Don't try to learn everything at once. $ vimtutor is great. Do it a few times until you don't need to read it. It's not really game-y but it's quite challengin

Don't try to learn everything at once. $ vimtutor is great. Do it a few times until you don't need to read it. It's not really game-y but it's quite challenging when you come from TextMate world. Also there is a site called http://openvim.com http://openvim.com that works more or less like what you describe. I hate it, though. I can't bear the tone and the forced jokes and it's nowhere near as well thought out as $vimtutor. Others have pointed at vimgolf. One of the cool things about Vim is that you always learn new tricks.