Ay very fun twist on a typing game, I like the idea of intentionally backwards and inverted words to trip you up unless you're paying attention to what you're typing. Cool interpretation of the theme too!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Enjoyment | #460 | 3.808 | 3.808 |
| Overall | #743 | 3.756 | 3.756 |
| Style | #1228 | 3.769 | 3.769 |
| Creativity | #1239 | 3.692 | 3.692 |
Ranked from 26 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
Scale means "to climb" and also means "stairs" in italian: our player must scale the stairs of a building by typing correctly on the keyboard
Development Time
96 hours
(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
keys: https://dreammix.itch.io/keyboard-keys-for-ui
grunts: https://freesound.org/search/?q=grunt&f=grouping_pack%3A%2230826_Voice+%E2%80%93+Male+Grunts+and+Screams%22
Comments
Made it to level 25! Took more attempts than Id like to admit, but I'm pretty sure I'm at least a tiny bit better at speed typing now haha. Loved all the switch ups and random lines thrown in. It kept the game feeling fresh as I went up each floor, and I was wondering what the next floor would say. Altogether a really fun typing game (I didn't know typing games could be this fun)! Very well done!
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Scales of Ma'atThis was painful in a good way. Damn spaces. And reverse words. And… stuff. Great job!
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Built Like a Herothis is my favorite take on the topic, such a great game!
I like how you almost begin to trust you and then it gets you...right there :D i wanted to press space so often lol
that was lots of fun, and the ending was cherry on the top. the only problem for me was that I mostly looked at the keyboard (after I memorized half of the worlds hahah) and missed the coolest art!
Thank you so much for your comment! I'm thrilled that you enjoyed the game. You've absolutely grasped the core concept: just when you've memorized a floor, the game flips everything on you, challenging everything you thought you had learned! And yes, it's true—you end up focusing on the keys more than the player and all the chaos happening around him, but that's intentional. The strange art style is designed to make you blink and lose focus from time to time, nothing more.
very interesting approach to the theme. Thoroughly enjoyed it even though i failed a couple of times. Good job.
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Geometry ShiftLove the mechanic <3 the animation and pixel art are superb. I always fail when i'm pressing space between those words XD
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Gobba LadderPure gold, such a simple concept but applied so great, animation, sounds, response, easter eggs everywhere.
Never thought you can make such addictive gameplay with so little, I couldn't stop until I beat the game
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Plungers & Dragonsohh this is a challenging game to play with long nails lol. But i found it incredibly fun, amazing concepts, funny as well. Easily one of my fav submissions that I've played
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Plungers & Dragonsgood graphics, but the controls did not always work correctly
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COVID-19: The BeginningHaha this was very fun, better than a textbook for learning to write fast :D The floor ********* was very evil though :>
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Letter Factory
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