My Sword Is Faster Than Your Bullet by lekochen

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made by lekochen for LD24 (COMPO)
Type the correct characters to gain strength, but avoid "E" "V" "O" "L" "U" "T" "I" "N".

There are 6 levels total.

Engine: Stencyl 2.0
Art: GraphicsGale FreeEdition
Sound: Bfxr

***** It's challenging (but winnable)! If you are able to beat the game please let me know!

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.76 482
Audio 1.87 523
Fun 2.57 492
Graphics 2.47 536
Humor 2.21 321
Innovation 3.24 199
Mood 2.52 430
Theme 2.37 574

Feedback

adventureloop
27. Aug 2012 路 10:00 UTC
That is crazy fast. Really cool spin on the theme. I cant really understand why certain characters are not allowed, couldnt get past the second level.
tumoxep
27. Aug 2012 路 20:07 UTC
Get to the third. Very hard and addicting.
馃帳 lekochen
27. Aug 2012 路 23:44 UTC
@adventureloop: Because he's a guy refusing to accept evolution. So if you type any of the keys in "E" "V" "O" "L" "U" "T" "I" "N", you will get punished!
馃帳 lekochen
27. Aug 2012 路 23:50 UTC
@tumoxep: I shared it with some friends and so far no one have completed the whole game (though some reached level 5).
nuria
29. Aug 2012 路 15:17 UTC
I agree it's way too fast. With some balance could end being a fun game. Good job! :)
Aceria
29. Aug 2012 路 18:34 UTC
Very interesting spin on the theme and I like your concept. Only problem I have so far is that there's no feedback towards the player once he does something wrong. When I type a wrong letter I should get some sort of audio or visual poke.

While it was interesting, I didn't stick around till after level 4 (which was easy enough if you ask me). It's just a personal thing that I don't like typing games.
Mach60KAS
29. Aug 2012 路 18:35 UTC
Interesting take on the theme, difficult too.
Yapikom
29. Aug 2012 路 18:43 UTC
Didn't really find it so hard. But lost interest after level 6, so it may have been harder after that. Nice execution.
muh_h
30. Aug 2012 路 12:42 UTC
Interesting game, very hard, but i liked
zatyka
31. Aug 2012 路 00:47 UTC
For what it is, it's really nicely done.
zakchaos
31. Aug 2012 路 05:23 UTC
very interesting mechanic, could not get my self to avoid evolution lol. well implemented!
metaldemon
31. Aug 2012 路 15:12 UTC
challenging game! :P
4urentertainment
31. Aug 2012 路 17:02 UTC
It's an interesting idea, but I don't think it works too well.

Like, it's a good typing game, but having to remember to avoid certain letters is just annoying and not fun. Just my 2 cents.
monomanio
31. Aug 2012 路 21:04 UTC
Hah unexpected, but cool :)
TinyPlatypus
31. Aug 2012 路 21:21 UTC
Not bad, but I found it very hard as I can't type very quickly. Nice graphics, though.
lathomas64
31. Aug 2012 路 22:52 UTC
really interesting idea here.
mohammad
31. Aug 2012 路 22:57 UTC
then, the bow and arrow came.
THE END
mohammad
31. Aug 2012 路 23:03 UTC
i oviuosly suck at this game
csanyk
01. Sep 2012 路 14:32 UTC
Man, that's challenging! I need to hack a special keyboard so I can't type the forbidden letters and try this again:)
hamster_mk_4
04. Sep 2012 路 05:35 UTC
I like the idea of simulating a sword/gun duel with typing. However I am not that good at typing. I know some people who would get a real kick out of this game. One thing this game could use is more animation. It would be more dramatic if it showed the swordsman parrying bullets.
馃帳 lekochen
04. Sep 2012 路 07:20 UTC
Thanks for all the comments and feedbacks. I Really appreciate it!

@Aceria: I would definitely implement it if I didn't run out of time :~

@Yapikom: You're so close to beat the game!

@hamster_mk_4: It's exactly what I thought when I planned this concept :)
vilya
05. Sep 2012 路 01:34 UTC
Very innovative, unfortunately typing games aren't really my thing (sorry!). There seemed to be a big difficulty jump at level 3, but that may just be my poor typing skills...
zachstronaut
08. Sep 2012 路 17:33 UTC
I always forget how fun typing games are. I'm impressed that you made something fun and with ramping difficulty for the compo. Did get boring after a few levels... needs some additional gameplay variation I think. Doesn't seem like you can get shot? I was expecting to get shot when I lost.
rylgh
09. Sep 2012 路 18:31 UTC
This is fun, and it got really hard a few levels in (which I liked). At first I didn't realize that the forbidden letters were hurting me, playing a 'bad sound' would have been helpful.
johnfn
10. Sep 2012 路 10:09 UTC
The concept of the game is a little out of left field, haha. And I'm not sure what swords and bullets have to do with typing and evolution... :P Having the letters overlap makes it pretty hard. I didn't get past level 4. Anyway, not bad.
Qaterknan
10. Sep 2012 路 15:45 UTC
very hard, but pretty innovative
creative630
14. Sep 2012 路 10:43 UTC
Cool but really hard. I seemed to hit a bug where it didn't pick up any key presses after a while.
RawBits
14. Sep 2012 路 14:06 UTC
One of the Assembly partys had an entry where you typed in the appearing words above the tables to keep them quiet but aside from that I never saw an idea like this. Nice one!
atraxgames
14. Sep 2012 路 19:39 UTC
a little too fast maybe, original take on the theme
pardue
16. Sep 2012 路 23:36 UTC
Gets hard pretty quick, very interesting concept, I enjoyed it!