Lost in Translation

live gameplay (hindi)
haha loser
chinese

Inspiration

This project was inspired by our group itself: people from different cultures, united by a shared desire to not only improve our coding skills, but also learn the foundations of our respective cultures: the language. Fueled by our passion for learning, we challenged ourselves to design a game that turns everyday translations into a visual experience, fostering linguistic skills and connection. Essentially, our goal is to help people from diverse cultural backgrounds become exposed to a wide range of languages, encourage friendship, and, of course, have a fun time :)

What it does

The game displays English words and asks the player to choose the correct translation into French, Hindi, and Mandarin from four options by shooting lasers from the UFO. We used engaging icons and interactive elements to aid memorization.

How we built it

We built it in Python and Pygame for the input handling and drawing. A word bank stores English words and their translations, and the game randomly selects a word and generates multiple‑choice options each round. Custom fonts and images handle the multilingual text and visuals, with simple game states for menu, play, and game over.

Challenges we ran into

Initially, the challenge we faced was to devise an idea that promotes friendship and fosters companionship across cultures. We also struggled with our limited knowledge of GitHub and Pygame as beginners.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

As a team and as beginners, we’re proud of our final creation and the journey that brought it to life; using Pygame to build a functional interface and, most importantly, nurturing the deep bond we developed during this project.