If you want to help your child learn typing and increase their speed, Tux Typing delivers on this promise. A free Android emulator for Windows. Easy editing of your personal memories. Typing tools 40 WPM words per minute is usually considered a decent typing speed , but if you want to improve your rate, there are plenty of options.
Graphics and options Graphics are functional, with most backdrops being photos of arctic mountains or tundra , but this means the focus can remain on typing. Open-source Tux Typing is free and open-source. Our take Tux Typing is almost unapologetically ugly, but whether that bothers your child or not is a matter of personal taste.
Should you download it? Highs Easy to install and use Simple but effective game modes Helps your child learn typing and increase speed. App specs License Free Version 1. Last month's downloads 7K. Tux4Kids More Programs 9. TuxMath 2. Tux Paint 0.
PacWriter 3. GCompris Furthermore, while they play similarly to each other at first blush, they do encourage fundamentally different play styles. Comet Zap is about typing all of the onscreen letters as quickly as possible, while Fish Cascade requires you to spell every word correctly and efficiently.
Both feature options that determine what you'll be typing. Some have you spell words based off of different themes, including fruits, colors and animals. Others are all about typing singular or jumbled sets of letters. It all works quite well; both Comet Zap and Fish Cascade are pretty fun to play.
If you want to make a game out of typing, they'll both serve to amuse you and will likely do the job at keeping young children glued to the keyboard.
Meanwhile, Lesson mode is less about fun and games. It's about learning how to type properly or improving your words-per-minute score. You can certainly make a game out of it by aiming to improve your statistics for every exercise, but it's really more of a learning tool than anything. This section is probably the most vital component in not only learning how to type, but in mastering the game portions of Tux Typing.
It's also not nearly as exciting as them. Unless a child is absolutely determined to learn proper typing right now, chances are they'll ignore the lessons and instead flock to the other game modes. That's a shame, since it can be effective for educational purposes, though it does feel like it should have more lessons than it currently has.
You would think that a freeware typing program would look pretty drab and boring, but you'd be surprised. Tux Typing does in fact boast some pretty decent production values. They're not going to win any awards anytime soon, but they at least prove that some of the guys behind the game were more than happy to implement some artistic creativity, which is always appreciated.
Tux Typing includes a small number of musical tracks that are well-composed and catchy without ever being annoying. Props are especially owed to the menu theme; it is very pleasant to listen to on its own. The Comet Zap music, which is an energetic techno beat, is also pretty good and fits the science fiction setting of the game like a glove. The visuals aren't quite as impressive as the music, but they still get the job done.
Effort was made to ensure he would be a reactive character. In the former, he'll sit at the controls, idly sip his drink, and shake an angry fist at your failures. The latter is even more impressive, as he'll automatically run to every falling fish to gobble them up.
The sprite animations that bring him to life may be simplistic, but they do the job at making Tux feel like a much more fun character than we're used to seeing. Sadly, this only applies to the games.
The Lesson component of the package looks the least thrilling. This was likely intentional; this portion of Tux Typing is more focused on the educational side of things after all. However, it also means that it will be the part that most people will likely ignore. Regardless, if you find the more gamey aspects of Tux Typing too distracting, the more clinical Lessons should suit your fancy for this reason.
Tux Typing more or less accomplishes what it sets out to do, but like all things, it has a few quibbles. The way that you exit different game modes or menus needs some work.
Pressing the Esc key pauses the game, which isn't anything unusual. However, unlike most game, this doesn't bring up a mouse-controlled menu that lets you determine if you want to exit or continue. It instead asks you to press Esc or spacebar to exit or continue respectively. It's a very odd way to go about things.
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