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Must pop words is live! Well the moment is here, my brand new bonte game is launched. As announced it's a word themed game (since I made it for the MochiMedia word game competition). I hope you enjoy it! If you like it, please spread the link, share it, digg it, tweet it, but above all play it! Cheers! See you in the highscores? 
First!!!
ReplyDeleteSecond! ;)
ReplyDelete:D i love word games... lets give it a try...
ReplyDeleteoh no! it's not working for me :( does anyone else have this problem... i have windows vista, using internet explorer 8... had some probs with a couple of other sites not working too...
ReplyDeletewhat exactly is not working bunny?
ReplyDeleteMine works fine..
ReplyDeletemy score was 2293
well when i click the link it opens in a new tab in internet explorer, but there is just a black box where i assume the game should be loading... but nothing happens even if i wait a while.
ReplyDeletei think it might be my internet explorer settings or something to do with vista but i havnt figured it out yet :(
@bunny: can you reach www.mochiads.com?
ReplyDeleteVery nice :)
ReplyDeleteyeh i can... i dont think its to do with flash or anything, it might be to do with cookies... ??
ReplyDelete@bunny: I don't thinks so, can you play http://www.bartbonte.com/meandthekey ? or is it the same problem?
ReplyDeleteits the same problem..
ReplyDeletei have a new laptop with windows vista, i didnt have a problem before with my old laptop that had windows XP because i played 'me and the key' on there but still unsure of the cause of the problem...
oh scrap that! me and the key is working!
ReplyDelete@bunny: you might have an older flash player and might try installing the latest over here:
ReplyDeletehttp://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
Cheers!
i tried that and it didnt work... :( oh well... ill try and sort out the problem or else ill have to play on the old PC!
ReplyDeletethanks anyway...
It is so cute! Worth the wait,also. This woill be great for kids,too.Keep at it,Bart!Thanks.
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOSH its out! i like the idea of using the same character as in "me and the key," that was neat!
ReplyDeletewoot, I had number 1 high schore for a bit, 8k =). Onto to criticism, good game, but I feel it's been done before, and I don't think it accepts some words, I had a problem with words such as intimate and inmate.
ReplyDeletehad you typed the words once before? I noticed that it didnt let me do the same word twice
ReplyDeletewhich is good. worked my brain.
had you typed the words once before? I noticed that it didnt let me do the same word twice
ReplyDeletewhich is good. worked my brain.
yay!!! new game time!!! here goes nothing...
ReplyDeleteI love word games, so I like this. My only criticism would be that sometimes the bonus is unattainable because, for example, it asks you get to four three-letter words but you are far enough into the game that you have to use a minimum of four letters.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the game and all your work here!
nice game, bart!!! just to let you know, you can do plurals, and it let me repeat words. Out of curiosity, how is this game scored?
ReplyDeleteA really great game, although my mother tongue is not English. (Is there a Version in other language planed???)
ReplyDeleteWhat's kind of strange on this game is that some bonuses can not be cleared coz it's hard to write five two-letter words when the words must at least have e.g. three letters :-D
congratulations, bart! good game!!!
ReplyDeletei'm sure you will work out any bugs.
my first attempt got me #13 on the high scores... won't last long though with only 4711 points. :o)
nice touch how at the end of the game the words that were typed in the game scroll up.
i'll share it with friends and on facebook.
ps~ like that you brought the penguin into this game
I was on my way to a decent high score, then my laptop totally shut down and got really HOT! It seems ok now so I"ll try the game again as I really like it.
ReplyDeleteGreat game Bart!
ReplyDeleteYou should be proud.
@ bunny
ReplyDeletetry right click on the blank game screen, change allowed storage to
1 meg
Had similar problem with another game. This worked for me.
YAY got it working eventually... it was something to do with my internet security settings i think... :)
ReplyDeleteGreat game, but I wish there were some instructions... I had no idea that I could use 2 letter words at the beginning (most word games start with a minimum of 3, so I guess I just assumed) or that some words couldn't be used more than once. It was strange though, I definitely used a couple words more than once, but others I couldn't
ReplyDeleteVery fun! 3104. I lost when it said 4 letter words and up. For some reason it didn't accept and nation :x
ReplyDeleteSome clarifications:
ReplyDeleteThe word list was provided by dictionary.com, so if there's any words missing just report and I'll add them.
