Type Raiders is now playable in a browser. Try it here.

Thanks to Sokol there wasn’t much extra coding to do, just some platform specific tweaks and the WASM build setup. I used to have built in support for LZ4 and Ogg in the engine but ditched it to keep things simple. For the web build I compress audio with Opus & apply gzip compression on textures. Those get decompressed during WASM load and the engine gets the raw data ready to go.

15th anniversary edition of Type Raiders is out now for macOS. It is a streamlined version of the original game, optimized for modern devices.

I'm rewriting my 3 shipped games. It's a big technical overhaul and I'm also updating some gameplay elements.

Devastro was my first shipped game and it is by far the most complex one. AI, collisions, pathfinding, bots, vehicles, cutscenes, level editor... about 60000 lines of Java in total. I decided to rewrite it in C++ and convert it from PC to mobile.

Type Raiders was my second game, also originally written in Java. The C++ rewrite is almost complete. Gameplay mechanics are pretty simple, so I can focus on getting the graphics right. I dropped the built-in level editor, since I'm not planning on making new ones.

Superforce is the most recent one, already written in C++ but I completely replaced the rendering and audio code with a new engine based on Sokol. There's another update coming with improved collision handling and gamepad support.

Devastro and Type Raiders are now completely free.

Mac versions now include their own private Java runtimes. This means that they will run fine on systems that don't have Java installed.

Windows versions are no longer available.

Big thanks to everyone who has purchased either of the games throughout the years. Sales have obviously gone down since the game had been released and I no longer feel the need to keep the purchase system working. It’s been fun.

After a long time I’m releasing a small update for Type Raiders.

What’s new in Type Raiders 1.1

• The game is now completely free. Demo limits have been removed.
• Mac version now includes its own Java runtime, which means it should run on any new Mac without the need to install Java separately.
• Windows version is no longer supported. Sorry.
• Updated the LWJGL library to 2.9.0 for improved compatibility and stability.
• Enable crash reporter. Crash reports contain no personal information.

It is my great pleasure to announce that I have just finished and released my new game, Type Raiders. It is a nice little game with gorgeous graphics that makes it really easy and fun to practice touch typing.

Windows and Mac OS X downloads are available here.

If you like it, have some suggestions or if you find bugs, don't hesitate to email me. Thank you.