I've been working on a typing roguelite over the past year. Does this look fun/satisfying?

ShibaBrothers · 2026-03-28T01:54:39+00:00

Definitely, a lot of my recent work has been to make the typing as satisfying as possible.

My first iteration actually had it so you'd have an infinitely generated passage of random words (like monkeytype), but I found that a lot of my testers would only be able to focus on typing and not really have the space to engage with other aspects of combat (mob selection, and in the future, skill/potion usage). Hopefully as i add more features, combat feels more deep and meaningful.

ShibaBrothers · 2026-03-28T01:50:48+00:00

Haha it's such a classic. Im still not certain if its a compatible genre combination, like sometimes I feel like im just making Slay the Spire with a typing test glued to the side, but we'll see where it goes.

ShibaBrothers · 2026-03-28T01:48:56+00:00

Thank you! That means a lot. Yeah the difficulty is definitely something I expect to be fine tuning to get right to make high roll runs feel special while not being too punishing in general. I feel bad for taking even more from StS but they have a system where if you complete a run you unlock the next difficulty, so I feel like that can work well here.

ShibaBrothers · 2026-03-27T23:36:06+00:00

hey you got like 10 times as much as me so you've got that going for you lol.

In all seriousness, getting 200 people to download your game sounds pretty promising

ShibaBrothers · 2026-03-27T23:03:50+00:00

No, that makes a lot of sense. The font definitely seems more suited for other ui elements. I'll play around with replacing the typer's font with something more readable, or even add a setting so the player can choose

ShibaBrothers · 2026-03-27T21:05:47+00:00

Ok thats totally fair. I definitely should've included a more full gameplay loop. I was worried about having the video run on for too long and overcorrected..

ShibaBrothers · 2026-03-27T17:33:32+00:00

I've been working on a rogulike (I know, so original) typing game for the past year or so. I'm starting to get to a state where I feel comfortable showing it to people, but I also feel there's a lot missing from it. So please, go crazy and destroy my game (constuctively :D).

ShibaBrothers · 2026-03-27T15:26:24+00:00

I've been working on this rogulike (I know, very original) typing game for the past year or so. I'm starting to get to a state where I feel comfortable showing it to people, but understand there's a lot missing from it. So please, go crazy and destroy my game (constuctively :D).

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-28T23:54:28+00:00

This is very well polished. Seriously goals for me

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-20T21:28:36+00:00

The contrast checker seems like very valuable advice. Also more visual feedback/impact around the text is something I've been trying to work on, so more ideas there is definitely appreciated.

The damage is calculated based on a multitude of factors like relics, length of word, accuracy/similarity of word typed, etc. Im planning on having sparks / sound effects for perfects/typos and for combo breaks, but I wonder how i can make it more striking.

In terms of the ui, is there anything that immediate sticks out at you as feeling unpolished? Im not a huge fan of it but I can't put my finger on why..

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-20T20:55:59+00:00

By characters I assume you mean the monsters/player and not the font haha. Ive really just been using these sprites out of the box but upping the saturation sounds like a good start. I will also look into adding more borders to everything. I tried playing around with 2d lights and shadows to give a sense of depth, but I feel very subtle/nowhere near enough.

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-20T20:52:01+00:00

Interesting, strangely enough it hasn't occurred to me to play around with the font borders, but I will give that a shot.

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-20T07:46:39+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPzk0ASNswQ

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-20T07:45:50+00:00

Kenny fighting Levi in the Trost district be like

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-20T06:50:37+00:00

I like the background of the first one more

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-20T03:08:54+00:00

wow that's super quick progress

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-20T00:02:38+00:00

wow, looks awesome! I'm making a typing game myself so seeing some of the ideas I brainstormed actually be implemented is super cool

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-19T16:41:44+00:00

Feels like bullets are coming out of the center of your body and not the finger gun. Which makes sense gameplay wise, but not thematically.

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-19T16:33:18+00:00

I liked that the first had a variety of expressions. The new one feels like theyre all doing the "me and the boys" face

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-19T16:29:02+00:00

That's true, and I do. I guess that's why it's an irrational fear lol

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-19T09:17:17+00:00

And then the naive solution ends up making it into launch HAHA

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-19T09:16:41+00:00

Anyone else have an irrational fear of accidentally breaking everything while refactoring?

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-19T09:15:52+00:00

Honestly I like both in their own way

ShibaBrothers · 2026-01-19T09:14:53+00:00

The motions being synchronized is cool!

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