Synonymy
Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis · 2015 · Word Game, Casual, Puzzle, Education, Singleplayer
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About Synonymy
Synonymy is a non-profit, educational word game narrated by Richard Dawkins where players are challenged to find a path between random words through their network of synonyms. By taking the synonym of a word, and then a synonym of that synonym, and so on, you can ultimately arrive at any other word in a language.
The game supports multiplayer, and weekly challenges in which users can compete globally on set start and end words. Every time a path is uncovered by a user, it is tweeted from @synonymygame and posted to our Facebook page. All profits go to educational charities.
A visualization of the game's network can be seen here -- http://tinyurl.com/med6g8b -- In order to compute relative distance, all synonyms were mapped using 3d graphing software, as if each word were a planet that had a gravitational pull proportional to its number of relationships to other nodes. Above is a 2D representation of that model, a 40,000 x 40,000 rendering.
Music by Daduk
The game supports multiplayer, and weekly challenges in which users can compete globally on set start and end words. Every time a path is uncovered by a user, it is tweeted from @synonymygame and posted to our Facebook page. All profits go to educational charities.
A visualization of the game's network can be seen here -- http://tinyurl.com/med6g8b -- In order to compute relative distance, all synonyms were mapped using 3d graphing software, as if each word were a planet that had a gravitational pull proportional to its number of relationships to other nodes. Above is a 2D representation of that model, a 40,000 x 40,000 rendering.
Music by Daduk
What Steam players say
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Synonymy, developed and published by Christopher Cinq-Mars Jarvis, is a highly unconventional word-based experience that sits somewhere between a puzzle game, an educational tool, and an abstract exploration of language itself. Rather than presenting vocabulary as something to memorize or recall, it transforms words into a network of interconnected meanings, inviting players to navigate that network in search of connections that are not always immediately obvious. It’s a concept-driven game in the purest sense, one that prioritizes intellectual engagement over traditional notions of fun or progression. The core mechanic is deceptively simple. Players are given a starting word and a target word, often with no clear relationship between the two. From there, the objective is to move step by step through a chain of synonyms, gradually bridging the gap between the two endpoints. What makes this compelling is how it reframes language as a space to explore rather than a system to solve. Each word becomes a node in a vast semantic web, and the challenge lies in understanding how meanings overlap, shift, and sometimes stretch in unexpected directions. The experience quickly moves beyond vo…2 found this helpful
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Reading a thesaurus is more helpful than this ♥♥♥♥.
good game
Cute little well-put-together educational game. Not going to win game of the year or anything, but definitely an interesting one worth playing for a while
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