UAJ Studio makes free games that run right in your browser. There is nothing to install and no account to create. You can play Typing Battle, a real-time 1v1 typing duel, right now. Next up is Stella Orbs, a falling-orb puzzle in which you fight with a party of constellation spirits. It is getting ready for release, and no date is set yet.
Type the word on screen correctly to hit your opponent; mistype and you take damage yourself. Whoever drains the other's 1000 HP first wins. It rewards accuracy as much as speed, and matches are short.
Three modes: Casual Match, Play with Friends (room code) and Ranked Match
An English mode where you type common English words as they appear
Signing in with Google or email is optional and unlocks Ranked Match and your match history
Team up with spirits from world mythology and clear three-orb pieces falling onto a hexagonal honeycomb board to fight enemies. Build a ring, a pyramid or a line out of six orbs and every orb of that color on the board disappears for big damage.
Five elements (fire, water, grass, light, dark) with an affinity system
Chains keep raising the damage multiplier
A unique ultimate and leader skill for every character
Getting ready for release: characters, rules and screens may change
UAJ Studio builds small games that you can open in a browser tab and play in a few spare minutes, but that still have enough depth to keep you coming back. We started with Typing Battle and are now building a second game, the puzzle battler Stella Orbs.
Who runs it: UAJ Studio. The only way to contact us is the feedback page. More details are on the About page.
Price: everything is free. There is nothing to install and no account to create.
Ads: pages may show ads (Google AdSense, i-mobile), which help pay for the servers. The Privacy Policy explains how they are handled.
Signing in: signing in with Google or email is optional. It is only needed for Typing Battle's Ranked Match and the match history page. Everything else works as a guest.
Your data: if you sign in to Typing Battle, your match history is stored on our servers. See the Privacy Policy and the Terms of Service for details.
About Stella Orbs: Stella Orbs is still getting ready for release. If you try it, we would love to hear what you think, or what broke, on the feedback page.
Typing Battle in detail
Typing Battle is a real-time 1v1 duel. Both players start with 1000 HP. Every time you finish a word you damage your opponent, and every time you hit a wrong key you damage yourself. The first player to bring the other to 0 HP wins.
How a match goes
Pick a mode and an opponent is found.
Press Ready. You have 10 seconds; if you do not, you forfeit.
Once both players are ready, a 3-second countdown starts the match.
A match uses 50 words. Finishing a word shows "HIT!", and a wrong key shows "MISS!".
The match ends the moment either HP bar reaches 0, and the result screen shows who won.
How damage works
Finishing a word deals 50 + 25 × units damage, capped at 250. In English mode a unit is one letter. (In Japanese mode a unit is one kana, with small-kana pairs such as "きゃ" counting as one.) A mistake always costs you a flat 25 HP, no matter how long the word is.
Word
Letters
Damage dealt
cat
3
125
love
4
150
cloud
5
175
flower
6
200
mountain
8
250 (the cap; 8 letters or more all deal 250)
Four mistakes (100 HP) cancel out a whole 2-unit word. Accuracy matters at least as much as raw speed.
English mode
In English mode you type each word exactly as it is spelled, in lowercase, one letter per unit. The words are everyday vocabulary plus some English internet slang. You choose the language of your words (the prompt language) in the lobby, separately from the display language. English and Japanese are the main modes, and Portuguese, Spanish, French, German and Indonesian prompts are available too. For English, the keys a to z and - are used; for the languages with accents, accented letters and the same letters without accents are both accepted.
Three modes, and the ranked ladder
Mode
Login
How it works
Casual Match
Not needed
Press the button and an opponent is found. No ranking points change hands.
Play with Friends
Not needed
Create a 6-character room code, share it, and the friend who enters the same code is your opponent.
Ranked Match
Required (sign in)
Ranking points go up or down with each result. Every 1000 points moves you up a tier, across 16 tiers in all.
When you play signed in, your match history page shows average typing speed, miss rate and which keys give you the most trouble. The detailed rules are summarized at the bottom of the Typing Battle page.
