CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

 

• Background of the Project

 

Scrabble is an old classic board game, with game rules that are not very complicated. Compared to other classic board games, such as Chess, there are more factors to take into consideration when making a move in Scrabble. Apart from anagramming and generating words, there are other crucial decisions to make. A player would probably find several legal moves in one round, and then would have to decide which one to place. Choosing the move that generates the highest score is not always the ideal way to go. It could be that making such a move would create a situation in the next round where nothing could be done, or let the opponent score highly.

 

Making the choice of which move to use include many factors, and there are several different techniques and strategies one can follow to make the decision easier. Hitting the bonus squares can generate an extremely high score, hence one strategy is to try to always hit the bonus squares and prevent the opponent from doing the same. Another way of being successful is to prioritize using letters with high score, since they would not only generate a high total score to the player, but could also create difficult situations in the future if not used as soon as possible.

 

Scrabble game is a simple game played by four, three, two even one

 

person. Scrabble game is also played with tiles and encountered on a

 

special and well-designed board. The game can be played with a board

 

disserted with a cross-like path. In between any of the two arms of the

 

cross path is a center square calved out as a square box, which has a

 

symbol of star.

 

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At the down side of this board, there is a device called a Rack where the tiles are been placed before they are picked. This rack can be any colour depending on the developer or the user, titles and the rack can have the same colour. This rack is occupied by seven tiles at a starting and can be change or shuffle when the need arises. Each player has a starting point (middle) where he/she will place the tiles when picked. This spot is of different colour as the box (others) and is called the starting point. Other features of the board include smaller square boxes that make up the steps on the path which each tile steps on as it enters the path to produce a word. There are double and tripple word squares on the board. In the double word lines or square if two tiles that will generate a meaning are placed there, the player will score a high mark likewise the tripple word square. There are tiles, which are used to call for placement, which determine how the score is been ranked on the score device. Some makes use of the standard set number, while some make use of only seven (7) depending on the players.

 

When the game is being played, the objective of each player is to navigate his tile on the path to achieve a meaningful word. And any player whose tiles finished first wins the games or any player that scores the highest point wins the game i.e. top score or best player. But in other hand, the player whose tiles remain after number-of- players have finish, come last and become the worst looser. Each player must abide by the

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rules and regulation of the game that will be specified in subsequent

 

chapters.

 

 

 

 

• Statement of the Problem

 

Because scrabble game is played manually, young people do not have much interest in it. But making it computer based will make young people to enjoy it.

 

 

• Objective of the Project

 

The objective of this study is stated as following:

 

To make scrabble game join the most other games in computer “world”

 

To handle cheating in scrabble game and to standardize the game.

 

To simulate scrabble game using computer.

 

 

 

 

• Project justification

 

This project is justified because making scrabble computer based enhances learning.

 

 

• Scope of the Project

 

The scope of this project is to design a computer based scrabble game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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1.6 Project Report Organization

 

This    project   is     organized    into    six    chapters.    Chapter    one     is    the

 

Introduction, chapter two is the Literature Review, chapter three is the

 

Methodology and System Analysis, chapter four is the System Design,

 

chapter five is the System Implementation and Testing and chapter six is

 

the Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation.

 

1.7 Definition of terms

 

Anchor square: Vacant board square adjacent to a placed tile.

 

Bag: Tiles that have not been drawn by players.

 

BOR: Balance on rack player.

 

BS: Bonus square player.

 

Cross check set: Set of possible letters on an anchor square with regard to adjacent word going vertical from named square.

 

DAWG: Directed acyclic word graph.

 

HSW: High score word player.

 

Vowel ratio: Ratio describing how many of the total number of tiles are

 

vowels.

 

Game: game is any activity which is executed only for pleasure and without conscious purpose

 

Programming: The act of instructing a computer to do your bidding

 

Center star Square: This is a start square n the board that doubles the

 

word.

 

Database:      Organized store computerized data.

 

Entertainments: This is a condition that is considered favourable

 

Exchange: The act of taken and replacing.

 

 

 

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Hints: Piece of practical formation.

 

Human: This is a type of game choose in scrabble

 

I spy: This is a game played by order children.

 

Kits: Instruments used in playing scrabble game.

 

Play Now Button: A command button that make the game to start.

 

Premium Square: This is a start up square, which double the words.

 

Quit Button: A button used to terminate the operation of the game.

 

Rack:    A device that holds the tiles in a scrabble game.

 

Score: To win or obtain a point in a competitive activity.

 

Scrabble Game: A game played on a board covered in square in which player wins point by combining letter.

 

Scrabble Dictionary:      A device in the scrabble game where words are

 

listed

 

Shuffle: Often to give an appearance of activity when nothing useful is being done.

 

Solitaire:       One persons game e.g. word game.

 

Submit: This makes the letter to be permanent on the board and also score the player.

 

Tiles:        A piece of plastic used in playing game.

 

Triple word score:              This triples the number of word on it.

 

Triple letter score:              This triples the number of letter placed on it.

 

 

 

 

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CHAPTER TWO

 

LITERATURE REVIEW

 

In 1938, American architect Alfred Mosher Butts created the game as a variation on an earlier word game he invented called Lexiko. The new game, which he called “Criss-Crosswords,” added the 15×15 gameboard and the crossword-style game play. He manufactured a few sets himself, but was not successful in selling the game to any major game manufacturers of the day.