Help me build the ultimate language learning game

[@IkennaLanguages]

Vote, vote, vote and VOTE! 👉forms.gle/oYPTXr7b3eoXd7cC7 We want to hear your thoughts and your game ideas make sure to submit them on the form as well! :)

[@Sohamsta]

I absolutely CANNOT WAIT for this game to be released I'm sure it'll be amazing

[@TheStickCollector]

Just did. Cant wait to get back into language

[@dexx0272]

looking forward to your app :)

[@NoodleFlames]

I'm excited for this, hopefully I can improve my Portuguese with it!

[@ItsameAlex]

I heard the people who made the 10/10 game Hades, and the man who wrote ''Rich dad/poor dad'' used crowdsourcing to create their products, and that's why Hades was such an amazing game. Maybe you can do the same.

[@minibuscus2]

The idea I had would be something similar to Um actually where it’s your job to call out grammar, sentence structure or mispronunciation of words between two NPCs, it would legit be you shouting OBJECTION against Google translate. It could be used to have very common daily mistakes play out in front of you so you hear them in game before you make them in an actual conversation. Hope that makes sense

[@shikov111]

That's actually a really cool idea

[@minibuscus2]

@@shikov111 thank you thank you, I just feel like it would be a) super fun being that guy who is the biggest nerd and b) if it’s all common everyday mistake it stop you from making them in actual conversation

[@HishighnessMrL]

This is a cool idea 👏🏾

[@minibuscus2]

@Akitake I already did bud, no harm in posting it here to see peoples reaction

[@dracodragon5291]

Um actually, I really like this idea so good job lol

[@Tredzz]

This is my game idea.... The Interpreter is a 2-4 player game, there is 4 rounds (easy, intermediate, hard, and HARD), there is a time limit on each round on the easy round you have more time and on the last hard round you have less time. The game; the first round starts a sentence audio is played, you have a set amount of time to translate the sentence given, if you translate it wrong or fail to translate it you lose a life (you only have 2). For each correct answer you get a point, you win by getting the most points. After the game you can add any of the sentences in you own decks to practice later!!! That is my game I hope you like it or at least get some inspiration from it!!!

[@kpopon6416]

This sounds so fun I would love to play this!

[@jenniferlawrence3486]

I really hope this gets added

[@GoldFishBoy1337]

This is fantastic.

[@Skemmm]

frick I submitted the same idea in the Google forms, but with music instead.

[@Vikingdog]

Brilliant idea, i think you could do this with correcting grammer, possible speaking (hard to see who had the best accent/ less mistakes), Reading comprehension and listening to audio And by winning you could unlock mini quest or MPC gear :)

[@MeztliZen]

I know we’re talking about games but I hope there’s an emergency section. People can register themselves as emergency translators if, say, I find a lost child who speaks a different language. Like Shazam, have the app listen to the child’s language to identify what they speak. Once the target language pops up you can send out an SOS to whoever speaks that language in real time. That way whoever needs assistance can get it. You can even add a sign language one that linked like facetime.

[@LouseGrouse]

That's a great idea, I've heard of volunteer emergency apps (for things like nearby medical emergencies) but I've never heard of one for emergency translators. If it can't be added to this app it'd definitely be worth being an app on its own imo.

[@MeztliZen]

@@LouseGrouse thanks. Got the idea from watching Bondi Beach. A loved one could be lost at sea, drowning, but you can’t tell the life guard or the life guard can’t understand what’s happening. Precious seconds.

[@MeztliZen]

@@samanthapostmus6642 I didn’t mean it as a game. It’d be a legit emergency translator feature.

[@sliverhalo9286]

That would be hella cool

[@AfroLinguo]

Wow!! Amazing idea dude. I feel like with all these great ideas, Ikenna's App is just going to be mind blowing.

[@leoashura8086]

I'd say make it as some sort of Rpg game. Where the first missions are learning then to take out the boss is to use the correct words/attacks to take the HP. But this sounds like a lot of work

[@BusterBossJR]

Yeah that would be dope but probably a bit too hard to make tbh.

[@Abdullah_Haruna]

So pretty much prodigy for language learning?

[@l00se_goose76]

no

[@cynthia1400]

Like final fantasy yes please!

[@chimagamer4157]

you think something like Learn Japanese To Survive! Kanji Combat because that is what came to mind

[@enchanterastralASMR]

I personally like taking my time with language learning, and high stress/intensity language games don’t appeal to me as much (like timed quizzes, for example). It might be a huge endeavour, but what if you had a Stardew Valley type of game idea, which would be more relaxed and the more words that you learn, it unlocks different items like seeds to plant, animals to take care of, weapons to fight with, etc! Or you could approach it where, if you cut down a tree, a word will be released in the genre of nature (or if you talk to someone, it will release a word that relates to relationships or socializing) and you gain experience points which will enable you to unlock new world building features. Just some food for thought! I appreciate you and all the work that your team is doing! 😊

[@maatiemm2132]

Looking forward to this app, I think its going to be revolutionary!

[@yeenaam]

Personally, I’d love to see a speed-dating style game where you would match against another person learning your language and have 1-2 minutes to introduce yourself in that language. Beforehand, you’d write down a handful of questions aimed at the person you would speak to, that include information that you aimed to talk about in your introduction (like favourite food, hobbies, ect). Then, after hearing the introduction, the other person would have to answer a few of those questions, and earn points for getting them correct. Then you could switch turns before moving onto the next person. I think it’d be a great way at getting people confident enough to introduce themselves to people in their target language 😊

[@AfroLinguo]

Wow!! Amazing idea. It would be really interesting.

[@crunchysodasmr]

Really good idea!!!

[@williamfraser249]

This is my favorite idea period. I love this so much!!!

[@artsy_lain183]

yes!

[@sevenallway4212]

Maybe something cooperative would be nice to switch it up a little. Now it's mainly focused on the competitive aspect, but working together can be really fun too! I think something like that would be my go to if it existed

[@ryderrzx6061]

Yeah I agree

[@anak_kucing101]

And old peooke think video games don't have potential 🤣

[@RandomDPAP]

Game idea: Visual Novel Description: let's say it's for the Japanese language. Each chapter is progressive meaning Chapter 1-2 is N5 level of sentences, Chapter 3-4 is N4 level of sentences, and so on so forth. Then add a natural SRS system where the usage of words is frequent at first, then later chapters it will decrease. EDIT: Can add mini-games to make it better 2nd EDIT: The story can be just a cliche slice of life or romance, no need to think to much.

