107 pointsby lwhsiao9 months ago22 comments
  • saagarjha9 months ago
    Neat! A couple gameplay suggestions I would have is that while the game does pretty well figuring out which word I'm typing sometimes I will get "locked" on a word that I decide I don't actually want to complete (for example, if something is coming at me faster). And, while probably intentional, sometimes I just can't see words or there is some delay in when they actually get destroyed.
    • nullify889 months ago
      You can press backspace to unlock from the target you are locked to.
    • Szpadel9 months ago
      I guess best fix would be to just never propose 2 words starting with the same letter
  • omni9 months ago
    Games like this based on an existing skill would really benefit from the ability to start at higher levels. I'm a pretty proficient typist, it'd be a lot more interesting to me if there was any risk at all of me failing.
    • nullify889 months ago
      One of the features of this game is that you can provide a word list of your own. So you can probably generate a list of words above a certain length which will gradually get harder as more targets appear on screen.
    • dmd9 months ago
      Yeah. I gave up after about 10 minutes of it being not even remotely a challenge.
  • nayuki9 months ago
    The game doesn't penalize wrong key presses. I made an automation cheat for it back in Dec 2013!

        import java.awt.*;
        
        public class autokey {
            public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                // Give the user time to switch windows
                Thread.sleep(2000);
                
                // Repeatedly type the letters A through Z until the mouse is moved
                Robot rob = new Robot();
                Point prevLoc = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation();
                while (MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation().equals(prevLoc)) {
                    for (int i = 'A'; i <= 'Z'; i++) {
                        rob.keyPress(i);
                        Thread.sleep(1);
                    }
                    Thread.sleep(50);
                }
            }
        }
    • lwhsiao9 months ago
      True, but it does reward accuracy. Note the bar that resets at the bottom on a wrong keypress.
  • sureglymop9 months ago
    Really cool! What I have always wanted was a version of those touch typing training sites like tipp10 but with some social aspects. E.g. like a running app where you can rack up kilometers against your friends but for typing lessons!
  • nullify889 months ago
    I tend to play this at work when I need some downtime. If you want other suggestions, give Typing of the Dead a go.
  • unixhero9 months ago
    That was really great. I did 7 waves on the phone and had fun! The music was phenomenal
  • drag0s9 months ago
    I really like the game!

    looks like the keyboard doesn’t work that well on mobile though (iOS). You need to press the keys below the key you want to type (eg if I want to type a T, I need to press G for it to work)

    • abound9 months ago
      Ugh I've run into this issue as a developer before, IIRC it was something about the height of the bottom browser bar not being considered in touch targets. I think I was using the Canvas API when I hit it
    • x0xrx9 months ago
      I did not have this issue on iOS FWIW, so there must be something more subtle going on for this bug.
  • VeejayRampay9 months ago
    reminds me of typing of the dead, well done
  • 0x38B9 months ago
    For more of a challenge, there are these texts (0):

    > Random Wikipedia Article (probably hard) [1]

    > Moby Dick (hard) [2]

    > Donald Trump’s Speech, South Carolina (incomprehensible) [3]

    0: https://zty.pe/?load 1: https://zty.pe/?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Ra... 2: https://zty.pe/?text=11e5dad15e3dca9b 3: https://zty.pe/?text=21bb8f1868f879f8

  • moreati9 months ago
    For those seeking something multiplayer https://play.typeracer.com/
  • bl4kers9 months ago
    Seems to be too buggy to play. First word I typed it wouldn't accept the last letter, and this happened again and again.
  • xigoi9 months ago
    Could you make it so that I can use my actual keyboard on mobile instead of being forced to use QWERTY?
  • eagleseye9 months ago
    Very fun game! Just would have liked to choose my keyboard layout (in my case switch y and z)
  • apirobots9 months ago
    Very good, I like it. I usually use NitroType, and I will use yours too.
  • BlueTemplar9 months ago
    Inspired by the classic Gar-Type I see !
  • deskr9 months ago
    Doesn't work on FF/Linux
    • Shawnecy9 months ago
      I just played it on Firefox on Linux just fine.
  • daitangio9 months ago
    Very good ideed! Give it try!
  • boogerlad9 months ago
    Too bad this doesn't use the system keyboard on mobile
  • Chihuahua06339 months ago
    That was fun.
  • dasKrokodil9 months ago
    I would like it if there was a hard mode, where every wrong keypress would spawn another enemy.
  • adnanc9 months ago
    The irony in the typo of the submission for a typing game :-)
    • nayuki9 months ago
      The current title of "ZType – Typing Game" seems correct. What was the title before?
      • dang9 months ago
        Submitted title was "ZType Tying Game". We've since fixed it.
  • 752963e649 months ago
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