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Thanks for the encouragement. Might be worth trying again to make this.

• mrfusion 12y ago
  We should chat sometime, I have a lot of ideas in this vein. I've thought first person games could be useful for self improvement in lots of other ways too. Such as getting comfortable with public speaking, or social anxiety in general. For language learning, this might sound silly, but I've also thought a first person role playing game where you're a baby and everyone speaks to you like they do to babies in the language you're trying to learn. (My pet theory is that children aren't necessarily way better at learning language, but it's more how people interact with them: speaking slowly, using small words, telling them what they're doing, etc.
  • DanBC 12y ago
    See also SPARX, a mmorpg game that teaches CBT techniques. https://www.sparx.org.nz/index.html https://www.sparx.org.nz/index.html Currently has an unuseful page about restrictions for anyone outside NZ.
  • honestcoyote 12y ago
    I'd welcome a chat / email. I've spent most of my career in educational software, thought frequently of how to improve it, and would be happy to talk with someone of a similar mindset. Added an email to my profile here. I do like the baby sim idea. I know some language learning systems go with a very gradual immersion in a similar way, and work in children's books and television as part of it, but I don't know how effective it was. Sounds like it should work well.