Played this one on stream! I really like typing games like this because I can type pretty fast myself (about 85 wpm at best measurement). I capped out at wave 8, dying to the 9th wave. The premise is really fun, and part of me hopes this becomes an actual game release! I didn't realize you had to type the active commands in to get them to work, so had a bit of trouble in my first set of waves. Super neat, super cute, loved my time with it!
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Hey there Acrum, I watched your Stream on playback (wish I could catch it live). I was responsible for the 3D character models (our Programmer Mao did a fantastic job on the gameplay). Thanks for playing the game! Just wanted to answer some of your questions:
- The name of the mouse is "Dot". I squeal with joy every time someone calls her cute.
- If I recall correctly, the Medals are for "Completing the Wave, Not Getting Hit, Getting a Score of x2 the amount of enemies". You get a score bonus for Terminating more enemies at once.
- HALT, OBLITERATE and other extra abilities do not reset their cooldowns between waves. Their CD needs to tick down in game time, so try not to waste them.
- Gate Health carries over waves, so conserving its HP is important.
- You CAN beat the game. It's just a bit hard and requires the right upgrades and high typing speed. Eventually all waves will end and get you a final score and congratulations text.
I think those were all of your questions?
Thanks for the valuable feedback - I've been writing down all the issues people had and suggestions. They are extremely helpful! We should've playtested the game a bit more, but we ran out of time.
As for the future of this game... hard to say. It turns out we have different approaches to it, so we might get 2 different Typing Games out of it, in different genres, but still Typing Games.
Thanks for streaming it!