![]() So, here’s the full list of everything I have done so far to make playing Doom steno-able. The customisations I made to my Georgi layout, in both Steno and Gaming layers, and the way I set up my player control scheme, helped at least part way in overcoming these challenges (getting the full way will probably just require continued practice to git gud). remembering to dash away when sudden close encounters with enemies occur (and which typing mode allows that).remembering to actually change from Gaming to Steno mode when the game automatically switches you from Exploration to Combat Mode upon encountering an enemy.remembering which typing mode you are in: Steno or Gaming (unlike the Exploration/ Combat game mode colour difference, there is no visual cue for your current typing mode 4).I have found some of the challenges around having one foot in steno-land, and the other in standard-keyboard-land, within a high-tension environment that requires quick reflexes to be: ![]() ![]() Use Steno Mode when you are in Combat Mode (typing answers to hit your targets, dashing).Use Gaming Mode when you are in Exploration Mode (walking around, opening doors, flipping switches).Stenotype is not really optimised for sending the WASD-style repeating key presses needed for movement in games 3īut! Lucky for Georgi owners, its firmware has a Gaming mode that “acts like a traditional keyboard, as opposed to stenotype”, enabling real keystrokes and key repetition (Georgi’s QWERTY mode acts like stenotype, so we cannot game with it).įor playing Doom Typist with steno on a Georgi, this means you can:.Unfortunately, GZDoom does not seem to recognise these “simulated key presses” during gameplay 2 “Plover’s text and formatting strokes can’t send arbitrary key strokes”, which means Plover cannot “press”, say, arrow keys or the Return key, in the same way as a QWERTY keyboard does: it only simulates the key presses.Open up Doom, and you can navigate the menus using your arrow key chords, but when you start the game, you will likely find your player character unable to move, regardless of what keys you press. So, prepare your boomstick and let’s begin!Īrt by AzakaChi-RD-17 on Deviant Art Between Two WorldsĪ steno gamer cannot game in steno mode alone. Do not fret, though: although we will be getting technical (ie editing firmware), all customisations will be revealed so that you, too, can chord your way through Doom smoother than chainsaw-ing through an imp! You may have noticed a fair bit of non-standard keystroke shenanigans going on in the video. Still here? Okay, so I would wager that you are probably a Plover steno enthusiast, and maybe also a Georgi user. Hopefully, you will find the answers to any specific questions this post does not answer in either one of them. The previous two blog posts to this one were both specifically written in service to, and as background context for, this post (though they are also meant to stand on their own): Bail out from the rest of this post, and enjoy your new typing game!.Download the latest Typist release, and load it with GZDoom.Follow the instructions to get Doom up and running with GZDoom, including extracting the WAD game file from your copy of Doom.Buy a copy of Doom ( GOG.com, Steam ).If you are a QWERTY typist, you will not have to worry about any steno-keyboard-related technical details below. Here are some videos of me doing some off-rails shooting with Doom Typist using a Georgi stenographic keyboard.ĭoom Typist - Episode 1 Full Playthrough (Long) “Doom engine games” are ones that can run inside a Doom source port like GZDoom (eg Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen, and others). Modders have gifted us with what I think is currently the best typing game of them all: Typist.pk3 1, a “mod for Doom engine games that turns them into typing exercises”. So, I will have to take a rain check on chording through those particular zombie swarms, but are there any similar alternatives? Alas, I do not have an old enough computer to play it at home, nor a Windows machine to attempt its modern sequel, The Typing of the Dead: Overkill. Probably one of the most quirky typing games around is the on-rails shooter The Typing of the Dead, an official mod of The House of the Dead. Stenography enthusiasts have some extra options, with games specifically developed for them, like the free-to-play Cargo Crisis and Steno Arcade. Playing games is a great way to get better at touch typing with a standard keyboard.Ī quick web search for typing games will likely net you results including Mavis Beacon mini-games, web-based shooters like ZType, and thoughtful adventure games like Epistory - Typing Chronicles.
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