Feed Me Word Things

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.36
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.96
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.26
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.04
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★47%
Entire game was made while I was walking on a treadmill desk. Didn't do any work Saturday as I was at a Black Sabbath concert.

Somewhat inspired by Spaceteam.

After judging I hope to add a list of people's favorite words, leaderboards, more variety, and a revamped game mechanic.

I tested in Chrome and Firefox using the latest version of each on Mac and Windows--but if it fails in one try the other. :)

Source code on GitHub: https://github.com/beaugunderson/feed-me-word-things

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Comments18

nikkesen26 Aug 2013, 02:47
Nice to see a typing game in the compo
bhopkins26 Aug 2013, 02:49
Doesn't seem to be working for me, using chrome.

I see this message after pressing enter:
initialize warp
warp coil malfunction
sentient creep malform%%#
breach imminent
batton airhatch
reverse rotocoil
jettison humans
set us up the bomb
dowlink eng{#`%${%&`+'${`%&NO CARRIER
lulzfish_426 Aug 2013, 02:50
I peaked around 63 WPM, but on the next level, I suddenly lost after the first word. (I think) It didn't let me restart since there were no words to choose from.
DanHayesGamer26 Aug 2013, 02:51
I liked it, though the second time I died there were no favourite words for me to click...
sparkleswirl
sparkleswirl26 Aug 2013, 02:55
Cute game. The voice saying "Feed Me Words" is both creepy and adorable.
zzForrest26 Aug 2013, 03:23
I was surprised to realize that I love this game for some reason. It's innovative, fun, humorous, and has good atmosphere. A typing game is all those things. Take my 5/5, and let me live in shame of this fact.
greysphere26 Aug 2013, 03:26
Really loved the audio. Fun game!
Ravetcofx26 Aug 2013, 03:36
Good gob for working on a tread desk
flamecow
flamecow26 Aug 2013, 03:40
Very neat! Damn those |'s, though. Always throwing me off guard.
drilltail
drilltail26 Aug 2013, 04:15
I couldn't get it to work in Firefox; I had the same issue bhopkins described. In Chrome, however, it works fine for me.

Fun game with a nice flavor, I'm surprised at how much I got into it. Good job!
borden
borden26 Aug 2013, 05:39
Really liked the whole tone of this.
The sense of impending doom ads a lot to the typing experience.
The graphics were great, as were the fake words. The sounds were a little obnoxious.
reostra
reostra27 Aug 2013, 04:05
Didn't work on Firefox 23.0.1, Windows 7 - played it on chrome, quite enjoyable!
LegacyCrono27 Aug 2013, 14:13
Nice game. I liked the the atmosphere and the vague plot. Pretty well done. And coded while in a treadmill, wow! Good job!
MegaMasterX
MegaMasterX29 Aug 2013, 19:07
The sound effects showed thoughtfulness, and I seriously enjoyed this game.
doonay2129 Aug 2013, 19:09
Hmmm word games are not my favorites, but this one seems really good! Nicely done!
Sergey Mohov31 Aug 2013, 21:15
Sweet! If you don't believe that I'm giving this 5/5 for Graphics, just watch me.
X-0r10 Sep 2013, 10:50
Picking favorite words after losing is fun :P I so much hope to see a final most awesome word or something like that^^
The glitchy graphics gave it a nice look, but the sfx didn't fit too well, imo.
Anyways, it seems to be a good game to start learning how to type =)
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