Great idea for the theme, and the dialogue is well thought out. I like the buttons being the screens on the monitors and the little animation when starting is cool. But holy fuck that explosion sound was loud haha
Some criticism:
- I like that theres different parts that you have to fix, all with different art. I don't think its utilised to the max though considering the only difference I noticed atleast is that they have different durabilities.
- The timing factor of pressing the keys is a good idea, but I'm not sure if its shown in the best way. In a game like OSU, which I don't really play but I think its comparable, the orbs have trails between them briefly to show the order. There is also a rythm to the key presses instead of relying entirely on the visual indicator. The actual typing of the word is really easy, its trying to find the next orb with your eyes and only press when its in the range that is hard. Perhaps the indicator itself could be more clear, like with more distinct colors (e.g red then turning green)
- If you fail a word, it doesn't immediately stop. This means that even if you do the first key wrong, you have to wait through the whole sequence even if you bother doing the remaining keys.
- One thing that I think would GREATLY improve this experience is considering that this is a typing game, why do I use a mouse to click on the machine parts! It would be so much better if for example the number keys were used for each one (with a label for each to make it clear). Having to use my hand to use the mouse, then quickly place it back on the keyboard just feels a bit weird.
And some things I like:
- The dialogue is really clever how it shows you the word before hand. Although I feel like there could be variation with the word for each level, I see that you did the chain word sequences for variety and difficulty which I like.
- All the little animations at the bottom of the screen, the background, etc. The game is just nice and interesting to look at.
- The game saves. And loads. Awesome. And you can make coffee in the main menu