« BackZType – Typing Gamezty.peSubmitted by lwhsiao 10 months ago
  • saagarjha 10 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.

    • nullify88 10 months ago

      You can press backspace to unlock from the target you are locked to.

      • Szpadel 10 months ago

        I guess best fix would be to just never propose 2 words starting with the same letter

      • omni 10 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.

        • nullify88 10 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.

          • dmd 10 months ago

            Yeah. I gave up after about 10 minutes of it being not even remotely a challenge.

        • nayuki 10 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);
                      }
                  }
              }
          • lwhsiao 10 months ago

            True, but it does reward accuracy. Note the bar that resets at the bottom on a wrong keypress.

          • sureglymop 10 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!

            • nullify88 10 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.

              • unixhero 10 months ago

                That was really great. I did 7 waves on the phone and had fun! The music was phenomenal

                • drag0s 10 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)

                  • abound 10 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

                    • x0xrx 10 months ago

                      I did not have this issue on iOS FWIW, so there must be something more subtle going on for this bug.

                    • VeejayRampay 10 months ago

                      reminds me of typing of the dead, well done

                      • 0x38B 10 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

                        • moreati 10 months ago

                          For those seeking something multiplayer https://play.typeracer.com/

                          • bl4kers 10 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.

                            • xigoi 10 months ago

                              Could you make it so that I can use my actual keyboard on mobile instead of being forced to use QWERTY?

                              • eagleseye 10 months ago

                                Very fun game! Just would have liked to choose my keyboard layout (in my case switch y and z)

                                • apirobots 10 months ago

                                  Very good, I like it. I usually use NitroType, and I will use yours too.

                                  • BlueTemplar 10 months ago

                                    Inspired by the classic Gar-Type I see !

                                    • deskr 10 months ago

                                      Doesn't work on FF/Linux

                                      • Shawnecy 10 months ago

                                        I just played it on Firefox on Linux just fine.

                                      • daitangio 10 months ago

                                        Very good ideed! Give it try!

                                        • boogerlad 10 months ago

                                          Too bad this doesn't use the system keyboard on mobile

                                          • Chihuahua0633 10 months ago

                                            That was fun.

                                            • dasKrokodil 10 months ago

                                              I would like it if there was a hard mode, where every wrong keypress would spawn another enemy.

                                              • adnanc 10 months ago

                                                The irony in the typo of the submission for a typing game :-)

                                                • nayuki 10 months ago

                                                  The current title of "ZType – Typing Game" seems correct. What was the title before?

                                                  • dang 10 months ago

                                                    Submitted title was "ZType Tying Game". We've since fixed it.

                                                • 752963e64 10 months ago

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