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2.0 Released!
Two and a half years ago, a dear friend and I cobbled together a little project. Initially, it was just tool to help me learn colemak-dh on my new keyboard. We had the crazy idea to package it up like a game and see if we could maybe make the app fee back from Steam. Neither one of us could believe the traction it got, nor the overwhelmingly positive response. We had big plans for expanding it beyond quotes, but we were both otherwise committed for the foreseeable future. While my friend has moved onto new career choices (to which I lovingly wish her the best!), I have started my own game dev studio, silly little games. After graduation my first step was a 6-month game jam, which pushed me to learn so much more than I thought myself capable of! Afterwards I was eager to move onto a new project, but I also wanted to revisit CozyTyper to, as I saw it, finish the job! The whole codebase was a mess. Looking back, Im surprised it worked at all! I needed to start from scratch and rebuild using all the new skills and tools I had picked up. After a few months, I was able to rebuild CozyTyper with some really exciting new additions like scrolling text and customizable font sizing / alignment. I have also added a ton of new workspace customizations. Now you can change not just the ambience, but the desk, the radio, the computer etc! Some only have one option right now, but the pipelines have all been built to allow me to add new content / customization really easily! While the update is ready to go, I am far from done with CozyTyper! I look forward to adding more and more content as time goes on! If there is content you would like to see in CozyTyper, then please use the Submission Form! I hope you all enjoy the new changes, but if anyone is looking to play the old 1.x versions, you can select those branches from the Steam Beta settings for CozyTyper!
(Since Feb 2023) [olist] Totals
Parser
Cursor
- I have been publishing regular publicly available dev logs on my patreon! Check them out here! - Patrons get early access to new content / previews / access to the patron discord!
[ 2024-12-18 23:41:53 CET ] [ Original post ]
More Cozy, More Typer!
Two and a half years ago, a dear friend and I cobbled together a little project. Initially, it was just tool to help me learn colemak-dh on my new keyboard. We had the crazy idea to package it up like a game and see if we could maybe make the app fee back from Steam. Neither one of us could believe the traction it got, nor the overwhelmingly positive response. We had big plans for expanding it beyond quotes, but we were both otherwise committed for the foreseeable future. While my friend has moved onto new career choices (to which I lovingly wish her the best!), I have started my own game dev studio, silly little games. After graduation my first step was a 6-month game jam, which pushed me to learn so much more than I thought myself capable of! Afterwards I was eager to move onto a new project, but I also wanted to revisit CozyTyper to, as I saw it, finish the job! The whole codebase was a mess. Looking back, Im surprised it worked at all! I needed to start from scratch and rebuild using all the new skills and tools I had picked up. After a few months, I was able to rebuild CozyTyper with some really exciting new additions like scrolling text and customizable font sizing / alignment. I have also added a ton of new workspace customizations. Now you can change not just the ambience, but the desk, the radio, the computer etc! Some only have one option right now, but the pipelines have all been built to allow me to add new content / customization really easily! While the update is ready to go, I am far from done with CozyTyper! I look forward to adding more and more content as time goes on! If there is content you would like to see in CozyTyper, then please use the Submission Form! I hope you all enjoy the new changes, but if anyone is looking to play the old 1.x versions, you can select those branches from the Steam Beta settings for CozyTyper!
Exciting Stats
(Since Feb 2023) [olist]
- 3.2 million quotes entered.
- 76% used the manual (correction) parser.
- 14% used the classic parser.
- 10% used the yoto parser.
- 56% used the box cursor.
- 25% used the bar cursor.
- 19% used the underscore cursor.
2.0 Patch Notes
New Features
Three New Modes!
- Practice longer form content with Poems! Poems are rich text formatted, so you will use return to move to the next line, as if you were typing in a text editor!
- Short stories will push your long form practice to the next level. Short Stories are broken up into sections, and your progress and stats are tracked individually per section.
- Code snippets will challenge even the most experienced typists with both rich text formatting and heavy use of symbols. Tabs are adjustable, and your tab inputs will be inserted as your preferred length, with spaces to mimic a standard IDE setup.
Content Progress Bar
- In order to help you better visually track your progress through the content, a progress bar will appear when needed that represents the number of total lines in the content. These indicators will change colour to indicate both progress, and errors left on previous lines.