[@clouds1155]

Please this make this idea it's a super fun way to learn a language!

[@kontzioner2797]

dude literally said "submit any and all ideas that you have on that form. we're only gonna be looking at that form for ideas, not on youtube comments."

[@ani-so1uk]

Yo someone submit this on form, I love reading!

[@nala6846]

This is an amazing idea! Submit it in the forms bru

[@AniMesuro]

@@kontzioner2797 Ikenna also said you could copy what you wrote on the forms to youtube comments so other people could see and discuss.

[@LostNTranslations]

Will Korean be fully fleshed out? Most apps, though they'll have Korean, it will be a stripped down version of what they'll have for more popular languages like French and Spanish and it drives me nuts that the same features aren't available for Korean. Mayyybe Japanese but Korean and many other east Asian languages are often overlooked.

[@minibuscus2]

I assume that will be a stretch goal on the kickstart

[@ikiyou_]

This is Ikenna we’re talking about. I believe in him and the team!

[@alalessia]

I'm just hoping it will be added as the app grows

[@minibuscus2]

@@alalessia from what we’ve seen from his job posts, the app will probably have different language settings, hence why the team needed a native Spanish programmer, either that or the team communicate primarily in Spanish

[@alalessia]

@@minibuscus2 Yeah I thought they might add languages when the app gets bigger, like duolingo might have started with two or three languages as well

[@janwilke5694]

I would be interested in a game which evolves around a story. For example memrise had a game where you texted with your boss as an agent doing a mission. I think it would be fun if the answers you give would change the way the story goes. For example when you are saying things that doesnt make sense people avoid you and you fail your mission. So there are multiple endings and you have to create a conversation that makes sense to finish it and master your mission.

[@Lidyano]

that sounds fun but difficult to make. Maybe add an option that people who use the app can make their own story

[@Sohamsta]

I'm more excited than this game than any other game, finally a game that we can benefit from !

[@WallaceEdits05]

So true 👍

[@MATTierial]

These could be great if every word or translation you interact with in any game is added to your deck to study later and if the games affect the frequency of the words in your deck. This way the games can be played instead of SRS for the day, and vice-versa depending on what you want to do. Like "today I want to play Temple Run," and you interact with your SRS words for the day while playing temple run. Then tomorrow I want to play another game. This all moves me towards my language learning goals.

[@sylve2474]

This is a really good idea, by adding the words you actually use or read in your time playing stuff on the app, it will build up a deck of the words you actually use and what is truly relevant to you instead of having a bunch of random unnecessary vocab take up your time

[@HannahPartyOfOne]

I’ve always wanted a game like The Sims that teaches you a foreign language through simulated immersion. Like, it’s crazy how much Simlish you can pick up from just being obsessed with The Sims-imagine if that was in a foreign language? Also, it could get progressively more difficult-as at first it could translate in your mother tongue, but later only give you written text in the target language.

[@anak_kucing101]

I also think like that. Ikenna's app must be a game like Minecraft.

[@HannahPartyOfOne]

@@anak_kucing101 I get that vibe too. Which could work as well, but I would love just a Sim game! Haha

[@Remmo_Uk]

You can set the sims to display in many different languages (if you have the world wide region base game), at least the written part of it. I tried it but as a beginner in my language it was just too hard. I guess it might suit intermediate level and above sim fans.

[@aethru7202]

honestly, a clash royale-type game sounds like it has potential. The cards include spells you can use (fireball, arrows, or more common words like dog, cat etc.). The cards summon an avatar/moving picture of the card, and the enemy must play the correct translation of it before it reaches their tower. I think it would help connect the word to the meaning a lot better than traditional translation. There is also a slay-the-spire type game design where you can combo certain words together in your deck to defeat the enemies as you ascend the tower/level.

[@littlebrowny6983]

How about a scrabble-type game, where you get a set amount of random letters/symbols (Hiragana, Hangul ect. depending on your language) and you have to arrange them, to form a word that exists in the dictionary. Depending on how long/complicated the word is, you get points. Example: you get 8 letters: OGDAOSFE If you got "Dog", you get some points. If you got "Seafood", you get more points. You could even get a bonus if you are able to use all the letters. So depending on how big your vocabulary is you could get more and more creative (+you need a bit of luck). This could work as a multiplayer game or just a highscore-based game, maybe combined with a chess clock, where you have to come up with new words as quickly as possible until your, or the enemys, time runs out and the faster player gets the rest time as bonuspoints.

[@broccolipolice4612]

Ayo what if you made like a co-OP puzzle game where you would have to use words to progress through the puzzle, kind of like a fire boy and water girl game. Like one person might need to press a button for the other person to progress but in order to do that you might have to type the meaning of a randomly chosen word. And just make sure to make it a puzzle of some sort, because arent all games some sort of puzzle in their own right?

[@sebastianhalosaur5684]

Zombie Survival/ Horde Mode: Essentially, you and/or a bunch of your friends (max of 4) have to kill enemies before they get to your outpost, by clicking on the enemy, which you will then lock on to, and a multiple choice will pop up. If you get it correct, you kill the enemy, and if you get it wrong, you miss your shot. Your gun will have a certain amount of ammo before having to reload, so missing has consequence, as reloading takes time, and hitting your shot and killing the enemy, will reward points. Points will be used for increasing your outpost's health, ammo capacity, reload time, longer range, more damage, and/or even a robot that will give hints of what the next words or phrases will be, etc. You lose by taking too much damage to your outpost. Wave Progression: Enemies could get tougher and would require more than one shot to kill. Thus giving purpose to upgrading your damage. Depending on what makes more sense, you can make it so that only the kill shot requires a language test or every shot requires one. Enemies could move faster, giving you and your friends less time to answer before they get to your outpost. Have mini bosses/ unique enemies that require something different than just, guess the word (i.e. you have to shoot off certain parts of the mini boss that don't require a multiple choice before you do have to go into a multiple choice). After each wave, new words or phrases get added to the list. After a set amount of waves, have a boss round with a different dynamic than just getting closer to the outpost. For example, the boss throws objects at your outpost, and you have to shoot them before they get there. Maybe he does a spin attack or sends some minions with special abilities. Then you have to whittle down his health, and once you defeat the boss, it'll teach you a bunch of new words or phrases, which will then be added to the next waves. This repeats until eventually, you get overrun and die. Wave Customization: You'll be able to either set your language level or specific words and phrases that can be in the Survival Mode; however, after each boss fight, whatever your new words or phrases are: they will get added automatically to the next set of waves. Have a save option for your different settings. Have preset difficulties with a universal scoreboard, so people can challenge each other on how far they got. Other Important Features: Have a progression system that gives you experience points for every match you play, based on how well you did. After each level, you will get points, separate from in-game points, which can be use to customize your character, cool new decorations or styles for your outpost, maybe different noise effects your character makes, etc. Additional Comments: Feel free to add or subtract anything you like. I'm very much into gaming and language learning, so I understand the limitations of making something too complex for a multi-functional language learning app. I figured a stand-still zombie survival would be simple enough to make and complex enough to be really fun, with room for expansion if everyone enjoys it a lot. Hopefully, this at least gives you ideas for other possible game ideas or you like it and make it into the app. I've always enjoyed your content and watched since almost the very beginning. Can't wait to see all your hard work and passion come to life!

