Comments on: Is it time for pay-to-play? http://www.thelittlegamer.com/2006/07/31/is-it-time-for-pay-to-play/ the occasional casual games blog from the CEO of 3RD sense Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:47:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: TMJ Productions, Inc. http://www.thelittlegamer.com/2006/07/31/is-it-time-for-pay-to-play/#comment-12454 TMJ Productions, Inc. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 07:10:45 +0000 http://www.thelittlegamer.com/2006/07/31/is-it-time-for-pay-to-play/#comment-12454 Although your post is a little over a year old, it was just what the doctor ordered. I don't know if my online pay-to-play game will be the one that breaks the barrier down for the casual gamer but I'm willing to give it a try. Check out the online version of a brand new word game from <strong>T</strong>echnical <strong>M</strong>achine <strong>J</strong>argon <strong>Productions, Inc.</strong> called <em>Five Letter Draw</em>. The game is located at <a href="http://fiveletterdraw.com" rel="nofollow">fiveletterdraw.com</a> and is a new pay-to-play online game which can be played alone or against up to five other people. <em>Five Letter Draw</em> (5LD for short) started out as a shareware game in 2001 and achieved over 600 downloads. It then found life sporadically in sales as a PC game on CD-ROM in some stores throughout the 2000s. Now comes the online version. It's a twist on word search puzzles in that it is a word game with card game aesthetics and, unlike the normal word search puzzle in newspapers and puzzle books, does not give you a list of words to find and circle. In this version, you have to form five-letter words with adjacent letters. They don't have to be in a straight line, nor do they have to be in order. But they do have to be connected. Sounds easy but is more challenging than it sounds. The site shows a demo on the homepage to show how words would be formed. You can play a demo game for free, or you can register with a username and password for 1 week of full access for free. After that week is up, at any time you can renew for $5.00 for a full month unlimited. Charges are <strong>not</strong> recurring. Start a new game, join an existing game, chat/text message with others logged in - plus, the game has competitive scoring. Check it out - <a href="http://fiveletterdraw.com" rel="nofollow">http://fiveletterdraw.com</a> Although your post is a little over a year old, it was just what the doctor ordered.

I don’t know if my online pay-to-play game will be the one that breaks the barrier down for the casual gamer but I’m willing to give it a try.

Check out the online version of a brand new word game from Technical Machine Jargon Productions, Inc. called Five Letter Draw. The game is located at fiveletterdraw.com and is a new pay-to-play online game which can be played alone or against up to five other people.

Five Letter Draw (5LD for short) started out as a shareware game in 2001 and achieved over 600 downloads. It then found life sporadically in sales as a PC game on CD-ROM in some stores throughout the 2000s. Now comes the online version.

It’s a twist on word search puzzles in that it is a word game with card game aesthetics and, unlike the normal word search puzzle in newspapers and puzzle books, does not give you a list of words to find and circle.

In this version, you have to form five-letter words with adjacent letters. They don’t have to be in a straight line, nor do they have to be in order. But they do have to be connected. Sounds easy but is more challenging than it sounds.

The site shows a demo on the homepage to show how words would be formed. You can play a demo game for free, or you can register with a username and password for 1 week of full access for free. After that week is up, at any time you can renew for $5.00 for a full month unlimited. Charges are not recurring.

Start a new game, join an existing game, chat/text message with others logged in - plus, the game has competitive scoring. Check it out - http://fiveletterdraw.com

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