Word Collector

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.88
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.25
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★1.50
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★1.83

My Entry for LD58, Play on Itch.io: https://snide.itch.io/word-collector

To ensure focus, click first on the game area.

How to play :

* type the words that appear on screen
* every word fully typed will be collected and disappear
* score will be increase by 4 times the length of collected word
* score will decrease by 1 for each key typed
* each 100, level will increase
* time will decrease each second, but you gain time by disappearing words and changing levels
* words will go faster and time gains will be smaller in higher levels

Enjoy!

PS: I had more ideas, but only had about 2h to code it, so i had to make hard design choices..

Comments6

CamComDuck
CamComDuck6 Oct 2025, 03:02
Great idea, and super impressive for 2 hours! Just some small notes: I think I was still able to type words even when they were off screen on the left, and clearing my currently typed letters when I move to the next level would be nice because I always had to waste the first second or two backspacing my currently typed letters.
Antti Haavikko
Antti Haavikko6 Oct 2025, 15:45
Nice! Stopped playing on level 50. It didn't seem to get any tougher and I just kept being around the same 140 seconds of time.

Very solid stuff for only two hours! Funnily enough, I made a quite similar typing game few LDs back and it took me the whole weekend. ๐Ÿ˜… Of course I did do graphics and audio on it too.

The biggest annoyance was doing a typo on a word that already went off screen and typing the next word without realizing and then needing to go back to fix the first word. Of course audio cues could help in this situation too.

But yeah, not much else to say. Seriously wonderful stuff for only two hours. Works flawlessly for what it is and obviously could be improved on if you had more time! Good job! ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŽ‰
Elanor
Elanor8 Oct 2025, 20:49
Great game! I got too slow after level 80, so I got game over'd.

Super fun - keep up the good work!
fabY
fabY13 Oct 2025, 14:23
I wish you had time to implement your other ideas ! What were you going for ? Like other said great base here ! Kinda obvious but it has to be easier when you're actually an english native speaker... I can't get to level 50 sadly ๐Ÿ‘ฟ

I'm impressed by the fact that you managed to have something that polished and bug-free in 2hours ! I hope one day to see what you can do with 48 :p ! Congrats on the jam !
U-238
U-23824 Oct 2025, 17:24
can't say was very fun for me, but its an exellent tool to practice typing speed! XD good job
thesnide
thesnideauthor30 Oct 2025, 19:52
thanks @camcomduck @antti-haavikko @elanor & @u-238 for trying my game!

Sorry that I didn't have any time to look at the jam since.

And super happy that you enjoyed the game as much I did create it ๐Ÿ˜„

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