Hey co-patriots coping with struggle to preserve and push Armenian identity! It’s a sunny morning in Yerevan, and I hope, it stays that way.
I have already posted about the amazing new AyBe app I created (Reddit link), about its innovative Haykana layouts and the useful tools to learn and type Armenian, that the app comes with. I also mentioned the AyBe game but did not go into details.
So it’s a typing game, but not a standard typing game. I invented a hybrid mechanic that combines typing with tactical defense. I call this new genre a "Typing Invasion".
The Mission: We are defending our small castle: as always – the most Armenian thing for centuries, and as always we do it with Armenian alphabet and language! How long can you survive from the invading hordes of enemy emojis?
🏹 Vocabulary is Ammo: Type Armenian words to earn arrows. Longer words = more firepower, and chance to spawn an exploding mushroom. Once you type the full word, you can collect the arrows: let them pile more than 5 collectibles, lose the first one. Pretty satisfying ASMR ktkt sounds when you collect the arrows 🤤
🎯 Spacebar Ballistics: Move the spacebar to aim your trajectory. Release to fire. Develop precision to kill multiple.
🌲 Dynamic Cover: Trees grow and die in real-time at random locations, blocking or bouncing arrows. The map changes as you type.
🍄 Strategic Shrooms: Time the ripening of mushrooms to trigger explosions that kill or displace the enemy.
⚡ Energy & Shockwaves: Collect energy from fallen emojis to unleash Shockwaves —clearing the screen when the invasion becomes a hoard. The shockwaves are abilities of 4 heroes from Daredevils of Sassoon (Sasna Tsrer) epic. There’s Sasuntsi David with Tur Ketsaki, Baghdasar with tornado, Little Mher awakening with eruption, Khandut Khatun unleashing swords. You place an area effect, a war-cry announcement, damage. Each shockwave has unique area form and reach, visual, sound, displacement and killing mechanic.
The Music: Armenian music theory written, Komitas inspired, made with Sonic Pi (where you code the music with instructions)!
GameCenter: Leaderboards coming soon!
Download: AyBe on AppStore
Website: AyBe.am
https://v.redd.it/an9gbs1kqhwg1
Posted by SouthernAge4920
2 Comments
That’s sick!
How about a full keyboard? I know how to read and write in Armenia, but getting used to the keyboard has been difficult for me.
Also would love a Western Armenian incorporation too, the Nayiri keyboard already has a WA dictionary in it.