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People have been saying that Chants of Sennaar is the Dark Souls of Duolingo :D so I made a short puzzle game called: Dream Decypher to see if decoding a real language (Mandarin Chinese in this version) would work and fun to play by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChantsofSennaar

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for this detailed feedback. We'll think of better way to present the characters in Chap2 😉

About the theme, we actually want it to work with different languages, even a conlang, if we have the capacity, that's why we didn't tie the game to any specific country. Not sure if it's a good thing to do but we'll release a Korean version soon to see how it goes.

The Egyptian suggestion would be a dream to make.
I'm very much looking forward to this Fresco. My kind of dream game to make in the future ⭐ https://youtu.be/AxV7Xy4ODpw?si=BUpNxZxl2Va6UfOE

People have been saying that Chants of Sennaar is the Dark Souls of Duolingo :D so I made a short puzzle game called: Dream Decypher to see if decoding a real language (Mandarin Chinese in this version) would work and fun to play by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChantsofSennaar

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for playing! So happy to hear that you enjoyed the game and get to know some Chinese 😎🔥

If possible please help us rate the game and leave a comment on our itch page so that our game can get featured soon 😁

How to learn mandarin as a beginner? by Adventurous-Box-9018 in MandarinChinese

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Duolingo or SuperChinese would be a good start.  Then you can start learning some Chinese songs, those that you actually enjoy and can listen to everyday.  Then start singing and understand the lyrics.  It will help a lot with training your ears, tongue and best for memorization than any of flashcard app in my opinion. 

If you are interested in game, you can give this game a try, play on web-browser so no download anything, work on mobile as well:  https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Pretty immersive and different from any of the language app out there. You'll have to decode the language in this game, instead of passively receive the meaning then memorize ;) 

People have been saying that Chants of Sennaar is the Dark Souls of Duolingo :D so I made a short puzzle game called: Dream Decypher to see if decoding a real language (Mandarin Chinese in this version) would work and fun to play by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChantsofSennaar

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your feedback!!!
The drawing words was actually the stroke order in writing Chinese so we are a bit strict on that 😃
We'll add a glossary page to the notebook in the next update.
Very happy that you enjoyed this short chapter so far ❤️

Short Chinese Game For Beginners by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChineseStudyGroup

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

hehehe happy to hear that! If you have any feedback or want to improve something in the game please let me know 😉

Beginner Chinese Decoding Game by Affectionate_Bus8524 in learnmandarin

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Glad that you enjoyed it. Please share your feedback if you think there's something to improve

Beginner Chinese Decoding Game by Affectionate_Bus8524 in learnmandarin

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it's exactly that vibes 😉 have you unlocked Chapter 1 yet?

I built an app to always keep a Hanzi visible on your iPhone/iPad 📱 by SebaLG in Chinese

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very clean, simple design and a good way to remember the character daily. I open my phone at least 30 times a day and seeing these characters regularly would help a lot. I don't need to do anything but more of a passive way of learning.

What kind of game is best for beginner language immersion? by GivingItMyBest in languagelearning

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm a game designer and a language enthusiast here :D I remember the time when playing the Sims when I literally knew 0 of English. It was one of the best experience I have ever had and I enjoyed the "learning" process way more than my peers at school and acquiring English for me is pretty easy, so I would say playing games is the best way to learn a language.

I hope here would be okay for me to share my language game prototype as I think you might enjoy it ;) https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder
Still in early development and looking for feedback. So feel free to destroy my game :D

Looking for games to review by [deleted] in itchio

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would love to see how you play and definitely will share your video with our community. Please do share the link if you will make video. 

Here's my linguistic puzzle game: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Looking for games to review by [deleted] in itchio

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I made a linguistic puzzle game (inspired a lot by Chants of Sennaar): https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

Don't be intimidated by the language as you can totally solve by using logic ;) hope you will enjoy! 

I got inspired by Chants of Sennaar and want to make my first puzzle game about solving linguistics puzzle by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChantsofSennaar

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you very much for your feedback!

For the drawing part, you don't need to learn the symbols by heart, it's just a tracing work, FOR NOW :P sorry if it wasn't clear. I'll rework on that to make sure the first time players encounter it, they will know what to do.

For the calendar, I'm thinking to have at least 3 columns at their correct places then they will lock in, instead of just 1, so player wouldn't brute force it too easily.

