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. System Requirements Windows 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: http://get.adobe.com/air/ 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: http://get.adobe.com/air/ Mac OS X 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
