Typewriter — free browser game
Type on an old typewriter — but if you press keys too fast, it jams.
Controls
Keyboard: type the letters · Space: clear jam · R: restart
How to play
Tips and detailed strategy
A short word appears on the sheet of paper. Type each letter in order on your keyboard; every correct letter scores one point and the typewriter's mallet flicks up toward the paper. When you finish a word, a new one slides in, so you keep typing for the full 60-second round. The twist is that, unlike most typing games, you are not allowed to type fast. The typewriter's physics are realistic — if two keystrokes are less than 100 milliseconds apart, the mallets collide and the machine JAMS. To clear a jam you press Space, costing you 1 second of game time. Pressing the wrong letter costs 0.5 seconds and produces no progress, but it still resets the gap timer, so a fast 'wrong-then-right' attempt will still jam the machine. A thin bar inside the typewriter shows how long it has been since your last keystroke — wait while it's orange, press as soon as it turns green. Find a steady cadence (a bit under ~150 letters per minute): too slow and the timer runs out, too fast and you jam. Once you find the rhythm, keeping your eyes on the next letter while syncing your fingers is the real challenge. Your score is the total correct letters typed when time expires; the browser remembers your best run. Tips: read the word with your eyes first, but don't pause so long that the gap timer drains your round. R always restarts; after the round ends, Enter or R starts a fresh attempt.