Tips for new players
Start with a Casual Match, which needs no login, to get a feel for the screen and the pace.
Rushing and piling up mistakes costs more than it gains. A steady, accurate pace tends to win.
Use a physical keyboard if you can, and make sure your input method is set to plain half-width English letters.
Long words are worth the most per word, but they are also the easiest place to slip. Take them calmly.
STELLA ORBS
Stella Orbs in detail
Stella Orbs combines a falling-block puzzle with a party battle. You team up with spirits of the constellations, drawn from world mythology. Pieces of three orbs in five elements (fire, water, grass, light and dark) fall onto a honeycomb board of hexagonal cells, and connecting six or more orbs of one color makes your party hit the enemy.
Key features
A party of three: you place characters in the Ring, Pyramid and Line slots. The character in the Ring slot is the leader, and the leader skill works for the whole battle.
Formations and chains: build a Ring, Pyramid or Line from six orbs of one color and every orb of that color leaves the board while the character in that slot attacks. If the orbs that fall afterwards clear again, it is a chain and the multiplier grows.
Element affinity: clearing a color that beats the enemy's element deals more damage.
Ultimate skills: clearing orbs of a character's element charges its gauge, and a full gauge unlocks its ultimate.
Enemy countdowns: every piece you place moves the enemy countdown along, and at zero it strikes back or drops junk orbs onto your board.
The game is still getting ready for release, so characters, rules and screens may change. The characters, how to play and the full list of numbers are on the game guide pages.
You can type with the on-screen keyboard, but a physical keyboard picks up every keystroke more reliably.
Planned to be played with taps and swipes on the board.
Connection
Needs an internet connection, because matches run through our server.
Will need an internet connection.
Login
Optional (needed for Ranked Match and match history)
Will require signing in so that progress can be saved.
Language
Screens in 10 languages (prompts in Japanese, English and more)
Screens in 10 languages
Use a recent browser with JavaScript enabled. We mainly test in Chrome. Typing Battle talks to the server over a WebSocket connection, so matches may not work on networks that block WebSockets, such as some corporate networks.
FAQ
Is it really free?
Yes, both games are free. Pages may show ads, which help cover running costs.
Do I need to sign in?
No. Only Typing Battle's Ranked Match and the match history page need a sign-in (Google or email). Casual Match and Play with Friends work without one.
Is my progress saved?
In Typing Battle, matches you play while signed in are saved to your history. Guest matches are not. The Privacy Policy describes the information we handle.
Can I play on my phone?
Typing Battle works on a phone: you can type with the on-screen keyboard, though a physical keyboard is recommended. Stella Orbs is being built to work on both phones and PCs.
Is the site available in other languages?
Yes. The site, the Typing Battle screens and the Stella Orbs game screens are available in 10 languages: use the language switcher at the top of the page. There are pages for Typing Battle and the Stella Orbs guide in each language, and the how-to guide, the About page, the Terms of Service and the Privacy Policy are available too (translations of the Terms and the Privacy Policy are for reference; the Japanese versions are authoritative).
When can I play Stella Orbs?
It is coming soon, but there is no date yet. We will announce it under News on this page. It is still getting ready for release, so the content may change; see the game guide for the current plans.
Where do I report bugs or send feedback?
On the feedback page. You can send a bug report, a cheating report or a request, and guests can submit too.
Will there be more games?
We hope so, but there is no date yet. When a new game goes live, it will be announced under News on this page.
We launched the UAJ Studio top page (this page). Typing Battle moved to /en/typing (the Japanese version is at /typing), and you can now choose a game from here. The puzzle game Stella Orbs is now playable from this page too.
Stella Orbs got more visual polish: clear effects, trails on falling orbs, a fly-in animation for new pieces and photo backgrounds. Soft-drop speed was also tuned.
The puzzle game Stella Orbs was built. Typing Battle also gained nickname changes for signed-in players, plus the About and Terms of Service pages.
English mode was added to Typing Battle, along with a crawlable English page. We also added a feedback page for bug reports and requests, and the room code is now copied to your clipboard automatically when you create a room for a friend match.