StimuWrite 2

Hello! I love this program so much and use it every time I write, if it's available <3 It really helps me write more and feel accomplished!

One thing I've noticed, and I'm not 100% the cause, but the program crashes from time to time. Not a huge problem, since I can find the writing in the session recovery feature, but I'm starting to think it's related to the soundscapes? As far as I can tell it only happens when I'm playing the sounds, and I use the Ocean one. I always use the fun bubble keystroke effect, so I don't think it's that, but yeah! Just wanted to mention that!

Love this! Would it be possible to add the ability to make custom backgrounds with videos and/or gifs/images and custom sound?

I love this program a lot! I was super curious to try it even though I write my first drafts by hand. (I got two of the theme packs as well because I couldn't help myself, they were so beautiful.) It's really great! Even when I'm writing in my notebook I have this pulled up for the soundscapes and background, and when I am typing I really enjoy the clicky-clack sounds we can add to our typing. I have also been raving to all of my friends about it lol.

One question, I was wondering if there is a way to install our own fonts that I may have missed? Either way, thank you for your time! This program is wonderful and I'm really glad I downloaded it!! <3

i absolutely adore this program. thank you so much for making it! <3

love this program and use it frequently, thank you so much for making it!
also I noticed you don´t have cyrillic letters for some of the fonts, maybe you can add them in next update?

Hi! I just wanted to let you know about a bug I found. I have a Swedish QWERTY keyboard. When the Smart Quotes function is on, it turns shift+ä into “ rather than the expected Ä. I'm assuming this is because the ä key on a Swedish QWERTY is in the same spot as the " key on an English QWERTY.

I love that this exists! Thank you. I have one question and one suggestion though. How do I adjust the font size? From the screenshots, I'm assuming there's a way to do it and I'm just missing it because...well...ADHD lol.

As for my suggestion, I tend to get hung up on perfectionism while I'm writing and start editing before I finish. More often than not, leading me to not finish. Could you possibly add an option to toggle off the delete and backspace functions in the app til the goal is reached during a session?

That in my mind, would make this app PERFECTION :D

What a cool program! I grabbed the latest windows version of this a little bit ago and I've been clickety clacking away with the typewriter sound turned on. Not sure about the emojis but the sound really helps my AuDHD brain Brrrrrrrr away while I write.

The only trouble I've encountered has been the following:
- The program lags like crazy when it's not Full Screen. I even closed everything running in the background and it still lagged. The lag got substantially worse if I ran an animated background and running the background and emojis made it practically impossible to use.
--- Once I switched it to Fullscreen the lag went away.

- I had the program up for about 20 minutes while I handled something in another window. It was behind the window and when I went to move StimuWrite 2's window up front again it crashed on me. When I opened the program again all of my previous writing was gone and I couldn't figure out a way to retrieve it. For someone that has to juggle multiple programs or get up and walk away from the computer for anywhere from 5-30 minutes I can't always take the extra time to export/copy my work onto another document and save it (Also I have AuDHD so sometimes I forget outright to do things like this.
--- Some kind of autosave feature might be a good idea so that writing can be retrieved if the program crashes.

- The volume for any kind of sound seemed to be set SUPER HIGH by default. It was genuinely painful when I first started looking at the different typing sounds and 'soundscapes'. 
--- I realize this might be more my own fault but I tend to run my main computer volume around 50%, never had my ears hurt from turning the sound on in any program til now. Maybe default it a little lower and let people turn it up if they need to? Idk.. This one's really nbd.

I'll admit, I didn't pay for this. I'm living paycheck to paycheck and when I saw someone post about this on Twitter, I decided to check it out. I don't know what I was expecting, but I'm genuinely impressed with what I'm seeing so far and I've 'followed' you (the creator) on here. I've ever intention of setting aside some money when I can and paying for the next update properly. Especially if it promises a bit more stability or some kind of autosave feature.

Keep up the great work!

So, I have tried the program and I will say that it really works. Sounds help me a lot, especially the sound of the fireplace. It just does an incredible job. I hope that in the future there will be many new wallpapers for the program and many new sounds.

