Comments on: Escape: A text adventure game for Chinese learners

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Sun, 04 Aug 2019 06:28:15 +0000

In reply to Charlie. Traditional characters are already available!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 03 Aug 2019 20:03:53 +0000

Seems like a fascinating way to learn and practice Chinese reading (and listening) skills! Are there plans to make traditional Chinese versions of these games in WordSwing? I am learning traditional Chinese and being able to practice reading traditional Chinese using WordSwing methods would mean a lot to me.

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Sat, 07 Jan 2017 20:32:00 +0000

In reply to Lucas. There will be more! The next one will not be a new chapter, but rather a new game. Should be ready relatively soon and will have all the features in Escape plus better story and expanded game play.

By: Lucas

Lucas — Thu, 05 Jan 2017 21:17:14 +0000

I agree, this is a great way to practice Chinese – please release more chapters. (I would gladly pay for being able to play more chapters, as long as they also come with audio and dictionary).

By: T

Tue, 03 Jan 2017 16:27:56 +0000

Great game !

By: 卫捷

卫捷 — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 18:46:09 +0000

This game was fantastic! It was engaging and a ton of fun to play, and the words I didn’t know were repeated often enough that I got used to them quickly (守卫，实验室，继续，etc). I would love to play more chapters!

By: Z

Sat, 20 Aug 2016 09:42:33 +0000

This was so good! Please release the other chapters! Such a clever and engaging way to practice intermediate level Chinese.

By: Staffan Lincoln

Staffan Lincoln — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 14:08:33 +0000

I enjoyed the game a lot. I found it very engaging. It’s exciting when your escape depends on understanding every word. I was very tense the first time I made every choice.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:14:33 +0000

I LOVE the new adventure game. I can’t wait to play the next chapter. I’ve been looking for something like this for a long time. It’s always difficult to find interesting and not-frustrating content at my level (somewhere beyond HSK 3, but not quite ready for HSK4). Thank you!!

By: Sara K.

Sara K. — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 02:25:36 +0000

What impresses me most about this text adventure game is how much was conveyed by using so few characters. According to the WordSwing stats, the game I played did not even use 400 characters, yet it did not feel like the story had constrained vocabulary or was focusing on a small set of frequent characters (maybe because there were enough flavor words such as 實驗室 … which I just realized uses common characters, even though the word itself is not particularly common – clever choice of flavor word!)