I'm so grateful for the positive reception to the 2.0 changes, and I'm hoping that this update can make CozyTyper a better training tool & game for everyone! If you are interested in the development process of 2.0 and beyond, check out the free dev logs!

2.1.0

New Workspace Customizations

• Modern Radio
• Modern Monitor
• Snake Plant

Unit Progress Indicator

• In the top bar, you will now see your progress through respective unit for your currently loaded content. If you have completed that unit, it will instead show your total progress through that level of content.

Progress Redesign

• Due to popular request, all 4 unit types are available from the start of the game, and progress is now focused on advancing each individual unit. It is still recommended to start with quotes, but you can now choose your own path through the content.

Keyboard overlay

• The will now show the home row for the selected layout.
• There is now an additional toggle button on the overlay itself as well as the top bar.

Mouse Cursor

• Added the CozyTyper 1.x mouse cursor.

Welcome Screen

• Added a start screen similar to the original CozyTyper.

• Various updates to database content! Big thank you to everyone who has been submitting corrections!
• Classic and YOTO parsers have had their tooltips fixed!

• Radio tooltip is not loading properly for the first song upon loading.
• Linux - Low cursor flash speed combined with high typing speed can cause the cursor to disappear momentarily.

2.1 Preview available on the updatepreview beta branch. These changes are due to go live on the default branch in one week! I have been going through all the reviews and feedback about the new update, and I am so grateful that people are enjoying the new changes! There have been a few small friction points, and this patch should smooth those out! Primarily, the progress has been reworked so the path of quotes->poems->stories->code is still recommended, but players are able to start with, and work on any unit they choose. These units will still have sub progression, ie you cant do quotes level 2 until you pass quotes level 1! Quotes 1, Poems 1, Stories and Code will now be open to the player right away. There are a few new quality of life updates as well as 3 new workspace customizations! Full patch notes available in the game and will be posted with the update post new week! If you are interested in seeing a preview live, or the process of working on CozyTyper or any of my other / upcoming projects, come check me out live on Twitch! (I will be live today at noon est!) If you prefer to read your updates, and want to keep tabs on development, check out my free dev logs! Have a great weekend daphii

Thank you for your patience over the holidays while I took a few days to recoup! I really appreciate everyone using the content report tool, I have fixed all the reported errors, and added the new submissions!

2.0.6

Bug Fixes

• Audio settings toggles now functioning as expected.
• Various content errors fixed.
• Content submissions added.

Known Issues

• Some values are causing display issue in the graphs. If this is happening to you, please go to this discussion post and let me know!

More Cozy, More Typer!

Exciting Stats

This is just a quick little note to remind everyone that the achievements have been reworked in anticipation of the upcoming update, and those changes should already be visible in your Steam library! For more information about the achievement rework and for a sneak preview of some exciting stats, check out the Dev logs! We are so close to 2.0, I cant wait! daphii

New Customization

Achievements

Who doesnt love a graph? The play menu and stats menus are built out!

As a reminder, all CozyTyper players are automatically in the playtest!

I am so excited to bring these features live for testing!

As a reminder, all CozyTyper players are automatically in the playtest

The 1.3 EOL build is up as the default branch now, which means we are back on MacOS! There were a few months where I chose to remove the mac listing as it was no longer stable! Good news, that is all behind us now, but if you continue to have trouble, please reach out on the community forums and I will get back to you ASAP! For anyone who wants to participate in the ongoing playtest for the 2.0 update, I would encourage you to check out the dev logs for details on the new changes and how to join in. All current CozyTyper players can get started with it today. Do you use a us-intl or a ABNT keyboard layout? This community post outlines how you can help make CozyTyper accessible to anyone regardless of region specific hardware! I cant wait for your feedback, so 2.0 can be the best it can be! Stay Cozy! - daphii <3

Hello again, CozyTypers! I have some really exciting news, I am working on some big quality of life changes, and some fun new features for CozyTyper. I will be using Steams playtest feature in order to test the builds before they go live! Currently the playtest is invite-only, but I am hoping to expand that once I get the update to a more complete state! I will be posting major updates about playtest on the Steam Community forums, but I will also be posting more frequent minor updates on Patreon. As always, the dev logs are public for anyone to view! Right now, the first playtest post is live and outlines the plans for CozyTyper and how to get an invite - if that is something you are interested in! Read the updates here! I am really excited for the future of CozyTyper, and I look forward to building it with all of you! daphii <3

Updates:

• Fixed input bug on Mac OS Sonoma
• Edited credits to adhere with Steam guidelines.
• Moved to a new save system

Notes

How do I get the 1.3 branch?

Hello CozyTypers! It has been a little while; I am all finished my undergraduate degree! It was a long road but so worth it! It was hard to imagine finishing it, but I finally made it over the finish line! What Im most excited about is being able to focus my full efforts into developing this silly little studio into a real career! This brings me to topic of this announcement, my new game Daedalus! Its a twin-stick pixel art action game, set in Greek mythology. If that sounds at all interesting to you, I humbly ask that you check out the store page and add it to your wishlist! This is immensely helpful in getting the game to be discovered by potential players. There is a Demo planned for release in January, with the whole game releasing on February 12th. If you are interested in learning more about the development of Daedalus, the ongoings of the studio, or are looking to help support future development than please check out the Patreon! All Dev Logs are available for free, with some behind the scenes looks and early beta access for paying patrons. My patrons have been immensely helpful in testing Daedalus and providing footage for the trailer, I could not do this without their support. Thanks again for giving CozyTyper a shot, you all have made my dreams of game development into a reality. Stay Cozy! - daphii

Read more about this update and the processes we used to make it happen on our Patreon - available for anyone to read, patron or otherwise!