[@DerStUdEnT312]

My personal idea its this: Imagine that you were in an accident and you forgot what happened, the treatment that the doctors will be using is a list of words(obviously related to what happened) and you got cured when you can correctly make sentences and at the end make the whole story of how you lost your memory. Kinda silly gotta dmit it

[@isadora1727]

Wow, freaking cool! There could be clues in the target language and you'd have to connect the dots on your head to solve the mystery! Awesome!

[@isadora1727]

It could even be something like two-sided, in which one you could be the victim/detective trying to solve things, and the other you could be a bad guy, going the other way or something!

[@flicknotesruinmylife]

That's an interesting idea! Maybe they could make a story mode based on that?

[@isadora1727]

@@flicknotesruinmylife yeah!!

[@anak_kucing101]

Nothing silly at all, every idea is important.

[@invictuse8865]

I think there should definitely be a points shop that you can spend the points you earned from games in order to buy a reward. Something simple could be a customizable character, or you level up to unlock new features, or maybe new parts of a game mode. Any reward system would make the app just that much better and tantalizing.

[@MeztliZen]

You can have something like family feud. A team of people learning the same language doing games together. There’s also a Japanese game called Shiritori that can be used as a template for other syllable based languages. You have to say words that begin with the last syllable of the previous word. Like Ne -> Neko -> Kodomo -> Momiji -> so on and so forth. But the Japanese version though you lose if you end the game with N. Not sure if other languages have this or could have this rule. This can help build grammar. Maybe add a drawing option? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rojXiXqDecudhbs this is a good example of the game. Starts at 4:10 to 8:50.

[@sylve2474]

Yeah, this is similar to something koreans do too, though I don't recall a problem with ending on a certain word, it usually stops if you can't think of a word fast enough, but this also works for other non-syllabic languages too, like with english, I've heard it called word chains where you start a word with the last letter of the previous word, and when I've played it in english, you tend to have a certain topic, so all the words you use must be related to the topic,, maybe that could be a version of the game for more advanced learners or people who have a larger vocabulary on certain topics

[@Adam-yu5zj]

Similar to the 1v1 Arena mode but in a Competitive format. So everyone starts at the same rank from the bottom (e.g Bronze) and you queue against another player around your skill rating, battling out with a combination of tasks (translations, complete the sentences etc.) with both players having the same questions. This could be who can complete the most questions in a given time or first to five (gain a point if you are correct and the other player is wrong, no points given if both correct). You would gain or lose skill points depending on the outcome and the higher rank you are, the harder and more difficult the questions get testing your knowledge of what you have learnt in a fun competitive way. There should be month long seasons, giving some form of currency at the end and a border around your profile picture representative of your rank you achieved. At the end of the season - the player would begin the next season with 5 placement matches to acquire the starting area for them (this would tweak their skill rating around the place of the last season). I know I went off track of the game idea a bit but I am just so excited!

[@IkennaLanguages]

Don’t worry we got you 😉

[@jack_perrizo]

I was thinking after you mentioned Ztype in your video…. Even though ztype is fun it’s really hard to want to play because it’s not that rewarding. What if you did something more similar to monkeytype which for whatever reason people love to use (even though it’s just practicing typing) because it rewards them with stats at the end that tell them they could be even better. And there could be other prizes as well. I was thinking there would be multiple different modes where maybe you saw all the words but typed them in your native language so you can practice your translation skills (and other way around), or one where you literally just type what you see to practice the alphabet, etc. And to make sure it’s not too hard, it generates actual sentences (unlike monkeytype) that are also structured to your level of grammar and the amount of words you know. hope this was a good idea and not a waste of time to read! You guys are the best!!! (I also put this whole thing in the google form lol)

[@gregorybailey3837]

I was thinking of a Pictionary type of game where you are presented with a street view in the country whose language you are trying to learn, and you have to translate as many signs as possible! There can be a free mode, and a timed mode where you have a limited amount of time to translate them! There can also be leaderboards for the timed modes ranking who translated them the fastest! It could even be multiple choice, since some signs at restaurants and shops are unique, in Japan for example, you would have to pick out the correct romaji translation, or if it is a street sign, you would translate it directly. The idea is there but I didn't think about it long enough to work out the kinks. I'll leave that to the experts if you decide to use it! Thank you for all your hard work on this app! I am looking forward to it's release!

[@Sin1kicune]

I would be really excited for a tabletop kind of a game to play with 3-9 friends simultaneously with low skill entry threshold and individually adjustable difficulty so beginners could play together with advanced players. Say we have separate A1-2, B1-2, C1-2 decks for players to start the game with or something like that.

[@Sin1kicune]

maybe even more exciting would be if players could choose what language they are playing on apart from the skill level deck and still have fun and interaction with other players. As a player you could have a glance of what other languages look like observing your friends moves and their struggles with their challenges while making your own decisions and picking up that vocab and grammar in your turn.

[@minibuscus2]

@@Sin1kicune definitely could be a physical product similar to cards against humanity, in terms of their endless expansion packs, would definitely support a physical kickstart from Ikenna down the line. Definitely put it on the Google doc my guy!!

