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Feedback Summary:
| Version 1.1.6: | |||||
| Overall Rating: |   (4.0) |
Features: | (3.0) |
Support: | Not rated (0.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (3.0) |
Price: | (2.0) |
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I agree it's typing game - Version: 1.1, 8/14/2004 10:19PM PST
Altaer
I enjoyed the game and thought $12 was a good price. I wouldn't be willing to pay $19.
I agree, it isn't a tutor, but it is exactly what I was looking for to improve my typing speed. =)
- Thank You to the programmer -
Add some feedback on fast/slow keys or words and you may make a tutor out of it.
The graphics are pretty good and don't distract from the game.
I agree, it isn't a tutor, but it is exactly what I was looking for to improve my typing speed. =)
- Thank You to the programmer -
Add some feedback on fast/slow keys or words and you may make a tutor out of it.
The graphics are pretty good and don't distract from the game.
Typing Game, Not Typing Tutor - Version: 1.1, 8/5/2004 03:42PM PST
MikuroSodochi
Playing the demo, I have to say that it's kind of a fun diversion from the original mouse-driven game. However, I don't think it's worth $12.
For one thing, other than the typing aspect, it's the exact duplicate of an existing game. Secondly, it doesn't actually tutor -- it's only really playable if you know how to type already. It's a game for people that already know how to type to possibly improve their typing speed, but it's more an exercise in hand-eye coordination (like most video games) than a teaching tool.
At least games like Mario Teaches Typing, for example, tried to teach finger placement and had multiple levels of difficulty (not based on WPM as your game's levels are, but rather, based on letter placement -- like a level that covered just the letters 'asdf', then it'd add the letter 'g', then would be 'jkl;', then 'h', then finally 'asdfghjkl;' all together, and then adding other lines of the keyboard) to actually teach before it started asking for real words as your game does. Like I said, this game's for intermediate-expert typists, I see it being fairly frustrating for beginners and not being of much teaching potential except perhaps as a reward after having learned how to type from another program or method.
For one thing, other than the typing aspect, it's the exact duplicate of an existing game. Secondly, it doesn't actually tutor -- it's only really playable if you know how to type already. It's a game for people that already know how to type to possibly improve their typing speed, but it's more an exercise in hand-eye coordination (like most video games) than a teaching tool.
At least games like Mario Teaches Typing, for example, tried to teach finger placement and had multiple levels of difficulty (not based on WPM as your game's levels are, but rather, based on letter placement -- like a level that covered just the letters 'asdf', then it'd add the letter 'g', then would be 'jkl;', then 'h', then finally 'asdfghjkl;' all together, and then adding other lines of the keyboard) to actually teach before it started asking for real words as your game does. Like I said, this game's for intermediate-expert typists, I see it being fairly frustrating for beginners and not being of much teaching potential except perhaps as a reward after having learned how to type from another program or method.
still, very fun.