This typing test involves 12 rounds that each last 10 seconds. Every 3 rounds, the words get a bit longer. When you finish, you are given a score and your WPM(Words Per Minute).
This is a fairly simple game, but it's effective at what it does. I made it because I could not for the life of me think of anything else to make for this theme. Also I really only started about half way through the competition anyway, so I didn't have as much time as I'd have liked to polish it up... But it works :)
NOTE: DO NOT PRESS ENTER OR SPACE!!! They are not needed to go to the next word, in fact pressing enter will screw up the text field. In the event you do press enter, just press backspace.
True, it's pretty much just a typing test with a couple basic game elements thrown in, and with a bit of a 'gamey' retro feel to it. There's a lot more I'd liked to have done with it, but didn't have time for.
Great art and sound. Could have maybe used a little music, possible getting more complex as the level increases. I had a few instances of getting the same word twice, and I think it would be better if that was prevented somehow. Good thematic interpretation.
You would probably get a more accurate WPM result by collecting each rounds WPM and then averaging them all together. Interesting take on the theme, well done.
Score of 627, WPM of 62 for me. The game was made very difficult by the fact that I couldn't press the spacebar in between words - in fact, it actually caused my forearm to ache halfway through. Also, if I were you I wouldn't have put in words which differ between localizations - it took a lot of effort for me to write "colorful" when I'm used to writing "colourful"!
624 score, 62 wpm. It's a simple concept but actually a lot of fun! The subtle feedback cues really help, such as the blip sound effect and the scaling of the input box when a word is correct. It's a shame the spacebar couldn't be ignored, I really want to type spaces between the words.
Cool though!