Cheating at Countdown | Game Dev's Revenge

I’m tired of being bad at Countdown’s letters game. I need to write some code and become the best countdown player, even if it means wearing a computer on my person! I want that teapot! I hope you enjoy this episode of Game Dev’s Revenge, where we dive deep into storing and looking up strings. Support the channel on Patreon to get extra content, and access to the source code of all projects! https://www.patreon.com/UselessGameDev More reading/watching on this subject: - A history of Countdown http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Countdown - The Trie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trie Music: - “Neon Laser Horizon” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ - “Wholesome” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ - “Nighttime Metropolis” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ - “Cool Vibes” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ - “Aerosol of my Love” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Other Credits: - 3D Images of the Countdown set by jaywalks https://onwardigo.wordpress.com/2022/10/13/hi-res-countdown/ - Big Fat Word List https://github.com/dwyl/english-words Follow me on Twitter, not that I tweet that often: https://twitter.com/UselessGameDev Kappa Avatar art by Boskoop https://www.artstation.com/boskoop And as always, have a good one! #Countdown #GameDev #IndieDev #Trie #Devlog