ZType – Typing Game

Neat! A couple gameplay suggestions I would have is that while the game does pretty well figuring out which word I'm typing sometimes I will get "locked" on a word that I decide I don't actually want to complete (for example, if something is coming at me faster). And, while probably intentional, sometimes I just can't see words or there is some delay in when they actually get destroyed.

Games like this based on an existing skill would really benefit from the ability to start at higher levels. I'm a pretty proficient typist, it'd be a lot more interesting to me if there was any risk at all of me failing.

The game doesn't penalize wrong key presses. I made an automation cheat for it back in Dec 2013!

    import java.awt.*;
    
    public class autokey {
        public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
            // Give the user time to switch windows
            Thread.sleep(2000);
            
            // Repeatedly type the letters A through Z until the mouse is moved
            Robot rob = new Robot();
            Point prevLoc = MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation();
            while (MouseInfo.getPointerInfo().getLocation().equals(prevLoc)) {
                for (int i = 'A'; i <= 'Z'; i++) {
                    rob.keyPress(i);
                    Thread.sleep(1);
                }
                Thread.sleep(50);
            }
        }
    }

Really cool! What I have always wanted was a version of those touch typing training sites like tipp10 but with some social aspects. E.g. like a running app where you can rack up kilometers against your friends but for typing lessons!

I tend to play this at work when I need some downtime. If you want other suggestions, give Typing of the Dead a go.

That was really great. I did 7 waves on the phone and had fun! The music was phenomenal

I really like the game!

looks like the keyboard doesn’t work that well on mobile though (iOS). You need to press the keys below the key you want to type (eg if I want to type a T, I need to press G for it to work)

reminds me of typing of the dead, well done

For more of a challenge, there are these texts (0):

> Random Wikipedia Article (probably hard) [1]

> Moby Dick (hard) [2]

> Donald Trump’s Speech, South Carolina (incomprehensible) [3]

0: https://zty.pe/?load 1: https://zty.pe/?url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Ra... 2: https://zty.pe/?text=11e5dad15e3dca9b 3: https://zty.pe/?text=21bb8f1868f879f8

For those seeking something multiplayer https://play.typeracer.com/

Seems to be too buggy to play. First word I typed it wouldn't accept the last letter, and this happened again and again.

Could you make it so that I can use my actual keyboard on mobile instead of being forced to use QWERTY?

Very fun game! Just would have liked to choose my keyboard layout (in my case switch y and z)

Very good, I like it. I usually use NitroType, and I will use yours too.

Inspired by the classic Gar-Type I see !

Doesn't work on FF/Linux

Very good ideed! Give it try!

Too bad this doesn't use the system keyboard on mobile

That was fun.

I would like it if there was a hard mode, where every wrong keypress would spawn another enemy.

The irony in the typo of the submission for a typing game :-)

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