Epistory – Typing Chronicles
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Epistory is an atmospheric adventure typing game that tells the story of a writer lacking inspiration who asks her muse to help write her latest book. In Epistory you play the muse, a fictional character in a world where everything is untold. Your adventure begins on a blank page, but the world will soon become larger and livelier as you gather inspiration, solve its mysteries and defeat its enemies. From movement to opening chests and fighting in epic battles, every element in the game is controlled exclusively with the keyboard. As you progress and explore the fantasy origami world, the story literally unfolds in the writer’s mind and the mysteries of the magic power of the words are revealed.
Game Discussion
Steam User 9
I played this with a new ortho keyboard and decided to learn the Workman layout with it.
Now I know what old people feel like when you ask them to type something.
Gameplay-wise, it's very poorly optimized, you need much better hardware than
the mentioned minimal requirements.
Except for that, it's an indie masterpiece.
Steam User 5
This game is unbelievably good. I've playing games that teach typing before, as a kid. This is far, far, far beyond those games. This is a real game, and it also happens to help increase your WPM. I used to be able to type over 100wpm, currently my best is over 86. But this game might bring me back to 100 WPM!!
Steam User 5
A relatively simple but stylish dream adventure where one of the skills you develop is your ACTUAL typing speed.
I regularly return to it because the words you are supposed to type are vaguely related to the function they perform (as in things you are supposed to burn prompt fire-related words, enemies are negative words, ...) and so when you put the word bank in a different language the game turns into association flashcards.
Steam User 2
I love the gameplay, and I think the game has innovated on the typing genre more than any other.
The main mechanic of the game is elemental mode-switching, which lets you use different magic to freeze, burn, blow or zap bugs. Using these modes is strategic, and clutching last second freezes or getting multi-bug lightning bounces is so satisfying. I wonder if they took inspiration from old mode-switching text editors like EMACS and Vi for the idea. If they did, that's awesome.
My only complaint is that the gameplay does get stale because you're only typing alphabetical words in the same way the whole game. "Bosses" (big bugs) are just longer words, which is fine, but I would've liked to see more hype around it. Maybe type out a sentence or paragraph.
Also, the game is pretty, and the story is more vibes than a narrative. I recommend the game though, it's fun :)
Steam User 2
I thought this was going to be a throwaway game for a night but I honestly really enjoyed it. It had a good story, world, and narrative. Really fond of this game and would highly recommend it.
Steam User 2
This is a great game to practice touch typing (it really is necessary since you have to keep your eyes on screen and be prepared to type the enemies' words during surprise encounters). Often times battles are fought while having to stand still on a platform, which means that you can solely focus on typing. The controls for walking (E-up, F-left,j J-down, I-right) take a bit getting used to. If you'd prefer a different key binding just search up some community mods
I am a miserable typist (around 30-45 wpm) and until now progression hasn't been too hard.
Steam User 2
Epistory is a beautiful typing adventure game. The game is really nice to look at and it's really simple to understand, you just walk around in a world which slowly unfolds itself. By typing you can attack enemies and unlock new areas. The boss fights are kind of repetitive, the whole game really, but I enjoy typing so it was not a huge issue for me. All in all, it's a pretty typing game, but it can get kind of repetitive.