Typing
Cook at a night ramen stall. How many bowls in 60 seconds?
Every key you hit is another pull of noodles. Finish the bowl before the customer gives up waiting.
A physical keyboard is recommended.
▾ How to play
- You are the cook. Type the line shown, following the letters underneath
- The bowl in front of you fills as you type — finish the line and it goes out
- The gauge over the customer's head is their patience. Empty it and they leave
- Spelling is flexible in Japanese mode: shi or si, cha or tya — all accepted
- Consecutive correct keys build a combo, loading the bowl and raising its price
- A shift lasts 60 seconds and ends early at 30 mistakes or 5 walk-outs
Typing
Cook at a night ramen stall for 60 seconds. The bowl fills as you type — finish it before the customer gives up waiting. Every valid romaji spelling counts.
📖 How to Play
- Type the line shown, following the letters underneath
- The bowl fills as you type; finishing the line serves it to the customer
- The gauge over the customer's head is their patience — empty it and they leave
- Japanese spelling is flexible: shi or si, cha or tya — all accepted
- Consecutive correct keys build a combo, loading the bowl and raising its price
- 60 seconds, ending early at 30 mistakes or 5 walk-outs
About this game
You are the cook at a ramen stall at night. Type the line on screen in romaji and the bowl in front of you fills as you go — finish the line and it goes out to the customer at the counter, and its price is added to the day's takings. The gauge above the customer's head is their patience: let it empty and they get up and leave, taking that sale with them. A shift lasts 60 seconds. Prompts come in three lengths — words, phrases and full sentences — so you can start where your fingers are comfortable and work upward.
The input matcher is the part that took the most care. Japanese romaji input allows many spellings for the same kana: し can be shi, si or ci; つ can be tsu or tu; ちゃ can be cha, tya or cya. Typing a digraph as its two kana — しゃ as shixya — is accepted too. You never have to change the way you already type.
Accepting a spelling is only half the job. The guide under the prompt can print only one of them, so showing shi to somebody who types si makes the game look like it is correcting a key it actually accepted. The title screen therefore lets you pick between shi・chi・tsu and si・ti・tu, and beyond that the guide learns the spellings you use and follows them next time (the choice is stored in your browser). None of this changes what is accepted — only what is printed.
Doubled consonants and ん follow the same rules a real IME uses. がっこう accepts gakkou (doubling the next consonant) or gaxtukou. A bare n finishes ん only when a consonant follows; at the end of a line, or before a vowel or な-row kana, you need nn — which is why annai would produce あんあい rather than あんない. When in doubt, follow the guide.
Takings build on keystrokes, plus a combo for consecutive correct keys, the price of every bowl served, and an accuracy bonus at the end. A rising combo also loads the bowl — plain noodles gain spring onion, then chashu, then a marinated egg, then the works — and a better bowl sells for more. Keep serving without a break and a queue forms outside the stall. A shift is 60 seconds but closes early at 30 mistakes or 5 walk-outs, so serving each order cleanly beats hammering the keyboard.
Tips & strategy
- The next character in the guide is underlined — watching that one spot instead of the whole string keeps your eyes still and your hands faster
- When unsure about ん, just type nn. A single n works before a consonant, but the moment you spend deciding costs more than the extra key
- A miss breaks the combo. If you get stuck, re-read the guide instead of mashing — it is usually faster overall
- Patience is granted in proportion to the length of the line, so sentences are not as punishing as they look — and they pay a much larger price per bowl once you can type them cleanly
- The combo raises the price of each bowl as well as its toppings, so an unbroken run earns more from the same number of orders
- Accuracy above 90% earns an end-of-run bonus; if you sit around 90%, easing off the speed slightly can raise your total
FAQ
Q. Is there only one correct romaji spelling?
A. No. shi / si / ci for し, tsu / tu for つ, cha / tya / cya for ちゃ — every spelling a Japanese IME accepts is accepted here, so you can keep typing the way you already do.
Q. The guide shows shi but I type si
A. Keep typing si; it makes no difference to the scoring. If you want the guide to match, pick si・ti・tu on the title screen — and even if you don't, it learns the spellings you actually use and follows them from then on.
Q. Why won't ん complete?
A. A single n finishes ん only when a consonant follows. At the end of a line, or before a vowel or な-row kana, you need nn (or n'). It matches real IME behaviour — あんない is typed annnai. The guide under the prompt always shows a spelling that works.
Q. Can I play on a phone?
A. You can, but a physical keyboard is recommended. On a phone, tap the prompt to raise the keyboard, and switch to Latin input rather than Japanese flick input.
Q. My keystrokes do nothing
A. An IME is probably active. Switch to direct Latin input. The game shows a notice on screen when it detects composition events.
Q. How is the score calculated?
A. Points per keystroke, a combo bonus for consecutive correct keys, the price of every bowl served, and an accuracy bonus at the end if you finish above 90%. A bowl with more toppings — earned by a longer combo — sells for more. A shift is 60 seconds and also ends at 30 mistakes or 5 walk-outs.
Q. What happens when a customer leaves?
A. That order earns nothing, your combo resets and the next customer sits down. Five walk-outs closes the stall even with time left. How long a customer waits depends on the length of the line, and shortens gradually as the shift goes on.