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Show HN: A few years ago my Type'o'Shooter went viral – here's the new version

143 pointsby phoboslabover 9 years ago

24 comments

khrbrtover 9 years ago
Very cool! But it consistently crashes for me at the end of the third wave. I'm on Firefox.
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prewettover 9 years ago
Great job, really fun!<p>On the higher levels, if you mistype the first letter of a word, you often start some other word that you don&#x27;t know where it is. Maybe some targeting animation to draw your attention would help?
WWKongover 9 years ago
I enjoyed it. This was the promise. Amazing things all rendered in your browser. With mobile apps I feel that we did an about turn. And since apps took off it stunted the original promise.
curyousover 9 years ago
Great, lots of fun. Would be better if it used numbers and other keys that programmer&#x27;s use. Or perhaps I didn&#x27;t get to a high enough level where they start appearing?
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metaseanover 9 years ago
When I reached the point with bursts of individual letters, I had to crank up the size to see some of the individual letters (e.g. is that an &#x27;i&#x27; or an &#x27;l&#x27;) but that just zoomed in to the entire playing area, which meant I lost view of the top and bottom. And by that point my cpu was going crazy anyway, so I had to stop. But up to that point I was definitely having a blast, well, quite a few of them actually. :-)
ivyirwinover 9 years ago
I was pleasantly surprised at how smooth and polished the game is on mobile. But the sound!! Am I missing a setting? I couldn&#x27;t turn off the noise without turning down the volume on my phone. Which reminds me of a saying my computer science professor had in college, &quot;sure, feel free to add sound to your game. But if there is no way to turn off the sound you will get an F&quot; ~ola
zapt02over 9 years ago
Nice game. I like that all ships are not on collision course with you and so you can prioritize which words to hit to avoid destruction. Would love to see an &quot;abort word&quot; feature, as over level 20 it&#x27;s quite easy to accidentally start typing the wrong word and not know where the ship is. :(
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YZFover 9 years ago
Awesome job!<p>I agree with the feedback that it&#x27;s not always easy to find where you got stuck since I&#x27;m already scanning away for words that I&#x27;ll be typing next as I&#x27;m typing the current word... The stuck word does change colour but maybe something that would draw the eye back to it would help...
marknadalover 9 years ago
This is epic! And the keyboard on mobile is actually shockingly good. Sounds a re great. Phenomenal!
markwakefordover 9 years ago
Just awesome, just plain awesome
iamadamover 9 years ago
No social sharing? I want to brag about reaching wave 26 with a 342 streak!
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tagawaover 9 years ago
I used the original version of this to teach my son to type. Not only did he love it, his friends are now impressed that he can touch type. Thank you for providing much more than a game.
spoilerover 9 years ago
This. Is. So. Amazing. Specially since I am a horrible typist. This is a great and extremly fun way to improve one&#x27;s typing skills!<p>The effects are also great
eecksover 9 years ago
I really thought I wouldn&#x27;t like this but when I started I found I enjoyed it. I only got to level 12 with 175 but that&#x27;s ok
holychizover 9 years ago
well done! some suggestions:<p>* +1 for symbols &amp; numbers * maybe use spacebar for abort word(?) * would be cool to include phrases (boss mode ?)
justifierover 9 years ago
great polish, i think i&#x27;d be fun if the words were taken from and ultimately formed a program<p>for instance, you complete a level and the reward is: &#x27; congratulations you just wrote a basic physics engine in javascript&#x27;, and show the code
mead5432over 9 years ago
I enjoyed the first version of this game and like this one also. Nice job.
tomashertusover 9 years ago
+1 do it specially for programming languages - ruby methods; javascript methods; java methods; Objective-C methods :D :D etc!
estover 9 years ago
holyshit this is fun. Should have a VIM mode. Who edits fastest wins.
ruiramosover 9 years ago
Looking great, congrats!
edge17over 9 years ago
cool. how come after a while i run out of ammo or something?
shpxover 9 years ago
is the angle of the grid significant at all?
irascibleover 9 years ago
Slick and Fun!!
hkonover 9 years ago
Nice job!