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English Is Hard_

An arcade style typing game that evokes the nostalgia of Missile Command. Defend your cows, shoot aliens, and go for the high score!

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Developer
The Klertsons
Publisher
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Release
October 6, 2023
2 years and 301 days ago
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Positive49 reviews93.9%

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About the Game



Keeping a cow farm is hard enough, but now there's aliens coming for your bovine buddies!

Use your barn cannon to shoot down the aggressive extraterrestrials and protect your cows from being carried off to an untimely demise. If your cannon is too weak, brush up on your typing skills to empower it and wreak havoc on those angry aliens!

Wave after wave of diverse aliens will come for your cattle. Use your barn bannon, type power-up words, and destroy cataclysmic meteors so that your animal friends can live for as long as possible. You're only competing against yourself; see if you can manage to get the high score!

If you want to protect your cows, you'll need to master your aim, as well as your typing talent. With skill and a little bit of luck, you can set the new high score! At the end of the day, English ain't that hard!



  • A mouse-aimed cannon that gets stronger the more you type
  • Endless, randomized waves with a variety of enemy types
  • Powerups to give you the upper hand against the alien onslaught
  • A high score that you can beat and replace with your own



This game was developed as a student project at DigiPen Institute of Technology and was created for educational purposes only. Please check out our publisher page for more information.
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