I LOVE StimuWrite, and I've been using the original version for a long time now; however, having just downloaded StimuWrite 2, I can't get it to open, at all (I'm on Windows btw). And I don't think this is a problem with the new version specifically, because I went through a period a while back where the original inexplicably wouldn't open either, and now I can't get either version to open (my cursor just spins for a bit but ultimately nothing happens). If it's anything like the last time, it'll fix itself on its own eventually, but I wish I knew why it does this..... I was in the middle of working on something new when I found out that StimuWrite 2 was out, and I was really looking forward to seeing the updates, but now neither of them will open for me :(

This program literally helped me with my essays, I love it so much! If only it's available on mobile.... The good ol feedback isn't enough for me most of the time

Hi I just wanted to tell you just how much I love love LOVE this app, I've already commented but now with the update out and a ton of new features I'm just so excited.  A few weeks ago I wrote a huge post on tumblr about how much this (and another writing site) have helped me a lot and I hope you get even more downloads from that 🙏 Thank you so much!

Holy Cannoli! Em-dash? That's spiffy as all get-out:) Version 2 has a lot of cool improvements.

Getting v2 now! I'm terribly excited ^_^

The best writing add on just got even better! Many have already said their praise, so I have nothing to add on, but from the bottom of all of our hearts we say thank you for providing one of the most simple yet effective sources for writing for all (and getting out of that pesky writer's block I've been in with an encouraging, vibrant alternative to google docs)

Absolutely loving the update. The Parchment + Fireplace is incredible for me so far. Just takes me to a nice place. 

However, I've noticed that when I close out, the Background and Soundscape options aren't recognized from my last session. Is this intentional (perhaps to save on load time)? Not terribly inconvenient,  but does cause a few extra clicks. 

Also, the loop on the Fireplace background is super noticeable on my machine. I haven't tried it on a secondary device, but there's a prominent flicker about every 12 seconds or so that's kinda distracting. 

Thanks so much for providing this for everyone! Again, incredible application and super cool it's made in Godot.

I loved the previous version, and I'm really liking this update. Thank you so much for making this, it's very helpful.

omg the update is AMAZING

I love the thing. But how do I turn off the hearts? Because they float up from one side, it makes my eyes hurt.(This is a sensory thing that appears realated to my ADHD.) I can move the window partly off the screen, but it's a bit of a messy workaround.

Would it be possible to get rid of the letterboxing when the window is resized to a different aspect ratio?

So that instead of this

It might looks something like this?

Thanks!

Been using the Mac version for about a week now after a friend recommended it (I really appreciate that this works out of the box on several OS). I wasn't sure what to expect, but it helps a lot! I think the typing sound option is the one that captures my attention the most.

Looking forward to StimuWrite 2, could be neat to have more fonts c:

I downloaded this app a few days after launch and it's definitely the best thing ever! The constant stimulation really helps me stay focused and the seeing all the little emojis is very satisfying.

My only issue is that I can't use it while having any other app open in the background (like Spotify, which is a shame because my best writing configuration with StimuWrite involves the waves theme/background + waves white noise). When I try, my entire PC freezes and takes a while to come back. It's probably a device issue (low GB RAM cheap PC) but I'd really love it if there was any way to solve the issue.

I also would love the option to let users upload their own custom background in the future. I love making edits of the couples I write about and having one of them to write with all the floating emojis would be like a dream coming true ><

Overall, though: thank you very much for making this project come true! I hope you can reach and help even more struggling writers with it ♥

I really love this app and so I wanted to make some suggestions.

I write in Portuguese and in my language, the dialogues are indicated by dash. Example:

— Hi, my name is Gisele — she said. — How are you?

So I use a dash a lot and in the program it counts as a word. That would be my first suggestion for change, for now I put a larger number of words to reach because of the dashes.

Another suggestion is a way to keep the configuration that was closed, such as theme and font used.

Even with these details, I will continue using the program, because I am in love.

Running just fine from my Chromebook's Linux VM (crostini). Note you have to first do `chmod a+x stimuwrite-linux-121.x86_64` to make it executable.

Stimuwrite scratches the itch of my ADHD-addled monkebrain. Thank you so much for adding Open Dyslexic. I hope you make lots of money from making apps for the neuro-divergent, you dangerous neo-reactionary guerilla-capitalist you.

@eveharms how did you know we needed this app?

I am absolutely in love with this app! It's helping me stay focused and draft without getting bogged down in editing as I go.

