Typcoon · touch typing with 10 fingers · 10 min a day
Type the city back on.
Made for kids: every command your kid types switches a piece of the city VEX blacked out back on. Along the way, every finger learns its own keys, without looking.
How it works
Your kid starts with their fingers on F and J. Every key has its own finger, and every mission is real touch-typing practice, picked for the letters they are learning.
Blocks switch on, neon flickers, a maglev glides in. The neater you type, the more cores you earn.
Every district ends with a boss. Win, and the next district opens on the city map.
Six districts
Home row first. Crack locks, keep the rhythm, load the ships.
Drones swarm the market. Catch them letter by letter.
Race your own ghost train. Neat typing is fast typing.
Climb the towers floor by floor, high above the city.
Capitals and punctuation: type the scripts that restart the core.
Digits are VEX’s language. And at the end: VEX itself.
Why it works
Every command your kid types turns on a piece of the city. The neater they type, the more cores they earn to upgrade it.
From the Harbour to the Grid: every district has its own missions, its own crew member and its own boss. At the very end: VEX itself.
Crack locks, catch drones, race your own ghost, load a ship. Underneath, it's the same careful practice every time, picked for your kid.
Exams appear only when your kid is ready, all the way to the Typing Diploma. Failing costs nothing; you simply try again later.
Most programs for learning to type are a course with a game bolted on as a reward. Typcoon flips that around: it is a game, a whole city to bring back to life, where typing is the only way to make progress. No shortcuts: whoever types neatly, and gets steadily faster, lights up the most of the city.
Want to know more about learning touch typing? Read the complete guide: typing for kids — the best age to start, correct finger placement, and how to practice. Or browse all articles.
Yes, you play for free: the first letters (the home row) and the whole first district, the Harbour, with no account needed. Want the full alphabet and all six districts? There's one one-time family unlock: no subscription, no ads, and never a purchase your child can make on their own.
Yes. Under the hood runs an adaptive learning engine: letters are introduced one at a time as your kid is ready, weak letters get smart repetition (spaced repetition), and accuracy comes before speed. Typing is the only way to make progress, and typing neatly earns the most: VEX doesn't notice you, and that's worth extra cores to upgrade the city.
About 10 minutes a day is enough: short, frequent practice sticks better than one long session. Typcoon marks the moment. After 10 minutes of typing your kid reaches the day goal (they may keep playing, the game never pushes), and the parent overview shows how many minutes they practiced on each day of the week.
Typcoon is built for kids roughly 8 to 14 years old, but anyone who wants to learn touch typing can play.
No. Your kid starts playing right away; progress stays local in the browser. A parent can optionally link an email (parent account) for progress across devices and a weekly progress email — without a parent account, we never receive a name or email address; we only count usage statistics, not linked to a name, email address or account.
Typcoon is played with a real keyboard, so on a laptop or computer. That's how your kid learns correct finger placement.
Switch the city on.
▶ Switch the city on