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Type Commander by Matsuki

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made by Matsuki for LD32 (COMPO)
UPDATE:
Thanks for all the fantastic feedback, I really appreciate it :)

With the theme being 'An Unconventional Weapon' I went into the Compo thinking about using words as weapon, after a small brainstorming session I figured I wanted to make a typing RPG. In the end I decided an RPG would require too much art so I went with this idea as I already had the ground work built.

Hope you enjoy, and would love to hear your feedback.


NOTE
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Some people are having some issues with the HTML5 build from unity, seems like it crashes sometimes on load. If you get an error and refreshing doesn't fix it, please let me know what the error is so I can look into it thanks.

UPDATE 1: Looks like it could be a Chrome on Linux and Mac issue, Firefox seems to fix the issue for some. Will try to fix the bug ASAP.

UPDATE 2: Attempted to fix the issue, Not sure if it's fixed but I haven't had any reports of it being broken.


Tools
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Unity
Photoshop
BFXR
Autotracker.py


How to play
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Type The keywords on screen using your keyboard.

Controls: Keyboard


Explanation
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There are 10 levels see if you can type your way to the end. I have beaten it, but it might take a try or two for your first time. Also the coolest part of my game is losing, just so you know.

UPDATE 1: Hopefully Fixed the bug were the chat bubble lasts too long and blocks your view from what to type. Also added some words to the dictionary and reduced the difficulty. (which, with the new words, should even out the difficulty as it was before)


Follow me
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/tylermatchett
Web (HTML5) http://pixelget.net/Prototypes/LD32/
Windows exe (.7z) http://pixelget.net/Prototypes/LD32/LD32_TypeCommander_Win.7z
Source (git) https://github.com/Pixelget/LD32-Type-Commander
itch.io http://latency.itch.io/type-commander
Twitter https://twitter.com/tylermatchett
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=25407

Ratings

Coolness 84% 2
Overall 3.57 213
Audio 3.18 295
Fun 3.71 121
Graphics 3.59 261
Humor 2.98 412
Innovation 3.18 493
Mood 3.30 259
Theme 3.61 330

Feedback

butterCup
19. Apr 2015 · 22:33 UTC
Victory!
Nice one man! great for practicing my z's :)
mcmahoniel
20. Apr 2015 · 03:12 UTC
Wow! Was almost tired enough to give up when I finished the 10th wave. Very clever concept, it looks fantastic. One minor problem I had was the text from the townsfolk covers up the words to by typed if they get too close, but I still survived! :)
OccamsRazor
20. Apr 2015 · 03:12 UTC
Very cool entry, had fun with this one! Graphics were great, and the music fit perfectly.

The only problem I had is when you hesitate even a bit, it sends your command, which might make you lose progress. Had it submit "Lightn" a couple times, then I had to start over :P
leo_p_mahon
20. Apr 2015 · 03:12 UTC
Pretty fun game, im a bit of a slow typist though haha. Sometimes the enemies word gets lost behind the speech bubble though.
sharpcoder
20. Apr 2015 · 03:12 UTC
Woot! I got victory! Lightning kept tripping me up though, oy. Neat idea and well executed. I wish it were infinite though :)
ALLCAPSON
20. Apr 2015 · 03:12 UTC
I found this very fun. One problem I had was with the WebGL player, by default the attack messages will cover up the enemies, but I was able to fix it by going fullscreen. A bit more variety couldn't hurt, but then again I only got to wave 6.
davidcmcdonald
20. Apr 2015 · 03:13 UTC
i actually really enjoyed this game, well done! the UI wouldnt display correctly when i typed things though....
indigo
20. Apr 2015 · 03:14 UTC
Very fun! Great graphics and a nice tune too. Unfortunately, it's a little too easy: because the amount of words in the game is so low, it's quite easy to beat by just spamming the same word over and over again, and repeating that for every type of monster on the screen. It's much easier to type "Burn Burn Burn" than to type "Burn Ember Candle" -- too bad!
internetpaulicy
20. Apr 2015 · 03:15 UTC
I am a terrible typer! I would be of no use in this scenario. That flash and screen shake effect is pretty neat.
deathray
20. Apr 2015 · 03:19 UTC
I got angry and my dumb, slow fingers. "Lightning" is so hard to type under pressure! Nice game.
Havacore
20. Apr 2015 · 03:21 UTC
The text from the town covers the keywords sometimes, other than that though, I loved it. I always liked typing games, though you should've jumbled the words more.

