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Very nice game! As some others have said the progression speed was too slow, I got to level 25 before I got to see any ships basically...

There was one thing that bothered me multiple times though, I couldn't distinguish between t and f fast enough on some occasions, I would suggest switching to a different font.

Also, a High-score list would make things complete.

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I decided for the Tungsten font over Helvetica/Arial because I felt it fits the game esthetically. I know that's a, from a user experience perspective, pretty stupid reason, but making this game look good was one of my priorities. Maybe I can shift a few pixel on the t/f to make it more clear.

I thought long about how to implement a highscore list, but with a JavaScript game there's really nothing stopping you from submitting fake scores. Even if I verify each word on the server side, a bot that plays the game would be trivial to implement. I have no idea how to make it at least a tiny bit "secure" :/

You could have one global list that essentially is a bot-competition (which I think is interesting in itself) and then allows users to create named lists, allowing friends to compete internally.

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