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🇬🇷 Word Play - Greek Mod

Elevate your Word Play experience with this comprehensive Greek language expansion! This mod brings the rich vocabulary and unique balance of the Greek alphabet to Game Maker's Toolkit's word-puzzler.

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🚀 Quick Start

To play Word Play in Greek, follow these simple steps:

  1. Locate Save Folder: Navigate to your game's save location based on your OS:
    • 🪟 Windows: C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\LocalLow\Game Maker's Toolkit\Word Play
    • 🍎 macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Game Maker's Toolkit/Word Play
    • 🐧 Linux (Proton): ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/3586660/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/AppData/LocalLow/Game Maker's Toolkit/Word Play
  2. Install Files: Download and place customdictionary.txt and customletterbag.txt into the folder.
  3. Launch & Play: Open the game. Look for the ✨ "Custom Dictionary" tag in the bottom-left corner of the main menu.

📊 Greek Letter Bag (Scrabble Balanced)

The letter distribution and point values are meticulously balanced based on official Greek Scrabble rules to ensure a fair and strategic game.

Letter Points Count Name
Α 1 12 Άλφα
Ο 1 9 Όμικρον
Ε 1 8 Έψιλον
Ι 1 8 Ιώτα
Τ 1 8 Ταυ
Η 1 7 Ήτα
Σ 1 7 Σίγμα
Ν 1 6 Νι
Ρ 2 5 Ρο
Κ 2 4 Κάππα
Π 2 4 Πι
Υ 2 4 Ύψιλον
Λ 3 3 Λάμδα
Μ 3 3 Μι
Ω 3 3 Ωμέγα
Γ 4 2 Γάμμα
Δ 4 2 Δέλτα
Β 8 1 Βήτα
Φ 8 1 Φι
Χ 8 1 Χι
Ζ 10 1 Ζήτα
Θ 10 1 Θήτα
Ξ 10 1 Ξι
Ψ 10 1 Ψι
0 2 Μπαλαντέρ (Wildcard)

🛠️ Extensibility & Customization

This mod is designed to grow! If you want to add your own dictionaries or specialized word lists:

  1. Add your words: Drop any .txt file into the dicts/ folder.
  2. Process: Run the word processor to merge your new words.

Important

Python 3 is required to run the processing script on all platforms. Ensure it is installed and added to your PATH.

🪟 Windows

Double-click process_words.bat to run the processor automatically.

🍎 macOS

Open your terminal in the project folder and run:

sh process_words.sh

🐧 Linux

Open your terminal in the project folder and run:

sh process_words.sh

🐍 Advanced (Direct Python)

If you prefer running the script directly:

python process_words.py
  1. Merge: The script automatically cleans (removes accents, converts casing, normalizes Sigmas) and merges all lists into a single customdictionary.txt.

📜 Credits & Sources

Developed with ❤️ for the Word Play community.

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Greek language expansion for Word Play with balanced Greek letter distribution, custom dictionary generation, and extensibility.

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