Play Writing tool
Write or Die's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| How innovative or original it is | #2 | 4.444 | 4.444 |
| Overall | #4 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| How nice it is to use | #8 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
| How much I could potentially use it in the future | #12 | 3.167 | 3.167 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Really interesting tool. I did find myself able to quickly leap into a stream of consciousness thanks to the threat of deletion lol
And when the timer finally went up, and all my letters disintegrated in front of my eyes… I was at peace.
Nice tool, would use again :)
Very clever concept, great interpretation of the theme. (*<_ *
Hah, this is a fantastic way to tie in the optional theme! The feature-set is great too (I especially appreciate the ability to pause the heart-timer). I might actually try writing with this later for NaNoWriMo.
One minor nit is that I had a little bit of trouble getting oriented at first, since the heart was beating but not at all bothered when I stopped typing (eventually I figured out that I should press the play button -- I imagined the timer would start as soon I started typing). A bit of visual feedback on the play/pause state would be helpful there (an icon over the heart? a color-shift? stopping the heart?).
It'd be neat if all the features could be toggled separately, instead of picking between individual modes (so I could write without the backspace key, without seeing the text, and with a time limit, for example).
One last feature request: a 0.5 and 0.25 speed setting.
Thanks for making this!
A really funny entry!
There are a few bugs here and there, but after those are fixed it's a really nice tool I could see myself use in a time crunch.
Here are the bugs I found:
- Using the arrow keys lets you expand your time indefinitely.
- you can still delete words using the delete key in the "don't look back" mode.
Nice. I don’t think I could bare to use the main feature. I’d most definitely lose my progress.
I do like the feature to not being able to use the backspace key. Too many times I’ll second guess myself when what I should be doing is just keep writing and fix the mistakes when I’m done.
Overall, a hilarious idea. I love it.
Nice tool, I am not a writer myself but It was funny to play with it.
The tool is really simple and interesting. Giving pressure to the writer in order to not give them writer's block is a unique way of motivation.