There are some plurals in the list, not for every word, so that's why the instructions say not to use plurals.
You can retype multiple times the same word, no problem.
Missions that are not possible should not be shown, that should be covered.
When you type a word that is not in the list, but a shorter word starting from the beginning is in the list, the shorter word gets accepted (I did this to not punish you for a plural that's not in the list for example).
When you type a longer word, but it's not possible to build this word with the letters on screen, nothing gets accepted. Everything you type should be possible to form with the words on screen.
Cheers and enjoy!
really cool game !
ReplyDeletei'm getting better!!! 7505!!
ReplyDeletecool. ;)
ReplyDeleteBart, this is yet another great game, also to test your knowledge of English words.
ReplyDeleteYAY!!! It's here!!!
ReplyDeleteI was on another site and then everyone got worried cos i just yelled YESSSSSS!!! It's here!
Yay Bart nice one! Glad to see our penguin friend is back, I think he needs a name! Hows about Penbart? lol,
ReplyDeleteNat Dawn B xx
Ah, after playing a few more times, I figured out what was happening with the words that weren't getting accepted more than once. Let's say I tried typing in "ties", but since plurals aren't accepted, the word "tie" was accepted instead. Then when the words have to be 4 letters or longer "ties" will no longer be accepted. Stupidity on my part, not an issue with the game, oops! It's really a challenge to not be able to use plurals, especially when you get to the 5 letters or more level...
ReplyDeleteBart,
ReplyDeleteit would be nice to have an option to chose language (as portuguese, for example) because I shared the game with some of my friends from Brazil and we think it would be easier for us if it was in portuguese, so that we can play head to head with people that speak english as their mother tongue.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!NEW GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ReplyDeleteYay, give us a version like for different languages e.g.
ReplyDeletefrench
german
spanish
italian
: )
i wish the same... but portuguese!!!! brasil!
ReplyDeletelots of brazilians visiting bontegames!
ReplyDeleteWill load, but it won't play for me.:-(
ReplyDeleteRunning XP, all other Bonte games are ok, and I have the latest Flash player.?????
Yes, PORTUGUESE, pleeease!
ReplyDeleteI've just spotted your clever little feature after finishing the game, all your personal words appear on screen behind the score! Very clever my dear Bart
ReplyDeleteNat Dawn B x
3315 fun!
ReplyDeleteThis is so very addictive. Thanks for the wonderful game!
ReplyDeletegood game - still had a problem where "type 5 2-letter words" but the minimum was 4 letters.
ReplyDeleteAlso - definitely need a pause feature!! DH needed me to fix his pants and I almost lost because of it (but I didn't!)
Not too challenging though, I played for like 45 min and still didn't lose so I had to quit for time....
Thanks for letting me know! There was indeed another bug in the game with the missions to do 5 2-letters words or 4 3-letterwords when 2 and 3 letter word were no longer allowed.
ReplyDeleteI have just uploaded a new version of the game with a correction for that bug! Cheers!
won't accept Vatican.
ReplyDeletedid accept Athens though.
Nice game, though I'm not really good at it. Man I wish I could type faster ...
:)
Isn't there any possibility to create a version where you can choose out of different common languages?
ReplyDeletealmighteens, you have my total suport!
ReplyDeletePORTUGUEEEEESE!!!
ReplyDeleteyes,it does need pause.also,wghy does the box get so hot?this is new so it scares me.anyone?
ReplyDeleteNice work! Love your games :-)
ReplyDeletegreat game, love the penguin, though I am less than wonderful at it. I'm not complaining, because I live in the States, but it would be good to have some other language versions, especially for all the Brazilian friends we have.
ReplyDeleteBart - the game would not accept "WAS" or "MAIM."
ReplyDeletecould u add 2 list?
thx.
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ReplyDelete"HAS" is shortened to "HA"
ReplyDeletePersonally, I'd prefer it not accept shortened versions of what I put in. A lot of times, if I misspell something, it'll take a very shortened version of my longer word and then I can't correct my mistake because the letters are gone.
I'm playing this game non-stop... thank you so much!
Great game!
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't accept "RAN" though ):
KEEP VOTING FOR BART'S CUP!!!
