Released today, Outshine is Typing of the Dead the Rez way, combining polygonal and colorful visuals with fast typing.
You play as Hue, who must battle enemies, defeat bosses and overcome pitfalls in a dangerous cyber world. Players move along a path that moves between lanes as they battle enemies above and below them. By entering accurately and quickly, you can accumulate points and multipliers, as well as high scores on the leaderboard. Hue can also gain special abilities like unleashing lightning to knock down enemies. Even with these additions, you only need your keyboard to play.
Outshine has 18 levels that revolve around three different virtual worlds. You can also play with modifers like auto controls, infinite possibilities, and reflective words to make the game easier or provide an extra challenge. You can even practice in alternative keyboard layouts like Azerty, Qwertz, or Dvora. Various languages are available, including English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish. More localizations, including Japanese, Korean, Chinese (simplified), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, and Polish, are on the way. In accessibility features, the game comes with Fonts that are hard to read and a color blind image mode.
Outshine is available now on Steam for $13. The developer Flying Cactus has created a number of other typing-focused games including Epistory and Nanotale.
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