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A little off topic, but 15 years ago maybe I saw a project that taught a player a foreign language by starting a game in their native language and gradually sub
by rgovostes 6y ago
A little off topic, but 15 years ago maybe I saw a project that taught a player a foreign language by starting a game in their native language and gradually substituting localized strings of the target language. They applied the technique to The Sims and to Grim Fandango. Still seems like a good idea to me.
I think the project have been from Ravi Purushotma: http://langwidge.com/theoretical.html http://langwidge.com/theoretical.html
BBC News article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4182023.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4182023.stm
- SilasX 6y agoOh wow! For about that long I’ve wanted such a thing to exist!
- rdbell 6y agohttps://jointoucan.com https://jointoucan.com is a similar concept for the browser.
- meibo 6y agoI assume that this would work better for games like Sims or SimCity, since generally you're always clicking the same things and reading the same text - for e.g. Grim Fandango, you'll only be reading the same text again when you replay the game, which takes a while.