Updates

Quote Database Overhaul

• Each quote has been checked one by one for any grammar or spelling issues.
• All punctuation has been normalized and more info can be found [url=https://steamcommunity.com/app/2063420/discussions/1/3758852249528348005/]here.
• Over 150 new quotes have been added - including many community suggestions.

Bug Fixes

Achievements & Stats

• All accumulation achievements have been rewritten to include any and all progress, regardless of resetting your story mode progress.
• Stats are uploaded at the end of each day, or any time that you go back to the menu.

Hey There, CozyTypers! Our 5th Dev log is out on Patreon and is available for anyone to read, patron or otherwise! We explain more about our process of normalizing the quotes, and fixing the cumulation achievements. Read more here! Our previous dev logs are posted there if you are curious to check those out as well. TL;DR: All punctuation has been normalized. We are inspecting the quotes one by one to check for any errors. Quotes may contain certain oddities if that is faithful to the source. We are fixing the cumulative achievements so they work as people expected. - imophi

Last weekend, we made a post about the perfection achievements and if they had a place in CozyTyper. We opened up a patreon poll as well as a straw poll for non patrons. The community voted and left comments to let us know what they were thinking. We are very grateful for everyone who participated and make their voices heard, your feedback helps us make the best decisions we can for our games!

The Results

What have we learned?

One of the biggest friction points for CozyTyper has been achievements and the way that they work, so we want to try to bring these in line with what the community is expecting and feels right to you CozyTypers! We want to make some changes to the achievement system as we didn't initially communicate our intentions for these achievements at release, which you can read more about on our community discussions page. After a lengthy discussion regarding the 4 toughest achievements ( completing the 4 weeks without a mistake ), we thought the best thing to do would be to open up the idea of removing those 4 achievements as they feel against the general vibe of CozyTyper. To loop you into our perspective, here is what the main points of the discussion were:

• We wanted to create a higher tier of achievement beyond just accumulating total quotes. This led us to trying to follow the spirit of the game ( accuracy over speed ) to its logical conclusion, 100% accuracy. We recognized that this would be a rare achievement indeed, but we wanted to find a way to reward someone who managed such a feat.
• Because of the way that some people play games, those achievements were not seen as some far off goal, but one they were obligated to complete to feel they had finished the game. This is not wrong, it is just different from how we conceived it to be.
• Currently ~70 have completed at least 1 of these achievements, that is ~1% of players.
• If there were a way to convert achievements to legacy achievements similarly to the feat of strength system in World of Warcraft, or to exclude specific achievements from the 100% completion requirement similarly to PlayStation's Platinum system, then this would be a no brainer!
• Sadly our only other option is to outright remove them, which would allow those who have already 100% the game to keep that, despite losing the 4 perfection achievements. We really dislike that people will not be able to retain credit, and we are trying to weigh that against the frustration that these achievements are causing people.
• We are in a position where either decision will impose on people, and are struggling to find the best option.

Patreon Poll Link

Straw Poll Link

Updates

• Adjusted error stats screen to allow for a higher numbers of errors in the summary without line breaking.
• Daily grades are now based solely on accuracy instead of number of attempts.
• Reduced white space on WPM graph.

Bugfixes

• Several quote typos fixed.
• Added suggested quote from community page.
• Fixed error which caused a hidden achievement to not trigger.

New Features

Radio

Ambiences

• Hills Day
• Hills Night
• Hills Rain
• City Night
• City Rain
• Space Station
• Beach

Word deletion

Updates

• Sound in background can be disabled in the sound menu.
• Several menu elements have had tooltips added.
• The in game monitor now has a brightness adjustment.
• Sound in background can be toggled on/off in sound menu.

Bugfixes

• Several quote typos/errors fixed.
• Accuracy graph will now display properly if all attempts are 100%.
• Fixed a bug which would not properly remove previous story mode attempts upon resetting progress, preventing you from getting the hard mode / perfection achievements.

New Features

Ambiences

• Hillside - the classic background.
• Night - for the night owls.

Error Data

• Your keystroke error data is now saved and displayed in a new stats tab.
• The tab will include your most common errors in a summary, as well as a complete list of all errors.
• The error tab will not contain any errors made before the patch.

Updates

• Added tooltip to radio speaker which displays the currently playing song.

Bugfixes

• End of Week Screen now scrolls up automatically on load.
• Stat summary no longer shows NaN without data.
• Fixed mouse cursor highlighting on email and endscreens.
• Fixed radio volume knob not adjusting on load.
• Inbox will hide on starting either typing mode.
• Inbox will now properly show prev / next when applicable.

Updates

• Save system updated to store additional data from story mode between sessions.
• Save system updated to support future changes in saving to preserve data between game versions.
• Some sound effects volumes adjusted for better balance.

Bug Fixes

• Spelling/syntax corrections for a few quotes.
• Story mode stats not showing if the game was closed before a week was fully completed.
• Visuals of e-mail and end of week screen button highlighting fixed.

Additional information.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed display bug for e-mails.

We are ecstatic to announce the official release of CozyTyper! As this is our first game, we are so happy to have gone on this journey and reached the finish line!

Features

Story Mode

Freeplay Mode

Stats

Customisation

Relaxing Environment