~ W.I.P ~ HexaLex - A Word Guessing Game on HIVE - Under Construction

EDIT:

The game was released and I even rebranded it right away. Everything looked good at first. But then I discovered something important. Even though our custom json feature on the Hive blockchain is very cool and very easy to use, it also has one weakness. If you fully trust every piece of data that is written to the blockchain, you can run into problems.

Custom json is great for sending small pieces of information, but it cannot guarantee that the data is correct or valid. Anyone can try to send manipulated results or fake game outcomes if they really want to. Because of this, it has become clear to me that the game needs a proper backend. A backend can take the information from the blockchain, check if the data is valid, compare it with the expected logic, and then confirm if the game result is correct.

In my mind I hoped that I could avoid this step. My first idea was to make the game work without any backend at all. I wanted something simple, something that runs only in the browser and writes to the blockchain. But I see now that this idea was a bit naive. It was a nice thought, but not realistic if I want the game to be fair and secure.

So in the next days I will start building a proper backend. The backend will validate the game results and compare everything with the blockchain information. This will make the whole system more stable and more fair for everyone. At the same time I also expanded the word list from around 580 words to more than 2300 words, so the game has more variety every day.

And to be clear, I do not blame the user Mengao for anything. In fact, I am thankful. His actions helped me see the weak point more clearly and pushed me to choose a better path for the future of the game.

There is still work to do, but that is part of the fun. I will keep improving it step by step until everything works the way it should.

Work in Progress