SpyLingo

Inspiration

I wonder if I can learn a foreign language completely in that language without depending on translation, picked Russian as that's one I'm studying with Duolingo.

What it does

You play as an undercover agent infiltrating Soviet Union, 1967 - except that you weren't very prepared for this mission, so utilise any resource you can find to pretend speaking Russian!

How we built it

This was 99.99% designed and built by Codex, I've drafted the game play to be "Pokemon-like" but didn't involve in the scripting as I had no knowledge of the Russian language at all!

Challenges we ran into

I can guess the answer but couldn't validate whether Codex actually scripted legit Russian conversation...that was the main flaw so far.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

Actually turned an idea into playable artefact over one weekend, this was unimaginable before...I should try this more often!

What we learned

Perhaps it's possible to build a course teaching something I don't really know about...and learnt a little bit of unreliable русский too.

What's next for SpyLingo

To make the situation more understandable for the player since there is no translation available, maybe using props in battle background...

Built With

• codex
• phaser.js