Building a Word Game with Graph Pathfinding

Founder and game designer Michael Douma discusses "In Other Words," a daily word puzzle that uses pathfinding through connected concepts instead of the typical spelling approaches. Players navigate from one word to another through semantic relationships, with millions of possible solutions that tap into how we naturally think about linked ideas. Graph practitioners and ontologists will love this: Real-world application of graph traversal and pathfinding that's fun! Demonstrates how semantic networks can create engaging user experiences beyond traditional data applications Explores how people naturally navigate multidimensional concept spaces and associate ideas