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Description
StarTyper is a game that you can use to become a touch typing wizard.

Key features
StarTyper will not only teach you the words of your chosen language (50 levels for each language), but also the numbers, special characters and modifier keys. You can also add your own custom word lists!

Release Information
Release date - May 2014
Mac OS X

You can read about StarTyper at http://lidenanna.com. Yo can see the screen shots and and look at video tutorials of the game.

Download
You can download the game at
https://itunes.apple.com/se/app/startyper/id876382623?l=en&mt=12
You will need a promo code. Just send me a message here at the forum, or send an email to [email protected] and I will send you promo code.

Contact
[email protected]

I like the idea of typing flying words (started on Master level, the words were fairly easy for me).  There were a few problems, most of them pretty major:

- Their were spaceships with the words "Again" and "And".  I started to type the word "Again", but realized that ship wasn't selected, the word with "And" was, so I switched to spelling that out.  How was I supposed to know this was the first one to start with?  There's no indication.  And why am I not allowed to shoot the one I want to first?  If "Again" is on the screen, and I try to type it, it should be affected.

- The tiny ships... I couldn't tell if they had "l" or "1" or "|"... it wasn't until I lost the level that I realized they were capital I's!  That wasn't exactly testing my typing skills.

- The words are really repetitive.  Do I really need to type the words "and" and "again" 20 times on the Master level?

Although I think it needs some major work, it does seem like a fertile concept.  I hope you keep working on it.

Ronsho,

Thank you for your review. Very helpful!

> I started to type the word "Again", but realized that ship wasn't selected, the word with "And" was, so I switched to spelling that out. How was I supposed to know this was the first one to start with?

When two or more words begin with the same letter, the one nearest to the left edge is always targeted. Also the targeted word, the "And" in your case, is marked green. All of that is explained in the help pages, but I guess most people don't read help pages. I will see if I can change the behavior.  Maybe by starting out with the "And" in green, but if the next letter is "g" then switch to "Again" automatically so the flow for the user is nice and clean.

>  The tiny ships... I couldn't tell if they had "l" or "1" or "|"... it wasn't until I lost the level that I realized they were capital I's!  

You probably chose the english language, and there capital I is a real word  while "1" or "|" or not. But I admit that it is a problem. I will change to another font that makes the difference clearer.

> The words are really repetitive.  Do I really need to type the words "and" and "again" 20 times on the Master level?

Of course not, but that is due that you downloaded the free version. If you download the real version, the word variation is much richer. I will send you a promo code.

Thank you, for much needed feedback.

Anna

Could you send me a promo code?
thanks

I'll send you one right away

thanks
Anna