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Fighting Words

By clavus

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness357
Fun1693.61
Innovation1823.70
Overall1913.61
Theme2213.77
Mood2953.25
Graphics4573.19
Audio4802.83
Humor5382.73

Comments

bastienre4 2015-04-20 12:27

OSX version don't work :/.

paulozz 2015-04-20 12:28

I LOVE IT! And I'm actually quite good ^^

clavus 2015-04-20 18:49

@Bastienre4: that sucks to hear. I can't actually test the OSX version here, but I've used the same steps to distribute to OSX as before (which used to work).

ptsnoop 2015-04-20 19:31

Typing with one hand is surprisingly tricky... Good game!

pietdagamer 2015-04-20 19:31

Great concept! The controls are a bit cluncky if you type with two hands (switching over to the mosue all the time), but I really like the idea. Also, the overall look of the game is very good.

grillaface 2015-04-21 16:01

I liked this, seems like it could be a good typing tool. Maybe make the letters larger or a little easier to read, but overall pretty fun!

nicklink483 2015-04-21 16:02

That six letter word doesn't mess around! Fun game :)

sanka-x 2015-04-21 16:35

Very fun game.
It's a little bit triky to tape and aim at the same time, but I think it's part of the fun :D

I can easily imagine some kind of combo system, but it will need a way of deleting wrong lettre.

2k16 2015-04-21 16:38

Amazing idea!

mak 2015-04-21 16:40

Really cool, maybe some music to make it feel more frenetic will suit it nicely.

de_von 2015-04-23 15:13

Interesting realization of idea. Maybe change the color of the circles or words on them for better readability.

jakob37 2015-04-25 08:33

Seems promising, doesn't run on my computer though.. (Using a Windows 7 computer, when clicking the .exe it loads for a second, and then nothing more happens)

urbanhelsing 2015-04-25 08:53

Great game. Would like to have real words to speed up the reading. And the letters was a bit too small for my eyes.

orangespikygames 2015-04-26 06:46

Hey, what a neat idea. Really enjoyed it. A little hard to hit both sides of the keyboard though.

jyrkface 2015-04-26 07:54

Excellent idea, perfect for the theme! With a tiny bit of polish this seems like it would make a great spelling/vocabulary game for kids.

er_dos 2015-04-28 11:50

OSX worked fine for me and I loved this game!! i think you really nailed the gameplay with this, it got harder at just the right rate, also the sounds (even though they're pretty basic) made it really satisfying, the most i made it to was 121 seconds but i played a lot of times :)

simonlarsen 2015-04-30 19:15

Cool idea.
I feel like the difficulty escalated quite suddenly. Each enemy was very easy but once you make one mistake its very easy to die. Would be fun to try with a larger amount of slower enemies instead. Would also make the game more visually dense.
Good job nonetheless!

ididgame 2015-04-30 19:15

it's really satisfying to have all the letters you need typed out and go for the mouse
maybe its all the debugging i've been doing recently :)

boxedmeatrevolution 2015-04-30 19:20

AH! Difficult! Cool idea though, a twist on the classic "type-shooter" game. Maneuvering between the mouse and keyboard was certainly awkward, but ultimately the most interesting and unique part of this game. It was a fun and novel kind of multitasking: kiting the enemies with one hand and typing with the other.

I wish it had been wave-based though. Currently, falling behind even a little means certain death because the enemies keep steadily coming. If it were wave based the player would have time to collect themselves every once and a while, and better feel a sense of progression.

arcturusdeluxe 2015-05-09 16:24

Great idea! Really cool take on a Typing of the Dead type concept. My only complaint is its slightly awkward typing one handed while aiming with the mouse.