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Keyboard Command by HessesAdventure

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made by HessesAdventure for LD32 (COMPO)
Use your typing skills to shoot rockets out of the air. Hold shift to shoot slower, bigger missiles, and press space to fire all available missiles as a last resort. Difficulty increases every 400 points. Try for a high score. Or don't. Are you letting a web page tell you what to do?
Web https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50478934/KC_Web.zip
Windows https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50478934/KC_Windows.zip
OS/X https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50478934/KC_OSX.zip
Linux https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50478934/KC_Linux.zip
Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/50478934/KC_Source.zip
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=27602

Ratings

Coolness 32% 1952
Overall 3.10 620
Fun 3.15 461
Graphics 2.37 936
Humor 2.19 817
Innovation 3.79 130
Mood 2.59 821
Theme 3.26 623

Feedback

ViliX64
20. Apr 2015 · 03:55 UTC
The web link leads to a download file. Anyway, the game is REALLY fun with nice and innovative concept.
The graphics could be improved, but hey, fun is all that matters.
ChrisGaudino
20. Apr 2015 · 03:59 UTC
Wow! Where was this game when I was learning to type?! Great idea.
manabreak
20. Apr 2015 · 04:05 UTC
This is actually a pretty fun idea! I've always love speed typing, and learning it with the usual software may be rather boring. This, on the other hand, could make it fun for someone!

A side note, though: I'm writing on a nordic layout keyboard and couldn't press the ";" key. Just a minor nitpick. :)
Joris
20. Apr 2015 · 04:46 UTC
Game works well! The graphics could use some work to make the game more appealing. Audio was nice.
Rahazan
20. Apr 2015 · 04:48 UTC
Sometimes the targets would move between keys, not sure what I could do about that. My high score is 5100 :), it was pretty challenging playing this game using a keyboard with no printed characters on it!

Maybe it would be easier if the keys were aligned as they are on actual keyboards (not in straight lines).

Great job on the game, love the original mechanic.
Benjamin
22. Apr 2015 · 06:29 UTC
innovative control and smart idea for the space panic key. More unconventional control than unconventional weapon but who cares ? :)
richiebranson
22. Apr 2015 · 23:53 UTC
very innovative gameplay. I'm pretty decent at typing and still found a challenge in this game. Good job!
LesPingouinsDuCiel
24. Apr 2015 · 10:09 UTC
I've never seen game like this so this is new for me. Really good mood in this game. Pretty fun to. The graphics are...ok not good but it's ok. Great idea ^^
remiv
24. Apr 2015 · 14:26 UTC
It's a good idea. the controls are really innovative. An interesting amelioration would be that it actually recognize the fact that I don't have an qwerty keyboard but a bépo one, but It's probably not the kind of detail one solve in 48h
Jakob37
24. Apr 2015 · 16:41 UTC
Very nice! Really enjoy this kind of game (also made a typing game..) Interesting and challenging mechanic :)
CarlsonAndPeeters
28. Apr 2015 · 06:02 UTC
Really clever take on the theme! Possibly my favorite thing I've seen. Some visual polish would be nice, and it gets pretty difficult pretty fast, but that's kind of okay for an LD game, where everyone is playing in short bursts. Great work! I could see this being an even more complex typing-tutor.
duck
11. May 2015 · 10:24 UTC
Nice idea, I enjoyed it.