AccordingtotheintroductionofChristopherCinq-MarsJarvis,SynonymyLiteisaWordgameontheAndroidplatform.Thereiscurrentlya4.0versionreleasedonAug21,2016,youcanseethedetailsbelow.
Howcanyougofromawordlike‘morbid’toawordlike‘ecstatic’?Orfrom‘fastidious’to‘vigil’?Synonymyisagameoffindingthepathsbetweenrandomwordsthroughtheirnetworkofsynonyms.Bytakingthesynonymofaword,andthenasynonymofthatsynonym,andsoon,youcanultimatelyarriveatanyotherwordintheEnglishlanguage.(morelanguagesforthcoming!)
Website:www.synonymy-game.com
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Aliteversionofthegamewithadsandrestrictionsonmultiplayeranddifficultysettings.TheFullGamesupportsunrestrictedmultiplayer,andweeklychallengesinwhichuserscancompetegloballyonsetstartandendwords.Everytimeapathisuncoveredbyauser,itistweetedfrom@synonymygameandpostedtoourFacebookpage.
SynonymyisthefirstgamebyfilmmakerChristopherCinq-MarsJarvisandisnarratedbyworld-renownedauthorandbiologist,RichardDawkins.
Allprofitsgotovariouscharitable,education-basedfoundations.
**WorksbestusingiPhone5/iPad2orlaterandiOS8.RequiresiOS7orlater.Thegameseemstoworkonolderdevicesbutperformancemightsuffer.Pleaseaddressanyconcernstowww.synonymy-game.com/#contact
Avisualizationofthegame'snetworkcanbeseenhere--http://www.gigapan.com/gigapans/159329--Inordertocomputerelativedistance,allsynonymsweremappedusing3dgraphingsoftware,asifeachwordwereaplanetthathadagravitationalpullproportionaltoitsnumberofrelationshipstoothernodes.Aboveisa2Drepresentationofthatmodel,a40,000x40,000image.