[@assassin01620]

I think I missed out on the opportunity to give game ideas, but I'll still throw it out here because I would really like someone to make this real. I think it would be cool to make a full on RPG game. Like have a character you can control and stuff, but have the game be almost entirely in the language that you're learning. The starting area would be your native language, and you can start by going on quests and stuff to learn about the language. The game keeps track of what vocab and grammar that you've learned and allows you to train them. When you get to a certain levels, you have the opportunity to unlock new areas if you can pass a test and defeat a boss. I think this game is best understood by example: Let's say you're an English speaker trying to learn Japanese, the first area would be in English and the quests teaches you very basic stuff. Like maybe a quest teaches you the grammar "X wa Y desu" (where X and Y are potential vocab words) and some vocab such as "kawaii", "gakusei", "neko" for example. You can then train using the vocab and grammar you learned by the game generating either Japanese or English sentences, and having the player translate them or match them with a picture. Like "Neko wa kawaii desu", "Gakusei wa kawaii desu", "Neko wa gakusei desu" for example. And you could train vocab by translating words, matching words with pictures, etc. When you reach level 10, you can take a test and defeat a boss to move on to a cooler looking area that teaches slightly more advanced stuff and now all dialogue is in basic Japanese with some of the harder words or words you haven't learned yet in English. When you reach level 20 you can go to a cooler area and learn even more advanced Japanese and all dialogue will now be in the slightly advanced Japanese you learned in the level 10 area, and so on. You can also gain money to buy stuff, like consumable "hints", "show word", etc. You could also have language and/or level specific upgrades. For example when someone gets more advanced in Japanese they could buy a consumable that converts a Kanji to hiragana. It would be cool to gain skill points to spend as well for more permanent upgrades. One idea I was thinking for skill points for Japanese is to enable furigana, but at level 50 you get the skill points back and can no longer enable furigana. It would be cool to have a battle system, so that you can spend skill points to be able to do more damage per word, more time dodge, etc. You could also have events like a "word of the day" or "special missions" or a difficult sentence to translate, but if you get it correct you get a good reward. Also have cosmetics you can buy as well to encourage more training/practice. Obviously this is just idea and I haven't thought of all the specifics, but this is like my dream game rn. Post thought, maybe you could do a turn based battle system, where you have to translate to perform actions, but getting penalized if you don't translate properly. Maybe for bosses, you can build up a meter that allows you to do an "ultimate" where you have to translate a big sentence and each word is a hit. This also allows for different classes. Maybe a more "warrior" type class will have an ultimate that has a few bigger/harder words that do a lot of damage, while the rogue class will have an ultimate with a lot of shorter/easier words that don't do as much damage.

[@catzy2707]

a pokemon style game except you gradually gain pokemon the more words and understanding of the language you have , same with say audible and being able to pronounce them , if u don't get a translation or pronounce the word correctly you fail and lose a pokemon or something along that

[@TachyBunker]

I just noticed every single game can be turned into a language learning game. It's goig to make it so much more fun!!

[@dansksjow7612]

Dude I’m so hype for this app man! The way you guys are truly gamifying language learning is so exciting and refreshing

[@darrenthornton5971]

You will probably have to pay for it

[@JJ30K]

@@darrenthornton5971 he already informed us the app will have a monthly fee

[@aride5538]

I hope this app goes great man🙏. You deserve it with all the work and effort you have put into it and your community. You have helped me so much with language learning and hopefully this app will take me to the next level☝️.

[@hollowedboi5937]

I guess I’m just thinkin’ like from the last videos, you said there’s a difference between fun learning and effective learning. So I assume the game should have both. But I think understanding is ok, but applying, comparing and contrasting, or like creating things from intuition could make learning more effective. So application purposes, I believe conversation with native speakers is phenomenal for the purpose of casual speak and broad enough for any setting. Though I find it difficult to actually muster up the courage to speak to others. The texting part of the app could be beneficial, but maybe a game where you go on a date or outing with someone with timed answers that make you make sentences could be good? Or buying things from a store you have to say the items on the list and do like cooking mama afterwards where you say “stir” or “cook” in order to do actions? Something that has you apply your learning in someway or create something you can use or show off.

[@artistryunicorn928]

I’ve been hyped for your app from the moment I heard about it, and ever more so with each video you talk about. I voted for Temple Run! It was one of the first mobile games I saw someone play and I was fascinated with it. When I got a phone I immediately tried playing it and got addicted for a bit 😂 I wasn’t very good at the game though 🤣 but it would be so awesome to see something like that but for language learning! I think the speed aspect of it would be really helpful in training yourself to recall words faster.

[@theniceaxolotl6847]

a racing game where you find sentence mistakes or sentences that don't make sense while your answering your speed stay the same but if wrong you go down by 5 mph and if your correct you go 5 mph faster, and there are different levels for different sets of questions.

[@isadora1727]

That's so creative! There could even be different maps to add in future updates

[@alalessia]

You have no idea how much I'm looking forward to this. Keep up the good work and take care of yourself! Edit: since everyone is adding their idea here I suppose I might as well. I think a 1v1 turn based game (maybe card game like hearthstone or even a quiz) that doesn't require both people to be there live would be great (remember QuizDuel?). That way people can play multiple games at once whenever they have a short break to look at their phone, then wait for the opponents to play their turn. Also I've seen other comments mention cooperative games and I think something like that would be great too!

[@KingdomOfLosers_]

now i SERIOUSLY cant wait for the app! i cant believe no one has really done this before, all the games sound like amazing ways to learn and practice target languages, im really really looking forward to it!

[@anak_kucing101]

I always wanted a videogame about learning languages, but you know I don't have the means. Albeit, Ikenna really thinks different. He's really smart.

[@maxlow3422]

Your legendary ikenna, no matter what life has thrown at you you never stop doing what you love and making time for us🙂❤️

[@prumpet]

make chess for languages. you are given a prompt to write in the language. and every piece/pawn has a type to it. for example, knights can be nouns, pawns can be adjectives, bishops can be nouns, queen and king can be pronouns, and rooks can be conjunctions. when something is captured, the word that corresponds to the piece will be removed from the player's words written. every time a check is given, the player that got checked will lose all of the progress that they made with the prompt that they are trying to write. if the thing that they write is incorrect in any form, the piece will be removed and 2 words will be removed from their progress. once a player completes all the prompts, they win the game. you can also win the game by giving a checkmate with set rules. i know this may be quite complicated but i think this will make it funner.

