You received a letter in the mail, and somehow its words hurt you. To travel to your local library to seek guidance in this matter.
In this game you fight enemies who throw hurtful words at you. The goal is to reveal their secret fear phrase by successfully typing the attack words they shout before they strike you. If you get hit, the progress that you have made will be reduced.
Opponents also use wordy magic to make things more tricky. If an opponent casts a spell, the spell they cast will appear over them. You can counter an enemy spell by casting the counter-spell: simply hold SHIFT and type the spell name backwards.
Type to stop the attack words before they hit you Hold [SHIFT] and type the spell word backwards to cast the counter-spell Once the secret fear phrase has been revealed, it will lower itself on the screen. Type the phrase before the timer expires to successfully defeat the opponent.
Sorry we can't embed the game here on the Ludum Dare site, the embedded frame doesn't catch key events... :(
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Nice entry! I had a little trouble in the web version where the words would shrink down and be very difficult to read. Nice idea though and a great start!
It was fun, until the text would get too small and I couldn't read it. I would have enjoyed playing it more otherwise. The web version had the problem more, but it also happened on the direct d/l.
WWWWOOOOWWW!! That was incredible. Great work for such little time. Good artwork, and the gameplay was quite entertaining. Had me playing for a cool minute!
Was fun, took me a while to figure out exactly what I needed to do. Think I had the first enemy stun locked for about 5mins. Also the small text as a mechanic did get a little annoying, but I realize it was part of the reason. Backwards words really tied my brain in knots
I really like the counter mechanic, keeps the game fresh. Love the sandstorm, and darkness. Quite/SHHH, I usually just leave it, and try to read it small =) Same with crosseye, I read it crosseyed! =D
My strategy for sandstorm was to do the sandstorm counter, but once I get quite I would leave it. Darkness I could still kinda read it, may be because the words do repeat, so I can guess what the words are.
When it was crosseye, I thought I had to read the final word crosseye too, but that didn't happen.
Great concept and lots of content. Game seemed to have issued whenever i had to spell darkness backward or recognizing keys sometimes for some reasons? Kinda easy to cheat later ennemies by just keeping the quiet or seasickness spell on. You could make them add more and more spell on top of each other if you dont remove an old spell!
Excellent game! this is 100x better than the typing games we were forced to play in elementary school. Would be a good market for this game! Keep up the good work on this!
Innovative twist on a typing game, I really dig it! The spell effects are a great mechanic (sandstorm is brutal!), and appropriate word choice is a nice touch. The sprites are simple but super, my faves are Beholder and Chicken. Well done!
One of the best entries so far, I too have made a typing game, but I really liked your mechanics. The art is awesome too! :) At the end I ended up not countering the spells 'cause they weren't too hard, so maybe the difficulty progression could be adjusted. The theme of the spells match very well the enemies, I was looking forward every time to see the next one! Oh, and I found out that I really suck to type words backwards (maybe 'cause English isn't my first language) :P
Cool concept and challenging game... had fun playing it.. But after some correct words fonts become very small could able to read them( @ Win7 64bit; Firefox; )
Overall, I enjoyed my experience. As far as issues go, the game does get a bit grindy, with the amount of levels and the time it takes for each word to appear. In most games of this style the words usually appear before the last one has finished moving, limiting the downtime that this game has. The spell counter mechanic was a very nice addition.
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The spell word is in blue letters above the enemy and in order to counter it hold shift and type the spell backwards.
I really like the counter mechanic, keeps the game fresh. Love the sandstorm, and darkness. Quite/SHHH, I usually just leave it, and try to read it small =) Same with crosseye, I read it crosseyed! =D
My strategy for sandstorm was to do the sandstorm counter, but once I get quite I would leave it. Darkness I could still kinda read it, may be because the words do repeat, so I can guess what the words are.
When it was crosseye, I thought I had to read the final word crosseye too, but that didn't happen.
Kinda easy to cheat later ennemies by just keeping the quiet or seasickness spell on. You could make them add more and more spell on top of each other if you dont remove an old spell!
Well done!
At the end I ended up not countering the spells 'cause they weren't too hard, so maybe the difficulty progression could be adjusted. The theme of the spells match very well the enemies, I was looking forward every time to see the next one!
Oh, and I found out that I really suck to type words backwards (maybe 'cause English isn't my first language) :P
But after some correct words fonts become very small could able to read them( @ Win7 64bit; Firefox; )