Arcade Typing Tutor for Mac User Reviews
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"Lots of fun - helps develop speed but not letter layout"
Version: Arcade Typing Tutor 1.5
Pros
This is a great concept especially for pre-teen boys. You get to use your typing skills to shoot asteroids and meteors before they attack your personal fleet of ships. A great foundation - would love to see other aspects of the platform developed.
Cons
The game is helpful only after you know the basic keyboard layout. There are no elements that actually teach touch typing. If you don't have a typing speed of 5 wpm I don't see how you could play at all, much less improve.
Summary
If you already touch type and want to have fun as you increase speed, this is a good value. It could be a fun addition for a child or adult who has learned touch typing on another program, but if you are trying to teach a child touch typing from the beginning, it doesn't do the job.
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"fun game but lacks some basic options"
Version: Arcade Typing Tutor 1.1.6
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
there is no way to abort/start new game, just pause/resume.
still, very fun. -
"I agree it's typing game"
Version: Arcade Typing Tutor 1.1
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
I enjoyed the game and thought $12 was a good price. I wouldn't be willing to pay $19.
I agree, it isn't a tutor, but it is exactly what I was looking for to improve my typing speed. =)
- Thank You to the programmer -
Add some feedback on fast/slow keys or words and you may make a tutor out of it.
The graphics are pretty good and don't distract from the game. -
"Typing Game, Not Typing Tutor"
Version: Arcade Typing Tutor 1.1
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
Playing the demo, I have to say that it's kind of a fun diversion from the original mouse-driven game. However, I don't think it's worth $12.
For one thing, other than the typing aspect, it's the exact duplicate of an existing game. Secondly, it doesn't actually tutor -- it's only really playable if you know how to type already. It's a game for people that already know how to type to possibly improve their typing speed, but it's more an exercise in hand-eye coordination (like most video games) than a teaching tool.
At least games like Mario Teaches Typing, for example, tried to teach finger placement and had multiple levels of difficulty (not based on WPM as your game's levels are, but rather, based on letter placement -- like a level that covered just the letters 'asdf', then it'd add the letter 'g', then would be 'jkl;', then 'h', then finally 'asdfghjkl;' all together, and then adding other lines of the keyboard) to actually teach before it started asking for real words as your game does. Like I said, this game's for intermediate-expert typists, I see it being fairly frustrating for beginners and not being of much teaching potential except perhaps as a reward after having learned how to type from another program or method.
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