a user choose the size of crossword generated from a few different choices for each theme.