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.
About
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
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System requirements
Minimum OS *: Windows 7+ Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbook class devices Storage: 200 MB available space Additional Notes: Adobe AIR required: Recommended OS *: Windows 7+ Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: 2.33GHz or faster x86-compatible processor, or Intel Atom™ 1.6GHz or faster processor for netbook class devices Storage: 500 MB available space Additional Notes: Adobe AIR required:
Minimum OS: 10.6+ Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor Memory: 512 MB RAM Storage: 300 MB available space Recommended OS: 10.8+ Processor: Intel® Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 500 MB available space
Minimum OS: Ubuntu 14.04+, Debian 8+, openSUSE 13.3+, or Fedora Linux 24+ Processor: Intel Pentium 4 processor or better Memory: 512 MB RAM Storage: 300 MB available space Recommended OS: Ubuntu 14.04+, Debian 8+, openSUSE 13.3+, or Fedora Linux 24+ Processor: Intel Pentium 4 processor or better Memory: 2 GB RAM Storage: 500 MB available space