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Word Reaper Concept

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Using your keyboard, you will have to defend your territory by typing the words that enemies carry with them.

Testing out how the new code works and if its even worth pursuing, so their might be some bugs.

EDIT: Thanks for all the feedback. I'll take it all into consideration when working on the final product.

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Great Concept/Typing Engine

I enjoy typing games and defense games and you were able to successfully merge the two genres together. You definitely have a good start and know what you are doing so I will focus this review on areas for improvement. In regard to the defense aspect, I would implement levels with upgrades etc. ala other defense games.

The primarily flaw with the game, as mentioned by other reviews, was how keystrokes overlapped between words on screen. This was an interesting aspect when the difficulty was low, but takes away from the pure typing aspect of the game.

The graphics were virtually non existent and should be introduced/improved for your next version.

I found the game rather easy but I am sure that others found it quite hard; therefore, I suggest introducing difficulty levels or a difficulty slider.

Lastly, I experienced some lag/slow down as the game progressed. I am not sure if you can improve upon that but it is something that I would look into.

Overall, you have a great engine that I think you can successfully build upon going forward.

Its a decent start

The game is good, and I love typing games but there are things you should change in it.

Art: You need to put some actual art into this next one, I mean make like a fortress or some kind of goal, not just a bright line, and then make some kind of animation for the enemies.

Gameplay: You need to make it so that if two words are on the screen say Lay, and Lamp; if I press L and then A it shouldnt go away for both, cause it just made the game way too easy.

Difficulty: I am a fast typer, I think the last time I took one of those "how fast can you type tests" online I was at 79 wpm, and I think that is only average haha so you should really make harder words, use the letters people hate like q,z, x or even punctuations like ! ? , . and so forth. Also why dont you try small sentences instead of just one word or like a boss, really heighten the difficulty

All in all a good start, a good try and I will be more than happy to see a sequel from you!

Buggy

Buggy or slow, once at lvl 9 I was typing letters and just nothing was happening, and this was too easy. I type fast but it just capped at 6 letters, longer words wouldve been nice, not just more faster of the same repeated ones. Not a very original idea but whatever, version 2 here you come?

Plumpman responds:

Thanks for the feedback. I realize it gets buggy later on because it gets too fast. That'll be negated when I make longer words so it doesn't get so fast.

Could definitely work

Good concept. With some polish could be a good typing game. It does get buggy when the timer is up around 400 or so. It starts ignoring letters that you type, causing you to waste time trying to type in a word repeatedly.

decent concept

i dont particularly like these kinds of games but thats because there is no depth. For a concept this is good and if you do decide to carry it out i hope you do something different such as giving it a story and power ups/upgrades and what not.
good job and a tip for others..dont play it in the dark or you wont last long unless your some kind of typing genius lol

Plumpman responds:

That was the plan, to add incentive to play. Levels/Upgrades/Etc

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Nov 18, 2008
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