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Show HN: Multiplayer game to help non-native English speakers improve vocabulary

67 pointsby abhas9almost 8 years ago
Hi HN,<p>My friend and I just launched a vocabulary quiz game. It&#x27;s a two Player Game where you challenge your opponent with a word and answer their challenge question. Whoever gets the highest score in a round of 5, wins.<p>Currently, words are from Barron&#x27;s 333 most essential GRE wordlist to help students preparing for the standardized test.<p>You can check out the game at: [Play Store] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=com.buildmyvocab.greenglishgame" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;play.google.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;apps&#x2F;details?id=com.buildmyvoc...</a><p>or<p>[Hybrid web app in Ionic - Please allow some time to load] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;buildmyvocab.in&#x2F;wordsgame" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;buildmyvocab.in&#x2F;wordsgame</a><p>We would love to hear feedback from you guys.

17 comments

DanBCalmost 8 years ago
I like it!<p>I think I&#x27;d like a summary at the end of words I got wrong.
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mobilioalmost 8 years ago
It&#x27;s great game! I would like to see share to social networks after game. Also &quot;social logins&quot;.
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macpalmost 8 years ago
Cool! It would be great if we could post short messages to the other player + have a timer for the answers.
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drewmolalmost 8 years ago
Good design, simple interface, fun to play. I see you are trying to keep it feature minimal at first. My thought after I finished a game: I would like to send a message to opponent, say good game, and let them know I&#x27;m a native English speaker.
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franciscopalmost 8 years ago
So happy to do 5&#x2F;5 as a non-native speaker!<p>Tips: it is obviously for mobile, but for computer it is almost unusable. Max-widths and all, then `cursor: pointer` for the answers would go a long way.<p>Also, a chat or a way to play another game with the same person would be nice.
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theoneonealmost 8 years ago
Well done. A 5 star game from me(web version). A few features that came in my mind immediately : - login system for keeping track of my games and score - ranking system - a timer for answering a question.<p>Once again good game&#x2F;app.
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j_salmost 8 years ago
Anything out there for English-only homes to help their toddlers learn other languages, specifically Chinese and&#x2F;or Spanish?
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kyriakosalmost 8 years ago
Really nice. Only used the web version. As a non native English speaker I learned a couple of words too.
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csoursalmost 8 years ago
If this is backed by a list of words and definitions, it seems easy to expand to other languages and subjects. Do you have any plans to do this?<p>If you have two friends right next to each other one could start a game, and share it via QR code on screen.
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rohanrathalmost 8 years ago
Makes learning so much fun. Would be really helpful for folks!
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another-davealmost 8 years ago
Nice! Even as a native speaker it&#x27;s fun :)<p>Would love a French version too
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fraggeralmost 8 years ago
Seems really helpful.
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jhanschooalmost 8 years ago
Dang, you beat me to the proof-of-concept. I&#x27;m building a somewhat similar app over my summer :3<p>I hope it will be as well received as yours!
sujal99almost 8 years ago
Helpful. Thanks for not having advertisements in the app.
vipulyaaraalmost 8 years ago
Awesome. Seems really cool. Gamification makes it fun :D
kunal16890almost 8 years ago
Awesome game, learn while you play!. Interesting themes.
edwilsonalmost 8 years ago
i like this game. some ui effects will helpful for web
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