A feature I would really love to see in the next version would be the option to turn straight quotes into curly quotes as I type. Smart quotes are kind of an industry standard now, so once I'm done drafting in StimuWrite and paste into any word processor or google docs, I have to manually hunt down the quotes and apostrophes and correct them. (It's easy enough to do a find and replace with apostrophes; but fixing all the dialogue quotes can be a bit of a pain, especially in conversation-heavy pieces of fiction). 

Totally understand if that's too fiddly to implement, though, and still looking forward to v. 2.0! Thank you for your work!

i downloaded this app to try out yesterday and now i am back specifically to gush about how good it is. maybe this wouldn't work for everyone but man... this app really pulls me out of my usual writing funks. i wanna click through things to procastinate ? can't ! app is fullscreen - no tabs or taskbar unless i drag my mouse over to the fullscreen toggle first <3 i want to spend 15 minutes trying to figure out which synonym i want or which word it is that i just cant reach ? i COULD, there's nothing STOPPING me - but it would be a lot easier to just type in a placeholder and keep on going than go out of fullscreen and switch back to firefox for my go-to thesaurus site. some of the backgrounds are a bit Much for me but that is absolutely not a criticism - for other people those will work really well, and the backgrounds that do work for me do a fantastic job at keeping me focused !! it's a good variety of different vibes and motion that has a great chance of reaching all types of people

some of these have been suggested below i believe, but things that i think would be cool:
> basic formatting options - italics + bold
> maybeeee some paragraph customization ?? currently paragraphs automatically sit next to each other like any other line of text which can make the text feel like a bix Jumble of words - this is easily solvable by just adding an empty paragraph space between tho :>
> the ability to toggle volume for the typing sounds - i LOVE them, but when contrasted w/ other background noise at my computer they can be a bit Loud

all in all though. this is a FANTASTIC app and i'm really glad it exists !! thanks so much for sharing it <3

oh my god so I downloaded this just to try it and ended up writing 1500 words in like 20 minutes.  I'm combining the backgrounds with sounds on MyNoise and I'm obsessed.  My only suggestion would be the addition of minor formatting options (such as bold/italics/strikethrough, maybe an option to add a vertical space between paragraphs) but even without those I still love this app.  Thank you!!

Absolutely adore the app and its been wonderful in helping me get writing. I have encountered one wildly weird (if frustrating) effect when I do this and play a game on controller at the same time 

So for context I play FFXIV and during long queue times I'll write and when I'm done with my duty I'll go back and write more, only to find that Stimuwrite has closed. I noticed in the middle of a dungeon that it was opening menus while I was doing my rotation despite Stimuwrite not being the program actively being used at the moment. 

Weird but manageable during 1.12! I just get what I've gotten during the session from the Recover menu and put my word goal back where it belonged and tada I'm back at it for another eons long queue time in XIV. 

just wanted to drop in and say that i LOVE using this app! it's really been helping me with writing first drafts and getting back into the habit of writing. thank you! i can't wait to see the stimuwrite 2.

Just downloaded this to try it out, it feels great! There are some things that bother me with it though. Mainly, even though i have a retina display (on a MacBook), the app opens in low resolution, which makes the fonts look awful, and there seem to be some kerning issues as well (irregular spacing between letters), especially with smaller window sizes.

Something else, which may be a bit harder to fix, is that if i resize the window, i get black bars on the top/bottom or the sides. It would be nice if the writing window tried to fill the whole window (while still keeping its aspect ratio), while the background would zoom to cover the whole window.

I’ve also attached a screenshot so you can see the kerning issues, hopefully you get what i mean. It’s especially noticeable in these example letter combinations: lly, hile, it, ill, le, uld, alle.

Hi! I made an account just to give my thanks for this, it's a real game-changer. I've written more in the last few days than the past month!

I have just two suggestions:

• The sound-keypress feature is great, I love the 'typewriter' option. Can the sound-code recognize when Enter is pressed to play a special sound as a new line is created? Like the "Ding!" a typewriter makes when you reach the end of a line. That would be so cool!
  
• Add the option to auto-launch on computer startup - sometimes getting started is the hardest thing. But if the app is already open in front of you, then...

Again, thank you so much for the app!

an option for a bigger writing scrren would be neat, other wise, pretty good!