Type'o'Shooter
Games
typing game
SHOW HN2015
143points
38comments
#150of 2,565 in 2015
Top 6%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
10 positive, 10 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 9 critical, out of 36 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Execution: 0 for, 7 againstIdea: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and polished game
From 4 comments
Great job, really fun! On the higher levels, if you mistype the first letter of a word, you often start some other word that you don't know where it is. Maybe some targeting…
prewett on HNThis is epic! And the keyboard on mobile is actually shockingly good. Sounds a re great. Phenomenal!
marknadal on HNThis. Is. So. Amazing. Specially since I am a horrible typist. This is a great and extremly fun way to improve one's typing skills! The effects are also great
spoiler on HNJust awesome, just plain awesome
markwakeford on HN
Helps improve typing skills
From 2 comments
I used the original version of this to teach my son to type. Not only did he love it, his friends are now impressed that he can touch type. Thank you for providing much more than…
tagawa on HNThis. Is. So. Amazing. Specially since I am a horrible typist. This is a great and extremly fun way to improve one's typing skills! The effects are also great
spoiler on HN
Objections
Crashes at the end of wave 3 in Firefox
From 4 comments
Very cool! But it consistently crashes for me at the end of the third wave. I'm on Firefox.
khrbrt on HNCrashes consistently for me too using Firefox on Ubuntu
csense on HNSame here, wish it wasn't :( it looks awesome (and the first two levels were fun) FF 42.0 here -- there isn't even an error message in the console
hardwaresofton on HNAlso crashing for me right at that point (when the large ship comes out at the end of wave 3) on Firefox 42.0 on Ubuntu, and not in Chromium 47, where I can play until I lose…
schoen on HN
Hard to find which word is currently being typed after a mistype
From 3 comments
Nice game. I like that all ships are not on collision course with you and so you can prioritize which words to hit to avoid destruction. Would love to see an "abort word"…
zapt02 on HNThe ships/words on screen all start with different letters. Once you type the first letter of a word, that one changes orange (and you have it finish it before your key presses…
jtheory on HNAwesome job! I agree with the feedback that it's not always easy to find where you got stuck since I'm already scanning away for words that I'll be typing next as I'm typing the…
YZF on HN
No way to turn off sound without lowering device volume
From 1 comment
I was pleasantly surprised at how smooth and polished the game is on mobile. But the sound!! Am I missing a setting? I couldn't turn off the noise without turning down the volume…
ivyirwin on HN
No social sharing
From 2 comments
No social sharing? I want to brag about reaching wave 26 with a 342 streak!
iamadam on HNAgreed, was quite surprised not to see even a twitter icon at the score screen. Also 26?! Good job!
larister on HN
Requests
Add numbers and symbols to typing practice
From 2 comments
Great, lots of fun. Would be better if it used numbers and other keys that programmer's use. Or perhaps I didn't get to a high enough level where they start appearing?
curyous on HNwell done! some suggestions: * +1 for symbols & numbers * maybe use spacebar for abort word(?) * would be cool to include phrases (boss mode ?)
holychiz on HN
Add programming language keywords or code words
From 3 comments
+1 do it specially for programming languages - ruby methods; javascript methods; java methods; Objective-C methods :D :D etc!
tomashertus on HNgreat polish, i think i'd be fun if the words were taken from and ultimately formed a program for instance, you complete a level and the reward is: ' congratulations you just…
justifier on HNholyshit this is fun. Should have a VIM mode. Who edits fastest wins.
est on HN
Add an abort-word key or easier way to abort
From 2 comments
Nice game. I like that all ships are not on collision course with you and so you can prioritize which words to hit to avoid destruction. Would love to see an "abort word"…
zapt02 on HNwell done! some suggestions: * +1 for symbols & numbers * maybe use spacebar for abort word(?) * would be cool to include phrases (boss mode ?)
holychiz on HN
Questions
How to abort a word on mobile
From 1 comment
How do you abort on mobile?
wedwabbit on HN
Why ammo runs out
From 1 comment
cool. how come after a while i run out of ammo or something?
edge17 on HN