Rather than freeze all the time, go for blizzard, tempest, get your fingers off of the 'f' key.
Havacore
20. Apr 2015 · 03:21 UTC
The text from the town covers the keywords sometimes, other than that though, I loved it. I always liked typing games, though you should've jumbled the words more.
micahcowan
20. Apr 2015 · 04:19 UTC
Yay! I got victory with no terrors on my very first playthrough!

Then I played it again to see the lovely little pleas for help from the townspeople. ;)

I have a feeling this game would be extremely challenging for a lot of people I know, who can't touch-type. Hunt-and-peck won't exactly work here! I'll bet you could program macros to type the words in for you, though - then you could just hit one key to type them in. ;)

Would make a nice diversion as part of a larger typing tutor / typing practice app.

Seems pretty solid, and it's a fun/cute game. Good use of the theme, too. Nice job!
Fanttum
20. Apr 2015 · 04:23 UTC
Haha, great idea. I almost did something similar, but decided against it, and I'm glad I did because this is much better than anything I could have done. Great mood and humor too! Why no combos for the same word of multiple foes? Loved the game, nice job.
sanojian
20. Apr 2015 · 06:15 UTC
I never realized "lightning" was so hard to type before. Great entry. Quite fun.
DragonXVI
20. Apr 2015 · 12:34 UTC
Nifty little typing game, made it to wave 10 with no hits :D Could do with a bit more words in the dictionary, felt odd typing 'burn' so many times, and the speech bubble covers up the names too :p Side from that, pretty cool!
Goutye
20. Apr 2015 · 18:28 UTC
Totally unconventional! Well made! My only one problem was writing the name of a spell when the name of the mob is hidden by the "Oh god why?" message box. ! :o) But it's my fault >.<
Homletmoo
20. Apr 2015 · 19:18 UTC
Great game! I like the graphics style a lot, it has a nice colour palette.

One thing that I did find frustrating about the typing, though, is how the textbox is completely cleared when you make a mistake.
SiENcE
20. Apr 2015 · 20:52 UTC
Cool Typing Game. Very innovative Idea to combine this with strategy genre.
gruhn
21. Apr 2015 · 00:11 UTC
Great experience!
I really liked the visual feedback, graphics and mechanic.
PixelPusher27
21. Apr 2015 · 01:11 UTC
Nice work!
Marcus_siactro
21. Apr 2015 · 09:11 UTC
Awesome! Really great work, love it! :D
Tommyno222
21. Apr 2015 · 10:51 UTC
Great connection with the theme, simple mechanics and very fun to play! I liked different types of enemies as well.
Azure_Kyte
21. Apr 2015 · 11:35 UTC
Awesome little game you've made there. It's nice to see I'm not the only one considering words as unconventional weapons! Our implementations are very different, but I think yours was much better than my own. Good job! :D
agirreb
21. Apr 2015 · 16:26 UTC
Excellent. Really fun.
TheMeorch
21. Apr 2015 · 16:49 UTC
Great work! This was really fun and charming. I'd love to see this a larger post-compo version with multiple difficulty levels, since the game takes a while to ramp up.
frondeus
21. Apr 2015 · 18:43 UTC
Very nice game!
Mekuri
21. Apr 2015 · 19:14 UTC
Yay! I beat the game on first try with no monsters coming through- But I was kinda glad the game ended there because I was getting fatigued :P - I felt challenged and I had great fun. I restarted the game afterwards just to experience loosing, I like the "comments" from the people :P
The graphics were really nice, all in all I really liked this game a lot :) Good job!
Roysterini
21. Apr 2015 · 23:19 UTC
hehehe very nice. Thumbs up!
ehtd
22. Apr 2015 · 00:32 UTC
I like typing games, nice entry
petitpois
24. Apr 2015 · 06:52 UTC
Absolutely love it, great concept. Educational and fun. Love the graphics.
PaperBlurt
24. Apr 2015 · 09:07 UTC
Creative Idea.
It's like Type of the Dead or what's it called. For Dreamcast!
wilsk
26. Apr 2015 · 16:42 UTC
Nice! Fun to play and looks polished.
Xenfare
27. Apr 2015 · 02:44 UTC
This was nice, I don't usually like typing games due to dyslexia, but this was ok. I died pretty fast though. :P
Leaghorn
28. Apr 2015 · 19:20 UTC
Very cool. The comments that appears covers up words sometimes though.
panurge
30. Apr 2015 · 16:49 UTC
Excellent idea and the whole game has a really neat mood. I was dreadful at it though... :)
MrShoestore
05. May 2015 · 01:54 UTC
Makes me want to play Typing of the Dead again. Fun game, and nice style too. Would have like to see more variety with the words, but I understand you were trying to create a theme with the different enemy types.