[@joses.4078]

I would love to see a language game with all the mini-games of all card-jitsu games from Club Penguin because it could be very entertaining, of course, at the own language learning app's style, (to be more specific in the snow level/adventure, a example could be the game: "Learn Japanese To Survive! kanji Combat") a rank system is also a good idea to implemnt in the video games so that people do feel even more motivated to keep making progress. Another good idea is more like a feature, it is about adding Clans/Guilds/Teams and that teams can make clan wars and compete among them (of course the people from the clans gotta have the same target language). The last thing I would also like to see sounds very hard to do, it is about adding the future for the community to create language mini games, worlds, stories, about certain things, it could be either with a known programming language, with an own app's P languages, or even with an integration to create levels easily. I accept any idea you have to improve all of these things :)

[@mila9162]

What if there were lobbies for players where they could talk with other language learners and native speakers? It could be almost like VR chat but with less complicated graphics. For example , if I was learning Spanish, I could go to "Mexico" and move my avatar around the space while talking with other players I would run into. Another idea I have is the ability to invite others to watch films (which there would be a list of) in your target language with you.

[@HishighnessMrL]

Hi Ikenna I have a game idea I think you'll love! The name of the game would be (Speech) it would be an online multi-player rpg game (Think something similar to Sky: Children of light the mobile game) in which a cute ghostlike character wakes up robbed of all its memory on a strange, beautiful island with hundreds of "talk" dungeons located in all sorts of locations around the island. When our character wakes up he'll encounter a guide who'll speak to the player fluently in their target language (which a player will select before entering the live game) asking them things like what their name is, if the character is alright and where they came from and then going on and on without any subtitles on the screen. The first reaction will be confusion from both the character and the player as they've both yet to learn enough of the target language to understand anything being said to them by the guide, at this point the guide will use his "magic" to connect directly to the characters' understanding within his mind so that the character can understand everything that the guide tells him from now on (This is when the subtitles for all the guide's speech will begin showing). The guide will suggest that something must've taken away the characters' memory of Speech and that in order to get it back he'll have to journey throughout the island collecting sentences by defeating the gibberish monsters hidden within the many dungeons on the island and looking for the monster that is responsible. There will be many npcs on the island who'll try to communicate to the character asking for help, favors and giving them advise but it'll all be in the target language and in order to understand them the character will have to venture around the island collecting words from chests, quests and word spirits that spawn all over the island. As a player gathers more and more words and sentences they'll be able to communicate to other real life players in the world using those words and sentences. All the words necessary to understanding the speech of Npcs in a specific area will be located nearby the area so that everytime a player learns something new they'll be able to recognize the new word or sentence immediately in a nearby location. The difficulty of the words and sentences would increase as a player progresses to new areas and having a huge arsenal of words to communicate with to other players will give players a huge incentive to keep playing the game and collecting new words and sentences. The character will also remember random sentences and words every now and again during the game as well as recognize words and phrases the guide uses to excite players during their grind. There should be a 'room of subconsciousness' where players will be allowed to communicate without restrictions, located in every major village in all the different areas of the game, here players will be able to voice chat as well as text each other in their target language freely for practice. Finally the end boss would be Babble, the mysterious monster that stole the character's Speech at the beginning of the game, to defeat this monster a player would have to not only beat him up but also translate correctly multiple sentences and words and then finally they'd have to create 3 sentences of their own using all the words they've gathered, doing all this successfully will win a player his "Speech" back (Unlocking all the unfound words in the game as well as any words that may appear in the future) this means that a player will be able to toggle on/off the translate function for all the speech of all the npcs in the game as well as practice tons of new words and phrases within the players menu (there can be a mini game within the menu that introduces 5 new learned words every 10 minutes and then asks the player to link them to the correct translation) , and from this point on all the battles against monsters will will be tests on all the words & sentences they've acquired thus far and whether they're able to translate them successfully after defeating the monsters. Another great feature I thought of is 2 words from a players' arsenal appearing as the characters' thoughts on the screen every 3 minutes along with the translation while the player journeys through the island, as their lvl increases the number of words will increase and sentences will appear as well along with new formations of words giving the player access to new sentences. Whenever the character thinks of a new sentence the player will get an achievement on the screen notifying them of a new combination of words they've learned. Players will also be able to manually put together words in a specific area in the menu to try and create new sentences, if they make any grammatical errors the game would just give them an "incorrect", after defeating the babble monster the game will also explain the grammatical issue the player made and what would be the more correct sentence in that instance. Please let me know what you think, there are many more mechanics and changes that can be included to sharpen the idea but otherwise I hope you like it 👋🏾😃. I give you permission to use the idea but credit me pls.

[@juliecordero5272]

Ok but this is GENIUS

[@HishighnessMrL]

@@juliecordero5272 Thank you!

[@isadora1727]

I believe that there could be a section just for building the community, and you could adjust like for the whole app chat, to your language chat and stuff, like hinative, but creating a more intimate relationship with friends.

[@heinrischutte204]

What about a pairing card game. This would mostly be for learning vocab in my opinion. It would be 1 vs 1 (online or bot). There can also be different difficulties or maybe even an option where you can choose the cards yourself that are flipped upside down. In the selected game you can choose the 2 languages (Home language and target language). For more advance language learners that are learning multiple languages, they can choose 2 target languages. The way the game works is simple. You try and find the words that mean the same thing in both languages. If you get it right, the matched cards disappear, you get a point and you get to guess again until you get something wrong. The wrongly guesses cards are flipped back down. Then it is your opponents turn to guess. This goes on until all the cards have been matched and a winner is decided. The game could have a variety of how many cards are facedown (30, 60, 90 etc.). Don't know if this is complicated to create.

[@reeb3687]

How about a game that isn’t solely about language learning, yet it’s some sort of game that forces players to communicate, and you are able to choose what server you want to play in based on language choice and ability?

[@anak_kucing101]

The best of this is that the app will suffer many phases until getting the perfect learning app.

