‘Daniel Linssen’s Typing Problem’ Challenges Keystroke Expertise

Daniel Linssen’s Typing Problem duties you with scooting round a harmful grid by hitting the best keys earlier than you get clobbered.

As somebody who sorts for a couple of hours each single day, I got here to this recreation feeling fairly cocky. All you need to do is navigate a grid of randomized letters by hitting keys to maneuver round. Your essential objective is to kind your strategy to the golden letters, amassing them as shortly (and safely) as you’ll be able to. Get sufficient of them to fill all the darkish balls on the circle across the gameplay space and also you win. Doesn’t precisely sound like one thing that might be too onerous. AND YET…

One thing about this recreation made issues difficult for me (and has me questioning if my typing expertise are extra associated to memorizing letter patterns for particular phrases fairly than really realizing the keyboard structure). Having to chase a grid of nonsense across the play subject had me hesitating and almost panicking as I attempted to hit the proper keys. Having to do that whereas monitoring the trajectories of the deadly asterisks floating by way of the sector made this considerably tougher, making me take an embarrassing period of time to search out letters I exploit on a regular basis. It’s not like I used to be simply fighting “z’ or ‘q’. This surprisingly devilish title had me floundering it doesn’t matter what letter I used to be on the lookout for.

Daniel Linssen’s Typing Problem is a stunningly troublesome problem for expert typists. The strain of getting to determine the most secure route by way of the letters whereas determining the place the keys lie in your keyboard was surprisingly demanding and enjoyable. The sport humbled me quick, however its simplicity (and my annoyance at pondering I ought to be FAR higher at it) saved me coming again for one more spherical.

Daniel Linssen’s Typing Problem is accessible now (at no cost) on itch.io.

About The Creator

Joel Couture

Joel has been protecting indie video games for numerous websites together with IndieGames.com, Siliconera, Gamasutra, Warp Door, CG Journal, and extra over the previous seven years, and has written book-length research on Undertale and P.T.. Joel is continually looking out for digital experiences that push the boundaries of what video games may be, and seeks to delve into the inventive course of, meanings, and emotion labor that goes into the work of artists worldwide.