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Classic Crossword (AI opponent)​

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The WASM demo above mirrors the classic 15×15 experience: commit moves with drag-and-drop, let the CPU respond, and use Undo/Redo to scrub the event log.

  • Unity scene: bindings/unity/Samples~/BoardDemo (toggle “Hex Geometry”, use the Difficulty switch, and fire the new CPU Move button).
    • Build the native plugin with make unity-libs, then open the sample scene and hit Play; the script exposes the same drag-and-drop flow showcased here.
  • Godot project: bindings/godot/examples (scene scenes/Main.tscn). The top bar toggles free-word mode, stacking, hex adjacency, and now exposes Difficulty/ CPU Move buttons mirroring the WASM demo logic.

Hex Board Variant (web)​

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Hex adjacency uses graph-based move generation. Try placing letters around the origin and notice that perpendicular checks follow the six-direction neighbourhood.

Upwords-style Stacking (web)​

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Enable stacking to layer tiles on existing words. The demo defaults to SumStack scoring so previously covered letters still contribute—toggle back to TopOnly to emulate Upwords.

Emoji Crossword (web)​

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Free-word mode is active and the rack starts with a blank (✨). Drop pieces to paint emoji words without worrying about dictionary enforcement. On the CLI side, run python examples/python/emoji_freeplay.py to seed the same rack, commit a colourful horizontal, and dump the resulting board snapshot.

3D Board (Godot)​

The Godot sample now ships with an overlay that lets you scrub through vertical slices and trigger a pre-baked 3D move. Open bindings/godot/examples, move the Layer slider to fade between stacks, and hit Play sample vertical word to watch a column placed across layers. (3D move validation still flows through CrosswordRules::validate, so Unity/Python bindings can drive the exact same configuration.)

Solver Tool (web + Python)​

Use '?' for blanks. Results assume an empty board with classic bonuses.
Enter a rack and click Solve to view candidate plays.
Python equivalent: run python examples/python/top_moves.py and edit the rack_lettersvariable to mirror the rack above.

Pair the UI above with the Python helper for automation:

python examples/python/top_moves.py --rack AEIRST?

The CLI prints parity results with the WASM tool, proving that solver logic stays consistent across bindings.

  • Web demos (Playground & Classic): docs/src/components/
  • Unity wrapper & samples: bindings/unity/
  • Godot addon & project: bindings/godot/
  • Python examples: examples/python/

Use these as starting points for your own variants—each demo relies exclusively on the public bindings.