[@reeb3687]

@@anak_kucing101 Yes it has several flaws and kinks

[@anak_kucing101]

@@reeb3687 Astolfo °w°

[@reeb3687]

@@anak_kucing101 yas

[@zajinramirez2780]

I have an idea A game where you are described a word and have to reply with the word in your target language Easy mode will be in your native language Hard/advanced will be in the language you're trying to learn Goal is to get a certain amount of words right in a row when described

[@firstnamenonapplicable5138]

Personally as a mandarin/japanese learner I think having a system that is just for throwing out words that sound similiar and making you figure out which word/phrase it is would be nice

[@jacobs3848]

keep up the uploads!

[@Sohamsta]

How about like crossword, but the descriptions are in the language and require the word to also be in that language. Simple but could be fun to play on the go.

[@sylve2474]

You could probably try looking up crosswords in your language to do this already(I don't mean this to say it's a bad idea, it sounds really fun,, but like,,, you wouldn't need to wait for the app if you wanted to do this as part of your language learning)

[@HKRSPC]

i left this in a vote but i also wanted to drop it here. another fun game i personally think would bring tons of fun, would be a buzzer style game, where 2 or more people are grouped or individual. the game announcer says a word and give the description or gender (like a spelling bee) and the first team or person to hit the buzzer gets to try and answer, and depending on the settings set maybe they'd even have to spell the word. for additional points. this way not only is it a time crunching game keeping you on edge, but it also allows for the competition to actually help you remember how to spell and what words mean what. and there could even be more modes to that minigame itself, like a sudden death where once failed that team member can no longer answer for the remainder of the round. just a fun idea

[@shiva_689]

I have more of a meta-idea: many people here are posting their ideas (and hopefully submitting them in the form as well) just to see how people react to it. It would be kind of cool to have a place where the ideas are all collected and people have let's say 10-20 points that they can allocate to ideas they like. If they like one idea a lot they can give it more points or all of them or they can give points to lots of ideas depending on how much they want to see that idea be implemented in the app. The ideas would probably need to be filtered beforehand for stuff that isn't feasible, beyond the scope of what the app is intended for, or not very practical. Making sure that all the ideas get seen equally is another problem because like in youtube comments ideas that are on page 9 aren't gonna be seen by as many people as ideas on page 1 just by virtue of their position in the list. So that would have to be accounted for as well.

[@gboundrapa]

It's not a game and I don't know if u guys already made something similar. But it would be great to have a section with content like LingQ where we could have access to different Visual Graded Novels connected to the flashcard's system. Or even better, an anime series made for language learning that progressively gets harder... The idea is for the user not to realize the transition between more simplistic dialogues to harder ones. This is probably more interesting to have at an intermediate B1 stage to not create a bad show simplifying the dialogues just for the sake of creating an anime for beginners. It would be really useful to have a few anime shows that are translated in various languages and made to efficiently improve in the language and that is actually fun to watch (comprehensible input). Another idea is to have a review heatmap for the flashcards like the Anki extension, that helps A LOT.

[@drec9267]

A simple one can be a memory game kinda like the one in purble place where several card are shown and then flipped. Yo would therefore need to be able to recognize the words and the translations and remember their positions. A timer and or health bar can also be implemented.

[@NovomirLanguages]

I cannot wait! You never disappoint, I wish you luck with everything.

[@francegamble1]

I am so excited to be on the list for this game! I am going to enjoy this! Please say we can sign into many languages? I want to practice any of my 8 languages.

[@Nadia-nt8gb]

I would like something like a game that could turn grammar and sentence structure into a fun game so it wouldnt be so boring to learn. Along with that also like a part where you can watch a tv show or voiced/animated lesson that has grammar lessons in subtitles where you can easily learn it.

[@Himmelstrumerstudios]

Oooooo can you add stories to your app too. The main thing that helps me is new vocabulary in paragraphs and stories. I learned German by just reading books in German

[@WallaceEdits05]

My game idea is: two players each have to read the same paragraph or small passage of material. Then, they each have to translate each word or any highlighted words in the paragraph. Whoever has the most correct translations wins!

[@tarae6587]

I already posted my ideas in the form with much more detail, but to summarise here for others who might be interested: either a choose-your-own-adventure style set of visual novels in your target language, where each decision you make has an impact, for example not using honorifics correctly if you’re learning Korean will make other characters think you are disrespectful and therefore be less obliging in helping you on a side quest, or having to search objects such as cupboards and bookshelves for clues to help you solve a murder mystery or find a way out of an escape room, with each one requiring you to name them correctly or pick the right spelling/tense/gendering/etc. ORRR a newspaper section filled with chill word/grammar games like Wordle, a crossword, Scrabble/Word Cookies, an editor game about correcting grammar mistakes in short articles, Ikenna’s hangman idea, etc, that could rotate daily on a week-long basis, all designed to help you practice the technicalities of the language. plus a news section with real-life articles about current affairs to teach you more about the culture of places that speak your TL and how it can be used on a day-to-day basis, and lastly a little recommendation box within the newspaper with a different tool each day to help with language immersion - good books, TV shows, podcasts, and so forth!

[@mr.secretdaGOAT]

we need more people like him, with good purposed knowledge

[@plainvanillabeanasmr]

Maybe something resembling a sims life simulation type game? 🤷‍♂️ So not only do we learn grammar from basic casual conversations but with being surrounded by everyday objects in the target language. For example: Clicking on a chair🪑then seeing different options like (sit down on the chair, stand on the chair, etc) but there being a voice saying it out loud when we hover the mouse on the option buttons.

[@kyleyates9425]

I'd love to see something like a fully fleshed out Mondly VR. Something that would give a full virtual immersive environment to learn languages like you would naturally in the country that speaks the language you are learning. It would use speech recognition to let you speak with the NPCs. For me, learning through speaking seems to be the most effective way for languages to stick.

[@tangbein]

Would be cool to make an RPG only that language learning is the essence of the game.

[@isadora1727]

Nice, and learning about the culture and stuff could be side quests. But it sounds like a lot of work to develop

[@tangbein]

@@isadora1727 Was thinking about the game Nino Kuni:Wrath of the White Witch. How you in that game had to read a huge book in order to be able to answer questions a ghost asked you. I played the game in german and those quests were really challenging but I learned a lot. Also the game focuses a lot on people who have lost cerrtain emotions or personality traits, like "confidence", "humbleness" , "happiness" etc. You have to guess what personality trait they're missing and have to give it back to them. Learning german I had to know what the certain emotion meant and had to know what to give back.

