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Steam News1 April 20242y ago

Requested feature; Idle after 5 seconds

Idle Mode Relax while playing now, with idle mode. After 5 seconds of no typing, timer is paused and set back to the time of the last keypress; resume typing to continue.

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  • Gameplay
changedWPM Logic Now, the WPM is calculated every 5 characters (every word) and upon last character / level completion. Previously, WPM was calculated continuously.

Idle Mode Relax while playing now, with idle mode. After 5 seconds of no typing, timer is paused and set back to the time of the last keypress; resume typing to continue. You will see text at the bottom of the play screen to indicate idle mode is active.

WPM Logic Now, the WPM is calculated every 5 characters (every word) and upon last character / level completion. Previously, WPM was calculated continuously.

Addressing the problems with the Leaderboards In a future update, I will introduce logic to reset leaderboards that are obviously wrong:

  • 2,147,483,647

  • WPM of 543

Thanks for your patience and thanks for playing Word!

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Steam News / 1 April 2024

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