Orchard Teaches Typing 🍊
- Have fun learning to type & honing your keyboard skills on a virtual retro gaming console; the Orchard Gaming System. 🍊🌈
Orchard Teaches Typing is a retro arcade typing game - paying homage to retro gaming PCs and classic gaming consoles like Commodore 64, Atari 2600, Apple II, etc. ⌨️
Turn on the retro Orchard Gaming System and once it boots up, load a cartridge! Play four different typing games: - 🦀 Typing of the Crab 🦀
Defend the crabapple trees from the wandering crabs - Type words to defeat them, unlock unique power ups & get through all the waves to fight the Boss. - 🎃 Under A Witch's Spelling 🎃* Happy Halloween 2026!!
Grow & harvest ripe pumpkins in the Halloween harvest - Type words to harvest pumpkins & fend off ghoulish ghosts - then carve 3 of the pumpkins for Halloween!. - 🍲 It's Typing Hot! 🍲
Follow the steps to prepare recipes for a four course meal - Type the words as they appear, then see what the Head Chef thinks of your meal. - 🏴☠️ ARRR-Type 🏴☠️
Sail across the sea to search for treasure, pick the locks on the chests and collect the coins inside - you never know when you'll be attacked by an enemy ship. Ready the cannons!
Controls
Arrow KEYS - Move
SPACE - Dash
A-Z - Type the words you see
TAB - Word Select (cycle through the different words on screen)
F2 - Music Toggle
*turning off the console or removing a cartridge while playing will auto-save & recall your progress
AI Disclaimer:
The coding, animation and UI was built with the assistance of AI tools (like Codepen / Codex). No Language Learning Models (LLMs) or generative art were used in this game.
Sound, level & game design by 3UP_Moon
Concept by 3UP_Moon (Three Up Games)
Additional music from ASCII (RPG Maker 2000),
Erik Satie, and Camille Saint-Saëns
Special thanks to Zee & Beeblebrox
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