[@isadora1727]

@@tangbein wow that's super cool, I just searched this game and found out it's available on switch (and the graphics resemble Studio Ghibli!) I'll save some money to buy it some day, and play in Italian xD

[@tangbein]

@@isadora1727 Because the animations are made by Studio Ghibli 😃

[@isadora1727]

@@tangbein hahah im feeling kinda stupid, i didn't realize that :P wow that's cool!

[@rryanc22]

How about Wordle or Squabble but in your target language with and without a ranked system. The higher your rank, the more words you get tested on. But it’s not limited to 5 letter words it will just be a random word.

[@admiralkamp_clashmini]

One enquiry I have about the app is off there will be more african languages excluding the popular Arabic. Because there are very few good apps for languages like Igbo(the one I want to learn) and other popular African languages

[@anak_kucing101]

This app is an opportunity for unpopular languages like Indonesian.

[@alejandropascual5535]

This! I am trying to learn Shona and it's so difficult to find any apps/learning materials online, and the ones that I can find are not very good. There needs to be more accessibility to more African languages in language learning apps.

[@nutriascoc6331]

The card game is an amazing idea. Personally id like a catd game like that but cooperative to defeat a boss. And for example the element of the card is owed to if it is an adjetive or adverb noun etc. So depending of your need you will use your deck

[@jayramirez7038]

I was thinking of a game like Wheel of Fortune except in the target language that helps build vocabulary and understanding of different sentence structures

[@bobbylewis2]

The temple run idea sounds AWESOME if we can do it with our own decks. Maybe we could pick our decks and make multiplayer games, and people could click "random match" which makes you go to a random opponent and use that person who created the match's deck for the match, or you create the match with your deck and randoms join and fight you in your own deck as sort of home field advantage.

[@victorberti4277]

I loved the Temple Run idea! It seems really addicting and fun!!

[@andreasopdahl7145]

I played a game a while ago where you write words that match a topic before time runs out. Something i personally struggle with in learning spanish is my small vocabulary. Therefore i thought of a game that maybe shows you a picture, and for every word you know that matches something in the picture, you get points. The more "obscure" or difficult the word is, the more points you get. If not a picture, maybe a topic? You can also have a pvp aspect, where you compete to get more points than your opponent. Between rounds the players could pick from a list of themes/pictures, etc. I personally think this could be used to develop a broader vocabulary, but it could also be used for more "advanced" learners to learn grammar by changing the mechanics slightly. For example, it could show the user a text, and ask them to mark different grammatical forms (or errors) used in said text. Maybe the opposite, that it asks you to write something in a language, and based on different grammatical uses gives you points.

[@katelynpinkham8276]

I was all over voting, but I literally love all of the ideas so much that I can't pick just one😭 Keep up the good ideas/work. I'm so excited for your app!

[@jordanwesley263]

What if there's a guessing game where there's a song and you have to translate a lyric into your native or target language?

[@shackoshadow5068]

Translating is a bad way to learn a language

[@minibuscus2]

Like a karaoke kind of thing, you get together with a bunch of peeps and you have to take turns each singing a verse of a song

[@fanaticofmetal]

@@shackoshadow5068 It's actually the opposite

[@sylve2474]

You could also do this, but have a transcription version for listening and writing practice, you listen to a verse or line of the song in your target language and you have to try and write it down, then it can correct you and you can see if there are certain spelling conventions or sounds, maybe certain vowels you have a hard time hearing or mix up and it could give you more lyrics that have those sounds or spelling patterns in them so you can improve at identifying what you are listening to. This could also be used for spoken phrases as well

[@Breadbrug]

My idea is a language learning rpg game where your power to defeat enemies is based on your level of comprehension of the language you're learning. Like you'd start in a location where the enemies can be defeated with simple words and phrases, and the only thing keeping you from taking on the hardest enemies is your level of understanding. Boss fights could be about memorization, where words are thrown at you and you have to type the correct translation in the order they appear to do damage. Have NPCs that you can run into that greet you in a different language and also teach you phrases and words to help you advance further. These NPCs would be like interacting with a native speaker so it could be really engaging. Those NPCs could also quiz you briefly for a chance to win an item, such as a potion for healing etc. Have achievements that reward player titles to incentivize progress. I hope this helps and good luck on your progress towards teaching the world!

[@shiva_689]

Ha! You used the title I suggested, that's awesome! :)

[@itoko2243]

1. Like the game "hungry shark" you are a shark or some other kind of animal in a habitat and you can only eat the animals that have the word above them matching the category you are playing. For example if you are a shark and the category is"food" you can only eat fish that have words like lemon, meat, cake, chicken, in the language you chose above them. You have to get 5 words a category to advance to the next category and if it takes you too long to eat the right fish with its matching category then you lose health and eventually die and if you eat the wrong fish/name then you lose health too. 2. Kind of like Pokémon where you are trying to catch creatures that pop up as you walk around an area, but the challenge is when you try and catch the creature you have to answer translation questions or true or false questions about your language, higher level the creature the harder the questions, but to make it friendly to beginners it can start off easy and gradually get harder the more you use the app. It'd be fun to collect a bunch of creatures and use them to battle other players too, maybe to use a powerful move you have to get 3 questions in a row right or maybe you can get a question right to counter a players attack. To make it fair players who are the same level in the game go against each other! Very gamified :D

[@jacklutkin5619]

no matter what games you end up adding, make sure there is some sort of ranking system with trophies/points/exp as an easy motivator to actually use the app. Also incorporate this into the lessons aswell so they arent neglected over the mini games

[@anak_kucing101]

Exactly bro, also chests like in Clash Royale.

[@m.s.5370]

So I already wrote this in my vote, but my idea for a new mini game would be a small RPG (such as Ring Fit Adventure for expample), where you win the random encounters by correctly answering questions about vocab, grammar or what have you. It would also be cool to have some overworld puzzles that you solve by learning new vocabulary. For instance, the characters need to cross a chasm and you have to put in the translated word for 'wing' or 'flying', upon which your character grows wings and flies across the chasm. Wouldn't that be neat?

