Re: Suggestion: Make Default Dictionary *Not* 12dicts
Posted: 30 June 2021, 10:44
Nice maths. 3rd party API definitely not the route to go down for a game like this. 100% you are right to be working from a hard coded list.quietmint wrote: ↑04 June 2021, 23:59 While Google and companies with unlimited money can afford to license a premium dictionary like Oxford or Merriam-Webster, but BGA cannot pay these costs, especially for a free (non-premium) game. You can see the Oxford pricing at https://developer.oxforddictionaries.com/ -- it costs about $0.0028 USD per lookup. That might not sound like a lot, but based on current stats, there are around 100 - 200 games per day with an average of 2.8 players each spelling 17.8 words per game. If all those games were to use Oxford's dictionary, it would be around 5,000 - 10,000 lookups and $14 - $28 per day in costs. Yikes! Premium members on BGA only pay $2 per month and that money is already split between site upkeep and game licensing costs.