Comments on: Grammar Nazi http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar Monthly Experimental Games Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:38:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Another Blasted Weblog » Blog Archive » Written by robots, edited by people http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-23106 Another Blasted Weblog » Blog Archive » Written by robots, edited by people Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:31:52 +0000 http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-23106 [...] except by observing the fine prose style of some of the Loggers. But it has provided me with the ammo I need to blow away the grammar nazis who won’t let me split an infinitive or tell someone they don’t have [...] […] except by observing the fine prose style of some of the Loggers. But it has provided me with the ammo I need to blow away the grammar nazis who won’t let me split an infinitive or tell someone they don’t have […]

]]> By: Spencer http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-8746 Spencer Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:46:30 +0000 http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-8746 Awesome game, awesome music (had to go find more from the artist), but like everyone says, it's too hard. I don't know if you're going to go back and tinker with it at all, but I was thinking that it would be a good mechanic if the player got a little health back with successful attacks, depending on the length of the word. I found that I could type "compartment" really fast, in case anyone is interested... Awesome game, awesome music (had to go find more from the artist), but like everyone says, it’s too hard. I don’t know if you’re going to go back and tinker with it at all, but I was thinking that it would be a good mechanic if the player got a little health back with successful attacks, depending on the length of the word. I found that I could type “compartment” really fast, in case anyone is interested…

]]> By: Mark http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-6412 Mark Sat, 29 Mar 2008 09:44:22 +0000 http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-6412 Great game and concept, certain worth another day of polish. First thing I'd suggest is making it easier initially to let people enjoy it more. I think the game mechanic is very clever but needs some clarification as can be seen from the earlier discussions. All the best, Mark Great game and concept, certain worth another day of polish. First thing I’d suggest is making it easier initially to let people enjoy it more. I think the game mechanic is very clever but needs some clarification as can be seen from the earlier discussions.
All the best,
Mark

]]> By: logr http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-5527 logr Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:35:55 +0000 http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-5527 Hi there! I am currently using an azerty (French) keyboard. I've seen Max's comment but I don't really know what to do with this information. Will there be an update of Grammar Nazi? Hi there!
I am currently using an azerty (French) keyboard. I’ve seen Max’s comment but I don’t really know what to do with this information. Will there be an update of Grammar Nazi?

]]> By: Mike http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-5522 Mike Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:04:19 +0000 http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-5522 this is the hardest game I've ever played. this is the hardest game I’ve ever played.

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]]> By: Max http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-4075 Max Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:34:07 +0000 http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-4075 If you want to support non-QWERTY keyboard layouts you can do so according to the info in this post: http://listas.apesol.org/pipermail/sdl-libsdl.org/2001-November/021785.html Basically currently you have SDL setup to use the keyboard as a "giant gamepad", to use it as a character input device you must ask SDL to give you unicode characters. If you want to support non-QWERTY keyboard layouts you can do so according to the info in this post:
http://listas.apesol.org/pipermail/sdl-libsdl.org/2001-November/021785.html

Basically currently you have SDL setup to use the keyboard as a “giant gamepad”, to use it as a character input device you must ask SDL to give you unicode characters.

]]> By: sarah http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-4068 sarah Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:47:30 +0000 http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-4068 Sorry, but I don't really understand the rules at all. What is the goal of this game and how can it be reached? Thanks! Sorry, but I don’t really understand the rules at all. What is the goal of this game and how can it be reached? Thanks!

]]> By: Robert Walker http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-3874 Robert Walker Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:31:47 +0000 http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-3874 If it were up to me, I'd say the rule should be to fire when the user hits space or doesn't type anything for 2 seconds. If it were up to me, I’d say the rule should be to fire when the user hits space or doesn’t type anything for 2 seconds.

]]> By: ZachsMind http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-3699 ZachsMind Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:56:20 +0000 http://www.kloonigames.com/blog/games/grammar#comment-3699 I think I ticked the game off. I couldn't take out the boss with smaller words. Even three or four letters at a time I'd inevitably get hit, and it's not that my typing skills are entirely shabby. I type sufficiently fast. So I turned to just trying one word repeatedly that I knew I could do pretty quick. That didn't help. So then I started trying to type out "disestabishmentarianism" based on a suggestion from earlier in this thread. I managed to get the game to acknowledge smaller words inside that word, like "disestablish" and "establishment." However apparently I can't manage to quickly type the whole word out in one quick go without a typo of some sort. That's when the rain came. The game started pouring so many letters down on me so fast that if I just let the game sit and watched it, the shield was deflecting a letter about once a second on average, making it impossible to even consider typing out a three letter word. It's a great idea for a game, but maybe you should start giving yourself more than one day to hammer a game out. I think I ticked the game off. I couldn’t take out the boss with smaller words. Even three or four letters at a time I’d inevitably get hit, and it’s not that my typing skills are entirely shabby. I type sufficiently fast. So I turned to just trying one word repeatedly that I knew I could do pretty quick. That didn’t help. So then I started trying to type out “disestabishmentarianism” based on a suggestion from earlier in this thread. I managed to get the game to acknowledge smaller words inside that word, like “disestablish” and “establishment.” However apparently I can’t manage to quickly type the whole word out in one quick go without a typo of some sort. That’s when the rain came. The game started pouring so many letters down on me so fast that if I just let the game sit and watched it, the shield was deflecting a letter about once a second on average, making it impossible to even consider typing out a three letter word. It’s a great idea for a game, but maybe you should start giving yourself more than one day to hammer a game out.

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