What Type

Description:

Type the falling words to get points and combos. Typing the incorrect letters will raise the water level in the dungeon. If the water gets high enough the words will sink making it almost impossible to type. You can build your combos and score by strategically letting the words build up and typing the "Special colorful" words.

A relatively simple typing game used to demonstrate some of Unity's Systems and how they should be used.  

Controls:

Use letters to type ( some are capital )

• When not currently typing a word type the first letter of any word. That word is now the "active  word" and you must press the "Cancel current Word" key or completely type the word.
• You may also change the active word by using the arrow keys. (this is a bit buggy ). it will select the next word in the direction that starts with the letter you just typed.

Esc - Quit Game
Tab - Pause Game
Delete (Del) - Cancel current word

Requirements -

Windows
Should be minimal requirements on the specs.

Things that could be added:

• Better UI
• Dictionary selection
• High score tracking and posting
• Actual word count goal based levels
• Different backgrounds
• Maybe a story or a purpose for why the player is having to type words
• Help menu
• Sounds
• Progressive Speed

What was Learned:

This prototype was started to test how Unity's built in Event system behaved. Using the decoupled architecture is nice for building in editor system but can make it quite difficult to test and find bugs. My preference is still to use system.Action/<T>.  However on/with a larger project/Team for certain cases using UnityEvents could be advantages. I is also my opinion that unless your application is calling lots of events almost every frame I would not be too concerned with their speed.

Time: 

• approx: 1 month on and off work - 

Features:

• Word dictionary system : 
  • Add  / Remove words
• Powerup framework : 
  • Easy to add power ups ( requires rebuild )
    • AWE - Word Effects
      • Eplosions
      • Casing changes
      • slow time
      • mass change
      • size change
      • speed change
  • Power up words
    • Scalable time
    • Explosions
    • Combo Multiplier
• Word combo system
• WPM Tracker
• Raising water (upon error in typing ) that will sink letters
• Early exit typing words
• Find word starting with typed letter closest to last word typed.
• Custom flickering torch :D

Tech

• Unity 2021.1.23f1
  • 3D models
  • 2d text ( text mesh pro )
  • 2D physics on the UI Layer
  • Particle System
  • Unity Events
  • New Pooling system
  • Old input system
  • ScriptableObject based systems
    • GFX player - plays visual effects
    • AWE - Word Effects