[@minhalgk9791]

☼¹Add a host game like one player hosts a 1v1 or a league and he put the words and the rules like time and other stuff(for friends only not public) ☼²Adding a 1V1 league version there was 3rd suggestion but i forgot it ill type it later if i remember it

[@anthonymelohorstmann1238]

something that i noticed that is being forgotten, you are not supposed to associate the language's word to another language's word, associate the word and the meaning directly, by that i mean, carro (portuguese) is a vehicle that you can drive, *dont waste your time translating*

[@shrekcena1507]

Going off the implementing typing games idea, there’s this typing game where you race against 4 other typers and every time you type a word you give yourself a boost towards the finish line. It’s pretty addictive and I play it sometimes with a friend. I feel like a two player mode might motivate people to learn more than their friend because they don’t want to be the dead weight on the team.

[@YourRyeBread]

I would love to learn random vocabulary by playing a game like Blockscapes Sudoku where every time you make an actual word the characters glow and you can see what words you've made and what they mean, the pronunciation, etc ya know

[@astralyd]

I Like the 1v1 because I think the competive aspect is great and is really what will make people come back to the app. You could make a global Leaderboard, levels and competive ranking. Ranking up would give you special items, skins...whatever. All of this would be showcased in your personal profile and inventory as a sort of social media, So you could actually see how good you are and compare yourself to others. I think people would love that. Possibilities are endless !

[@JamesCondone]

im SUPER excited for this language learnin app

[@neacaisa3726]

Easy correction like tandem would be nice to have

[@Noah_The_God]

I think a tower-defense game could be a lot of fun. You would start off with 300 coins and use that to place the towers, the the first wave would come, after the first wave you get 1 minute to try to answer as many questions as you can and the more you get right the more coins you will get. You could also add power ups like if you go on a streak you get a power up that wipes the screen of enemies and stuff like that. The further you survive the more xp points you get and when you level up you could unlock more towers and more maps. You could go so far with this game like co-op, or versus mode were you game off another player sending balloons to them. This could be really fun.

[@vishnuax8737]

I hope this is will be good I know this is over hype but I want to be very good

[@nala6846]

Can't wait for the app's release 😍

[@Drift3XX]

I'm so excited for this app, I personally like idea number 1 the most.

[@RightyRonaldo]

Time to start brainstorming on more ideas..

[@tysherrod5463]

Yeah, I’m definitely excited for this game

[@francoruffini9826]

I love JRPG games maybe adding some things from it, like if you walk you can take an object from the ground and before know what is it you should translate it. Let the curiosity of the object make you memorize the word and the other times that you come up with you will be asked to answer in the same way as a space repetition sistem, but I know this isn't an JRPG but maybe take something from it

[@Starman_45]

My idea for a game is WarioWare but for language learning. Basically, players would have to finish a series of language-related "microgames" that last a couple of seconds long with expanding time crunch and difficulty over time. There would be harder game modes to challenge yourself, play more troublesome variants of the microgames, and get a better score.

[@yourfavoritepessimisticexi8041]

These game ideas alone are getting me so hyped!

[@robertschwalb4469]

A game with 4, maybe more, phases. In phase 1 you are given a card with a word, in your own language or the one you're learning. You have translate it, if you're successful, you get a point. This phase 1 goes on for at least 5 words. In phase 2, you are given a card with a short phrase, or a somewhat uncommon word. You have to translate it. Each card successfully translated gets you 2 points in this one. Phase lasts at least 4 cards. In phase 3, you are given a card with a full sentence. You get the 3 points for every card successfully translated. This round goes for at least 3 cards. In phase 4, you are given a spoken sentence in your target language. You get 2 maybe 3 replays of the sentence to hear it again. Each sentence translated is worth 5 points. This round goes on indefinitely until you fail to translate a sentence. Who ever gets the most points wins of course. Or you can play solo and just try get as high a score as possible.

[@Pancakerman3]

Maybe an FPS game where to get or unlock bullets and guns you need to answer questions and stuff like that. You can unlock skins by 5 day streaks and you can revive by answering more questions. And the NPCs will speak in your target language

[@officialpaimon3176]

Squid game kinda games where you compete against other players would be so sick!

[@sixjhontongalamar979]

I know I am late but I'll suggest an RPG game. I'll just paste it here lol. All of the competitive ideas are great. I just want to throw in a bit of a single player rpg. Basically, there would be a stage on which the difficulty increases the more you progress. Each minion would have a certain word from that level of stage and the boss would have all of them. The player's action would be based on their response time in translating. So if it's is quick the player will dodge, if moderate the player will block, and if late it would be a direct hit. The ratio of player/npc move could be determined by "agi" stat. Stats could be gained from levelling up and with some unassigned stats. You could also be as detailed as gaining basic stats from levelling would be dependent on your performance each level: answering quick would be agi, answering late would give vit, and moderate would give unassigned stat. It would also be better if there are weapons and armors that you could get after finishing a certain stage (5,10,15...) or certain dungeons. You could get as detailed or simple as possible. There are also plenty of ways to improve it through updates and events. It could also be competitive, co-op, or solo. edit: Yep it will be a hefty work so I'll settle with whatever you guys chooses lmao.

[@eshien7264]

My idea for a game is a game that has different realms for the different languages. The game would almost be like a mmo rpg for language learning with an exploration and battle factor. The exploration part would make you learn more of the language to continue unlocking more places to explore. The battle phase would consist of actions, almost like a dnd battle were as you would have to answer questions correctly to attack or use a potion etc.

[@dexx0272]

Saludos desde latinoamerica ikenna

[@seeya7844]

Lets go Ikenna :D

[@jamesm.9285]

Ikenna, I'm so excited about what you're doing. 👏 😃 Well done on going in on this venture... If your brain isn't fried yet, why not give some consideration to this idea below for the future? In order to fit in "context learning", something like this would be incredible one day: Two opponents have a limited time to read a passage, or have to listen to an audio clip. Afterwards, they are simultaneously quizzed on the content - what happened?; who did xyz?; where did xyz happen?; etc.?. After the time runs out for each question (say, 5 per passage or clip, each with 10 seconds to answer), a point is given for every correct answer. The results are either win, draw, or lose, based on a total score from 3(+) rounds, and each player gets "points" for each correct answer, but any winner will get "bonus points". These points could then be used to unlock more advanced content for their chosen language, and therefore compete at a higher level, too. Plus, if they get certain words right a number of times, they could be banked into the flashcard deck, maybe for SRS review? So the problems of comprehensible input / context, competition, progression, repetition, and reward are all tackled in a single mini game. 🤔 Would love to hear your thoughts; keep up the amazing work! 🙏