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5 points by florianrudaj 3mo ago

I created a small typing game. Would love to get some feedback on it. What can I improve? Are there any features you're missing? Are you having fun playing it? I certainly did have fun :)

gistrec 3mo ago
I like it! Had a lot of fun!
- florianrudaj 3mo ago
  Great! Thank you for letting me know :)
sfinx 3mo ago
Nice idea! I enjoyed playing it, got to wave 37. Some feedback: - There is no information on how to use activated abilities. Took me awhile before I figured out you had to type them out. - Enemies that approach from the top cannot be attacked right away, even though they are visible. - Some enemies can be attacked while outside the screen which causes you to have to wait until they enter to know what word to type. This can be fatal if there are a lot of other enemies close and feels a bit unfair. One approach could be to always show the focused word in the middle, similar to when using abilities. - The orange enemies seem unaffected by the chain attack ability.
- florianrudaj 3mo ago
  Thank you for your feedback! I already fixed your second and third points before I read your comment :D I'll look into the other things as well!
vonunov 3mo ago
TYPOCALYPSE — 186,943 pts wave 33 · 40 wpm · 91% acc · 985 kills · x144 best combo Let us enter a name for e-peen points Consider displaying active ("locked") word at the center as you do with the actives. With the passive that auto-kills other words, the intended queue of words to do next can be broken and the time lost in the search for the unintentionally focused enemy becomes a more severe setback the further you go. Some protection against inadvertently resetting the combo in this situation would also be cool (maybe as a passive ability) Also consider displaying the word always to the inside (i.e. the side of the icon that is the opposite of the side of the field it entered from, which is to say make the enemies enter the field word-first)
yuppiepuppie 3mo ago
Good fun! It should be on https://hnarcade.com https://hnarcade.com soon :)
- yuppiepuppie 3mo ago
  https://hnarcade.com/games/games/typocalypse https://hnarcade.com/games/games/typocalypse

5 points by florianrudaj 3mo ago

I created a small typing game. Would love to get some feedback on it. What can I improve? Are there any features you're missing? Are you having fun playing it? I certainly did have fun :)

gistrec 3mo ago

I like it! Had a lot of fun!

florianrudaj 3mo ago
Great! Thank you for letting me know :)

sfinx 3mo ago

Nice idea! I enjoyed playing it, got to wave 37. Some feedback: - There is no information on how to use activated abilities. Took me awhile before I figured out you had to type them out. - Enemies that approach from the top cannot be attacked right away, even though they are visible. - Some enemies can be attacked while outside the screen which causes you to have to wait until they enter to know what word to type. This can be fatal if there are a lot of other enemies close and feels a bit unfair. One approach could be to always show the focused word in the middle, similar to when using abilities. - The orange enemies seem unaffected by the chain attack ability.

florianrudaj 3mo ago
Thank you for your feedback! I already fixed your second and third points before I read your comment :D I'll look into the other things as well!

vonunov 3mo ago

TYPOCALYPSE — 186,943 pts wave 33 · 40 wpm · 91% acc · 985 kills · x144 best combo Let us enter a name for e-peen points Consider displaying active ("locked") word at the center as you do with the actives. With the passive that auto-kills other words, the intended queue of words to do next can be broken and the time lost in the search for the unintentionally focused enemy becomes a more severe setback the further you go. Some protection against inadvertently resetting the combo in this situation would also be cool (maybe as a passive ability) Also consider displaying the word always to the inside (i.e. the side of the icon that is the opposite of the side of the field it entered from, which is to say make the enemies enter the field word-first)

yuppiepuppie 3mo ago

Good fun! It should be on https://hnarcade.com https://hnarcade.com soon :)

yuppiepuppie 3mo ago
https://hnarcade.com/games/games/typocalypse https://hnarcade.com/games/games/typocalypse