Mike018 Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 (edited) Hi all, I've been working on a language learning game called "Infinite" for the last year and I recently released a 4th version where I completely rewrote the app. I made Infinite because I saw that most educational apps have been following the same format as duolingo for over half a decade and I wanted to try something completely different that just focuses on one aspect of language learning, vocab acquisition. I'm one of the few who uses Phaser solely for mobile apps and there's a story behind it. 2 years ago my friend and I were developing a language learning app focused on writing the alphabet of non-latin based languages. We were using html5 canvas for our writing recognition and I wanted to add some cool effects to the writing strokes, but had no idea how to do it and at the time, I couldn't print a "Hello World" from memory. I eventually stumbled upon Phaser and slowly learned how to program while making a bunch of little prototypes. Fast forward a few months and my friend, the programmer of the writing app, got married and took a month off. I decided to spend that month making a small language learning game with Phaser. I made a very simple game where you learn numbers and colors and released two identical apps on the play store, one for Japanese and one for Korean. Within a month both of them were getting ~1,500 downloads a day, which was better than our writing apps. I was pretty surprised because the game was clearly not finished, and you could blow through all the content within 30 minutes, but the vast majority of people only had positive things to say about it. Since Phaser was the only thing I had experience in, I continued to use Phaser even though I had no plans on doing anything with web. I then spend the next 3 months adding a lot more categories, hired professional voice actors to voice all the words, and added more languages, and the app really took off after that. The rest is history. Hope you enjoyed my story Currently there are 10 languages on both iOS and Android: https://jernung.com/infinite Edited September 3, 2018 by Mike018 new update Kosmoon, Otho and jamespierce 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otho Posted June 5, 2017 Share Posted June 5, 2017 Its a really enjoyable way to learn, but I have no idea how the things I listened are written. I think adding a subtitle to the voice should be enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike018 Posted June 5, 2017 Author Share Posted June 5, 2017 14 minutes ago, Otho said: Its a really enjoyable way to learn, but I have no idea how the things I listened are written. I think adding a subtitle to the voice should be enough. Yeah, I'll be adding that soon. Thanks for the feedback! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaasis Posted June 6, 2017 Share Posted June 6, 2017 On 2017.06.5. at 6:10 PM, Mike018 said: Yeah, I'll be adding that soon. Thanks for the feedback! If you ever will add Spanish, hit me up. Would love to play it, always wanted to learn Spanish but never even got started at basics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike018 Posted June 7, 2017 Author Share Posted June 7, 2017 18 hours ago, kaasis said: If you ever will add Spanish, hit me up. Would love to play it, always wanted to learn Spanish but never even got started at basics. Yep, I plan to add Spanish, but it might be a few months. I'm working on a Japanese version now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike018 Posted June 20, 2017 Author Share Posted June 20, 2017 Just released Japanese! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jernung.infinite.jpn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamespierce Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Love this idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike018 Posted October 4, 2017 Author Share Posted October 4, 2017 Just released a huge update with new categories and gameplay, check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoon Posted October 4, 2017 Share Posted October 4, 2017 magnificent idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike018 Posted September 3, 2018 Author Share Posted September 3, 2018 Just released a new version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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