tux4kids / tuxtype

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Slow down falling fish #17

Open andersorder opened 3 years ago

andersorder commented 3 years ago

Thank you for this great game. Even on the easiest level the fish are falling a little fast for my 9 year old. Is it possible to slow them down further?

Poikilos commented 3 years ago

This is subjective but I can try to help. Is it still difficult if (1.) fingers are on the home row the whole time (index fingers on the bumps) and (2.) not taking eyes off the screen?

everdred commented 3 years ago

I'm actually having the opposite issue: even on the hardest difficulty the fish fall entirely too slow to be challenging.

The issue, it seems, is that the difficulty changes depending on screen resolution. A higher-res screen is resulting in a larger play area and smaller text (and actually a little hard to read), so you have more time to type words before the fish reach the bottom of the screen. If @andersorder is playing on a lower-res screen, I would imagine they're experiencing the same issue I am, except in reverse.

Poikilos commented 3 years ago

@everdred Ah, that seems like a problem for educational settings or even independent learners attempting to measure success.

andersorder commented 3 years ago

Maybe with some more practice it will work. But I think that there should be a super easy default in a game like this. I will check my daughters resolution and get back.