A micro-game for getting good at the alphabet.

Why I made it

I got tired of only being able to tell people what comes after "R" in the alphabet, by running through the entire alphabet up to that point in my head.  It feels slow, and as if the knowledge is deep inside a file cabinet I have to run through every time. It is time to re-organize that knowledge to make it easier to recall upon. But that takes training. This is my training program/game, and I'm sharing it for others if they'd like.

The game

Play 3 types of question-levels and answer them as quick as possible.
1. Which letter is this many spaces ahead this letter in the alphabet?
2. Which letter is this many spaces behind this letter in the alphabet?
3. Which letter has this place in the alphabet?

Controls

The game is entirely controllable with keyboard!

Use arrow keys or Tab/Shift+Tab to navigate menus
Use Ctrl+Q, Alt+Q, Ctrl+X, or Ctrl+D to trigger a quit even while playing

Settings

Play Time (in seconds):
The default time is a single minute, but can be changed. It was chosen deliberately short so it feels overcomable. Play it once a day, and you'll get super fast at the alphabet

Alphabet:
In case you are learning another alphabet (like greek), you can replace the alphabet here with that. The game should remain playable as long as you are able to type those characters on your computer.
In case youa are learning an alphabet where several characters together can be considered "a letter" in the Alphabet (like dzs, ty, gy, zs, etc. in Hungarian), you place commas between each "letter" in the alphabet to separate them. e.g. "a,á,b,c,cs,d,dz,dzs,e,é,f,g,gy,h,i,í,j,k,l,ly,m,n,ny,o,ó,ö,ő,p,q,r,s,sz,t,ty,u,ú,ü,ű,v,w,x,y,z,zs" for Hungarian.

Fail Mode:
Fail mode can be set to 3 different modes, roughly corresponding to difficulties:
Forgiving (easy): Giving the wrong answer is not penalised in any way, just a screenshake and a "wrong" sound.
New Level (medium): Giving the wrong answer will make you unable to answer this particular question and a new one is generated immedietly. Points are not lost though.
Game Over (hard): Giving the wrong answer will instantly cause a game over. Make sure to only give correct answers in this one!

Known bugs/TODO:

1. The OptionButton under settings does not look right
2. The Underline under Q in "Quit Game" does not look right on all screen sizes

Published 7 hours ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsHTML5
AuthorEdvid
GenreEducational
Made withGodot
Tagsalphabet, backtoschool, Fast-Paced, letters, No AI, Short

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