ReplyDeleteHE HAS 2037 VOTES
HIS ONLY COMPETITION IS GEERT ON PAGE 17,
THIS CUP HAS 1662 VOTES.
Well as I already told before the word list was provided by dictionary.com and there are no conjugations of verbs in the list, sorry ...
ReplyDeleteThe little print in the game instructions says no plurals and no conjugations, cheers!
I played this fine once this morning, great game. Now next to the loading bar there is a little padlock and it just won't load. Any ideas?
ReplyDeleteHi
ReplyDeleteI haven't seen any info about how the scoring works. Do you get more points for longer words? Do you get a bonus for clearing the screen? Are there scrabble-like points for more difficult letters? (Q, X, Z, J, etc.) It would be cool if those were implemented.
Great game, though. Thanks!
Also, there is some extreme frustration with it taking shorter words. Like "alm" when you type in "almost", or "free" instead of "freedom". This happens a lot but not always.
ReplyDelete@mike_g scoring a 1 letter word gets you one point, a 2 letter word 1+2 points, a 3 letter word 1+2+3 points etc. but the big scores are definitely the penguin missions so you'll have to find a balance between leaving enough balls for successful missions but not reaching the 50 balls, cheers!
ReplyDelete@mike_g both words "almost" and "freedom" are in the word list, so if a smaller word like alm or free is accepted it means not all the letters to build the longer word were present
ReplyDeleteI am a straight up addict of this game. Love it love it love it. I hope you win your competition.
ReplyDeleteIf possible, you should try to pull the word list from the scrabble dictionary site (no conjugations, plurals, or proper nouns, and most words that don't meet these distinctions)
ReplyDeleteIf you need help getting the data out of there, let me know and I will give it a shot.
would "federals" have been accepted? the 50th ball appeared as i was typing it. Plus, it was the "type an 8-letter word to clear the screen" mission... all the more agonizing!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh - i got up to 'all words must be 6 or more letters! impossible.
ReplyDeleteis the link broken? I keep getting "this web page is not available" message but am not having problems with other pages.
ReplyDeleteI've updated Flash and changed my storage settings and I'm still getting the blank black box that bunny reported. I have Firefox 3.5.2 and IE 6. Any suggestions?
ReplyDelete@Emily perhaps you can't reach the mochiads site, how about trying to play it on Kongregate:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.kongregate.com/games/bontegames/must-pop-words?referrer=bontegames
Cheers!
HELP!!!
ReplyDeleteFF 3.5, Windows XP.
Can't click on ENTER. Well, I can click, but there's nothing to indicate an active link to open the game. And yes, my Flash is up to date.
~carbro
You don't need to 'click' on ENTER, you need to press the ENTER key on your keyboard to start. Cheers!
ReplyDeletefor some reason this game only loads when it feels like it. I'm not sure why, but when I click on it, it begins to load and does the commercial/ad, & after that the screen stays black. No game. This only happens with Must Pop Words also. Anything to suggest? Or anyway this can be fixed? :o)
ReplyDeleteVery addicting game; thank you.
ReplyDeleteI was confused about why it would not accept the word "DID" but then saw the note about the dictionary not having conjunctions of verbs.
Lots of fun, I play it regularly.
Incredibly addictive. This game should come with a warning :)
ReplyDelete8014 and counting...
Very fun game, but can you PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make a toggle available to turn off the sound? I'd like to play and listen to music too!
ReplyDeleteThis game is awesome, I'm depressed that it hasn't been working for a few days. =/
ReplyDelete(And, of course, a portuguese version would make my year. )
I love the game but a lot of the accepted vs. unaccepted words don't make sense. It wouldn't accept "gazing," but it took "grazing" (while in the 4 letters and up category). Sometimes it will accept one ending in -ed (sprayed) or -er prettier but other times it won't (booked, nobler, merrier). There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. And other times there is a word clearly on the board and it won't take it (this has happened frequently with the simplest of words such as "book." It's a really great game though so I wish those glitches were fixed!
ReplyDeleteI tried noggin three times and all it accepted was a word I never knew : nog. Help!
ReplyDeleteI love this game. I get a little miffed when I can see the letters, type the word, but the computer doesn't recognize the word. I'm sure you don't have an extensive word list, so no worries. It's great fun!! Thank you!!
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