gocadet

Go Go Keyboard Cadet!

A typing game, based on an old Amiga game of the same name that I dimly remember. This is an informal project developed together with my son to learn typing & game programming; things will be a bit messy :)

Music & sound effects on the dirtywave M8.

It's "playable" but the current typing "curriculum" is not very good; see the todo below.

= todo

• menu settings (speed, mission choice)
• make speed setting affect the right thing.
• adjust scores based on difficulty.
• add mothership event (n-key rollover?)
  • show which keys need to be pressed?
  • mothership sound effect.
  • mothership graphics
  • mothership explode?
  • moship victory sound?
• add 'get ready' phase.
• add "approaching" sfx/riser.
• animate nonwords
• hand graphics - home
• hand graphics -- other keys
• victory screen score & progression message (high score, personal best, etc)
• 'crashed' display & message.
• defeat music. womp womp!
• display name of level / help text.
• High scores screen.
• Redo "lesson" curriculum / better word choices. (Shifts & capitals)
• Refactor how "profiles" work.
• game options screen
• help screen
• practice mode.
• targeting reticule graphic?
• victory fanfare
• persist scores
• add reverb to sound fx
• opening music
• figure out opening music loop point.
• better "shields" graphic.
• Convert all the sounds to ogg. (some are mono?)
• bug: riser sounds very quiet on cros?

= Scenes

1. Title Sequence
2. Menu
3. Profile Save/Load
4. Options
5. Mission Select
6. Training
7. Game
8. Mission Report

== Game context object

• Options/Settings
• Profile
  • name
  • missions completed & scores
• Mission config/ game scene info
• game scene results

nice pattern for audio? https://github.com/hajimehoshi/go-inovation/blob/main/ino/internal/audio/audio.go

see also: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/tinne26/edau#section-readme and https://github.com/SolarLune/resound

= Missions, one idea?

• f/j
• d/k
• s/l
• a/;
• df/jk
• sdf/jkl
• asdf/jkl;
• gh + home
• e/i + home
• rtyu + home
• qwe/iop + home

original missions:

• home row
• heo
• ti L-shift
• rw.'
• ng R-shift
• ucp
• yx,
• mz=
• bq?
• v"
• 0-9
• !@$#%^&*()-+
• word review
• sentences
• paragraphs speeds: fast, superfast, hyperfast

Design for profiles/first-time-start

If no profile active at startup, default to instructions scene & next transition to profile management/enrollment s