Typejump is a small game to introduce kids to computer keyboards. A single-letter-at-a-time typing tutor.
Built for, tested by, and approved by my 5 year old.
The character automatically walks forward, and stops at an obstacle with a letter displayed. When the player presses the matching letter on the keyboard (case is irrelevant), the character jumps the obstacle and continues.
There are currently 3 levels. I plan on eventually adding more, and some progressive difficulty (2 letter words, then 3 letter words, etc), but my kids already love playing this as-is so in the spirit of "perfect is the enemy of good", I decided this is good enough for now.
Download Typejump.zip, unzip all files to a folder, run the EXE.
Windows 10 only for now, I plan on making builds for MacOS and Linux soon.
If you don't trust the EXE you can clone the repo, then in Game Maker Studio 2 open the YPP file from the Source folder and press F5 to compile and run.
- SPACE to start a level
- F5 to restart the game (if you get stuck or get to the end)
- F12 to skip to the next level
- ESC to quit
The game was built in Game Maker Studio 2, source is included in the repository. It's a quick hacked-together game, don't expect much from the code, it works.
Art assets were licensed from https://www.kenney.nl, and I used some royalty-free tracks from Bad Snacks for background music.