The Steam NEXT fest has ended and there has been more players than expected. I thought I would get drowned by all the other games and would have no chance without marketing. Maybe typing games are just a niche that interested players will still find. So I have a small update and improvements for the demo version of the game. Some I noticed myself after playing and seeing all your scores. Also some feedback of yours has helped me improving the game.

Leaderboard

• A major point was also that you lost your leaderboard rank if you start a new game which defeats the purpose of the leaderboard. I don't know why I did that, maybe because I didn't have a way to save the score. But I've now added a local score too, so you can now try to beat your own score.
• I changed the friends leaderboard to local ranks. I don't think it makes sense to show the global rank there.
• I did a rework of the leaderboard to make it less cramped. You can actually read some of the username now!

Steam Cloud Save

I'm not sure how many of you got that error with the Steam Cloud, but there was some kind of problem uploading the save files which I didn't really understand since I've done nothing different than my first game where it works without any problems. So I've now implemented my own system within the game to save the game on Steam Cloud. Hopefully it doesn't cause any problems. If there are any bugs, you can disable Steam Cloud temporarily for the game and submit a bug report within the game.

Some Quality of Life Improvements

• Added a warning before quitting your job
• Reset the word using backspace too instead of just ESC
• Moved email to the top screen so it doesn't block the words
• You can scroll using the keyboard now!
• I've adjusted the difficulty of the levels a bit, so more people might reach higher levels and try the features. There is also now a promotion tip at the end of the day which tells you what needs to be improve to reach the next level. It's now just the WPM that decides that.

Thank you again for all the players trying out the demo! The feedback has been helpful deciding which direction to go for the game. And the interest has been motivating to keep working on the game. I hope it will turn into a great typing game that meets your expectations!

[ 2024-10-27 10:46:03 CET ] [ Original post ]