- In Short Stories, the progress bar works a little differently. Each Indicator represents a section of the story and that section will fill up as you work your way through it. The indicators will also show if you have previously successfully completed a section or not.
Content Report Tool
- If you notice an error in a quote and want me to take another look at it, use the content report button, fill out the correction and submit. This way I can address error reports directly.
Keyboard Overlay
- Display an overlay just below the screen to help you keep from looking down at your fingers! Missing your layout? Let me know and I will add it!
International character variations
- For those of you who have been having issues with specific characters due to international layouts (ABNT ? for example). I have added a system to check for variations of any character, but I need to collect more data on which characters are causing people problems. Please use the character report tool if this issue is happening to you, so I can have the data added to the character variation database, so you can play without issue!
On-Screen Settings
- You no longer have to quit out of the typing screen in order to change the settings! Just click on the buttons in the top left to see the options.
On-Screen Reporting
- If you find an issue of any type, click the report button on the in game screen to bring up different reporting options. Currently, you can report content / suggest any edits, report issues with character registration, or any other general bug / suggestion. The content error and character registration error windows gather information that will help me fix those issues much quicker.
Email Notifications
- When you get a new email from Anita, you will see a notification in the bottom right which will take you to that email in your inbox!
Updates
- Longer Content - Content length is now unlimited.
- Vertically Scrolling Content - Content will scroll automatically with your position to facilitate unlimited content lengths.
- Character accuracy stat page redesigned as a histogram.
- The graph display has been redesigned to separate the new content types.
- 65 new achievements have been added to replace the old 1.0 set.
Bug Fixes
- Various quote errors fixed in database.
Known Issues
- Radio tooltip is empty for the first song upon loading.
- Typing sound missing for ` key.
- Linux - Low cursor flash speed combined with high typing speed can cause the cursor to disappear temporarily.
On-going Updates and Help
- One of the biggest focuses with 2.0, was better long-term support. If you come across any issue or just want to leave your feedback, please make use of the in-game reporting tools! That way, I cant miss it!
- I am already working on some new customization options and content additions for the next update, so stay tuned!
Support / Stay Informed
- I have been publishing regular publicly available dev logs on my patreon! Check them out here! - Patrons get early access to new content / previews / access to the patron discord!
[ 2024-12-18 23:41:53 CET ] [ Original post ]
CozyTyper
imophi
Developer
imophi
Publisher
Jul 2022
Release
Game News Posts:
19
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Very Positive
(198 reviews)
Public Linux Depots:
- [262.4 M]
Overview
CozyTyper is a new take on the typing game genre. By focusing on accuracy above all else, CozyTyper removes the pressure of a ticking clock and lets you focus on learning the muscle memory, through which you will naturally gain speed!In order to simulate the most natural typing experience, in CozyTyper you type out full quotes sourced from games, movies, novels, famous speeches and more. As you progress through the difficulties, the quotes get longer and more technical to push your touch typing to the next level!
Story Mode
Anita has been an enthusiast typist ever since she received her first IBM Selectric back it ’67. Now that she has retired, she worked with her grandson to help bring her teaching technique to anyone willing to learn. Enroll in her course to and watch your stats improve! She sends you progress reports along the way so you can see your improvement in real-time. As you progress through the story, at the end of each in-game day, all of your successfully completed quotes will be unlocked for endless play in the Freeplay game mode. At the end of each in-game week you will also unlock bonus quotes at that level.Freeplay
Freeplay mode allows you to practice quotes without the structure of the course, while still recording and updating your stats. You can have freeplay select between any of your unlocked quotes, or you can have it only select a specific difficulty from the settings menu.Stats
In this page you can find graphs displaying the accuracy and words per minute of your latest quotes, as well as your daily progress reports from story mode.Customize Your Experience
Cozytyper comes with 3 different typing cursors, and 3 different typing modes. You can use either of the two color presets, of choose your own colors, to adjust the text highlighting to what works best for you!Who Are We?
imophi is a small game studio started by two friends with a deep passion for game development. We are so excited to bring our first game, CozyTyper, to anyone who might enjoy it. We have refined this game after a great deal of tester feedback, and look forward to continuing that work to make CozyTyper the best it can be. Thanks for taking the time to consider our game, and we hope you love it as much as we do!MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Processor: 2 GhzMemory: 2 MB RAM
- Memory: 2 MB RAM
- Graphics: 256 mb video memory
- Storage: 300 MB available space
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