SKY CHASE: Typing Words Race

GAME INFO

What is the goal of the game?

The Sky Chase game by Arcademics challenges players to win an airplane race against 12 competitors by correctly typing words in English. To play, you must type the presented words using your keyboard or by clicking the shaded visual keys on screen. You do not need to use the backspace key when making a mistake; simply continue typing the correct consecutive letters to keep your plane moving forward and cross the finish line first.

Recommended age and educational level

This game is recommended for ages 7 to 8 and up, making it suitable for Elementary, Middle School, High School students, and adults. It serves as a great tool for independent student learning, as well as for ESL and computer science teachers, parents, and tutors improving typing speed and accuracy. Players benefit from prior basic knowledge of English vocabulary and keyboard letter recognition.

How to play: single-player or multiplayer

The game features a single-player mode against computer bots alongside the ability to create private rooms for real-time online multiplayer. It easily converts into a collaborative classroom competition, where students race in groups against peers to practice touch-typing in a fun environment.

What do you learn from this game? Learning objectives and skills

This interactive typing race combines digital literacy with foreign language arts:

Computer Science and Keyboarding: Learning key positions through shaded prompts to develop typing speed and muscle memory.
English Language Arts (ESL): Reinforcing spelling accuracy and building basic English vocabulary.
Sustained Attention and Processing Speed: Integrating quick reading comprehension with immediate physical key presses under race conditions.
Self-Assessment: Evaluating progress through end-of-game reports detailing accuracy percentages and mistyped words.

Tips to get the most out of this game

Review the end-of-race performance summary to write down missed words in a journal and track accuracy growth over time. For an unplugged offline activity, provide students with a printed paper keyboard template so they can practice tracing word letter paths with their fingers before competing on screen.