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Poly Typo by pjnovas

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made by pjnovas for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

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This is a typing game, you need a keyboard and it only works on desktop ... just type fast enough to keep going deeper and deeper!

I've tried to give all the stats I can for your typing:

  • Hits: all the keys you pressed that were hit into the current word
  • Missed: every key you pressed and was not expected
  • Score: is calculated from the length of each completed word
  • Words: current completed words vs total words generated (may are still comming from the tunnel)

If a word get passed you it's a fail ... you can fail 3 times and you are done :P

Hope you enjoy it!!

I have done this one with no game engine, plain javascript drawing on HTML5 canvas using RXjs. Started form an html5 boilerplate and compiled with parcel.

  • Graphics are native drawn regular polygons (no external assets).
  • I've made a short track of music using Chrome MusicLab
  • Sounds fx with jsfx
Link https://github.com/pjnovas/ld48
Link https://pjnovas.github.io/ld48/
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/poly-typo

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Thoastbot
26. Apr 2021 · 10:22 UTC
Nice type game, i got down to 42 words with 222 points, i like the idea and i realy love games like this because it trains you to write fast.
Overall a littlebit to less input i´d say, maybe if u ever think about making it bigger try to add more around the "tunnel".
Still i realy liked your game, good work mate!
DevGa_me
27. Apr 2021 · 08:51 UTC
Nice game. Programmers can nail this game, but others may struggle.
Nice idea and implementation.
Can you provide a downloadable version, i would like to keep it. Its a good typing game :).
s1lv3r Dr4g0n Games
30. Apr 2021 · 15:33 UTC
That was a great typing game. I'm always impressed by people who do stuff without engines. I didn't make it super far but that was a neat time
Webox
12. May 2021 · 03:03 UTC
Hey this is pretty neeat and needs more love!! pretty impressive for a compo entry..

![Captura de pantalla 2021-05-12 000107.jpg](///raw/5d1/3/z/425ff.jpg)

I'm not the best at this kind of games but I tried my best I swear.. It's a solid entry, music and art are very good, mechanics work like a charm and its fun!!. The only complaint I may have is that after a while it made me a bit dizzy, but don't take my word I'm pretty weak in my stomach haha. Thanks for making it and congrats!!
Kotzi
12. May 2021 · 10:30 UTC
Nice idea, solid submission! It doesn't feel too hard, which is great for a jam game. The only basic change I would do is adding some animation when you hit the word (like showing the full word in green and then fade both the word and the ring/figure).

BTW, please go and rate other submissions to get more ratings/feedback, you still have a few days to go and it's definitely doable.

Congrats!
Super Hadoken
12. May 2021 · 13:10 UTC
Nice polished presentation and surprisingly fun to play. Could do with a best score or something.
Solid compo entry.
Viperux
15. May 2021 · 09:17 UTC
I'm preatty impressed to read that this game is made with just javascript :-) I like this type of challenges, I've made some try and this is my best result:

![Immagine.png](///raw/10b/73/z/426f4.png)

The only thing I would change is that you can see the next word only after completing (or failing) the previous... This is a problem after a while when words are too close... Especially for non native English speaker like me, it's easy to fail to write some complex word on the first try. And at a certain point failing a word means that you'll fail the next one too (unless it's a very simple or used word).

Overall a nice entry, congratulations!