# CORDLE - The C90 Version of Wordle

A C90 implementation of the famous word game Wordle. I originally wrote this 
in Python, and decided to rewrite it in C90, to remediate myself, and to have 
a project I could work with in my old copy of DOS TurboC. Feel free to do 
whatever you like with it.


## Requirements

- C90 compliant compiler (tested with gcc -std=c90 -pedantic -Wpedantic)
- Standard C library
- Ncurses

## Build

```
$ ./build.sh 
Building application.
Compile successful. Copying wordlists...
Build completed.
```

## Run

```
$ cd build/cordle    
$ ./cordle -h  
cordle - C90 Wordle Game

Usage: ./cordle [OPTIONS]

Difficulty Levels:
  --easy       Common everyday words (default)
  --medium     Standard vocabulary
  --hard       Challenging words

Word Categories:
  --techy      Technical and scientific terms
  --literary   Literary and archaic terms
  --cultural   Cultural and international terms
  --full       Complete dictionary

Custom:
  --wordlist FILE   Use custom word list

Examples:
  ./cordle --easy
  ./cordle --techy
  ./cordle --wordlist mywords.txt
```

## Screenshots

**New Game**

![New Game](img/new-game.png)

**Win Game**

![Win Game](img/win-game.png)

**Lose Game**

![Lose Game](img/lose-game.png)

## Install

Just copy the `cordle` binary in the build directory to your `$PATH`. If you want to use the supplied wordlists, copy the `wordlists` directory to your binary directory as well. Or supply your own wordlist path using the command line options.