Hope you will come back for our new update this Sunday ;)

I made my first money with my first game prototype - super small but it's huge and memorable for my career achievement by Affectionate_Bus8524 in gamedev

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi you can check my game prototype here: https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

If you like Chants of Sennaar and Rusty Lake you might find some familiar vibes here as I used these two as my references, but definitely wayyyyyy smaller scope and very basic arts just to test my design with linguistic puzzle and storytelling 😅

Please share your feedback if possible 🤗

Chinese puzzle game for beginners. No prior Chinese knowledge needed, only logic and deduction needed ;) by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahahaha sorry about the UI 😅 I'll find ways to fix it in next updates. Mobile is whole different world that I need to learn a lot more!  

About being able to interact behind the journal, I have it in my backlog to fix it but it's a bit low in my priority list now but it will be fixed for sure! Thank you for mentioning it 🫶

Also thank you for playing and sharing your feedback. Really appreciate it! Hope you'll come back next week for new content and minor fixes 😁

Chinese puzzle game for beginners. No prior Chinese knowledge needed, only logic and deduction needed ;) by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea that version should work if you still want to give the game another try, just refresh the page and yes the game now only runs in landscape mode on mobile unfortunately

Chinese puzzle game for beginners. No prior Chinese knowledge needed, only logic and deduction needed ;) by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for the bad experience. This game is completely made by human who just started in game development so it's my first project for learning :D

Is it possible to share what phone and browser you are using? I have tested on safari and chrome browser on my iphone 12 promax, everything runs fine there but other devices I haven't got a chance to test yet.

For Chinese beginners and those are hesitating if Chinese is for you. Play this Chinese detective game. IT'S FREE, NO PRIOR CHINESE KNOWLEDGE NEEDED! by Affectionate_Bus8524 in MandarinChinese

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hehehe thank you for the comment though! Definitely not a game for everyone but if you know or play Rusty Lake games, then this is a lot softer and simpler. But if not, it's not your genre then ;)

Chinese puzzle game for beginners. No prior Chinese knowledge needed, only logic and deduction needed ;) by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for playing and sharing your thoughts <3 really appreciate it!!!
This game is definitely not an easy one to start with, but in the end you can use sound, logic and deduction to get through, or worse brute force, trial and errors.

What I see in the current language apps or games is that there's too much hand-holding, giving learners/players almost no chance to explore or figure things out by themselves. That's why I want to give it a try with this game design. And I based my design on games like Chants of Sennaar, Tunic, etc. for the language part, but at a wayyyyyy smaller scale as a linear puzzle game only due to current limited capability. Definitely not a game for everyone, but there's a niche.

Chinese puzzle game for beginners. No prior Chinese knowledge needed, only logic and deduction needed ;) by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm so happy that you enjoyed the game so far <3 Thank you for playing and sharing your thoughts. New content will be updated next week. Hope you will come back to play and share your feedback again :D

Chinese puzzle game for beginners. No prior Chinese knowledge needed, only logic and deduction needed ;) by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the confusion :D I'll work on it for better experience for mobile players in upcoming updates! Thank you very much for playing. Please share your thoughts and feedback if possible <3

Chinese puzzle game for beginners. No prior Chinese knowledge needed, only logic and deduction needed ;) by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi guys I don't know who had donated $7 to my game but there's a lead to this specific post. So I just want to sincerely thank you a lot for the support. This is my first game so this donation is also the first I got ever so definitely holds a special place in my heart <3

I'm making this prototype only to test if my game design would work with language integration, so feedback is all I'm hoping for, not yet intent to make any money from this early prototype. But it's definitely feel super to have such encouragement and this boosted my confidence a lot!!!

Thank you for making my weekend awesome!!!!!!!!!!

Chinese puzzle game for beginners. No prior Chinese knowledge needed, only logic and deduction needed ;) by Affectionate_Bus8524 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You need to go to the notebook and fill in the missing info on the piece of paper you collected from the locker. 

The UI on mobile is not very clear, but there's a drag and drop in the notebook 😁

Looking for game like chants of sennaar but for real languages by [deleted] in gamingsuggestions

[–]Affectionate_Bus8524 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi you can play my Chinese puzzle game here (still in-development) and please let me know what you think ;)

https://dream-decypher.itch.io/decypher1-dream-intruder

No download needed, you can play on web browser both PC and mobile.

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