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RPG languages learning tool
https://github.com/MaxOw/RuneSlayer

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# About RuneSlayer



The general idea of RuneSlayer is to take the dopamine cycle/quick

gratification/addiction forming mechanisms that are often employed in computer

games (especially in the RPG genre) and use them for good, in the context of

natural languages learning. In a more concrete terms it will look like this:

your character will acquire "Runes" each representing a factoid in the data set

you are learning. You will answer question about these Runes and for correct

answers you will be rewarded with RP (Runic Points) and increase in the mastery

of that Rune. The Runic Points are needed to attack enemies and perform other

tasks (like maybe enchanting weapons, et c.) Once you master enough Runes you

will be able to learn more and also get some skill points to make your character

stronger.



The grand idea is to shorten the action-reward duration to increase motivation

when studying. When you are learning a natural language The Reward (being fluent

in that language) is very long time away and it's hard to use it to sustain the

motivation to preform the necessary tasks to achieve it, that is repeated study

sessions. Here you will have very short sessions (answering a handful of

questions) that you can control the duration of (how much RP you need) and that

you will need to do to almost immediately be granted a reward (progressing

further in the game, your character becoming stronger, et c.).



Obviously I don't believe that you could introduce this game to someone who just

wants to play a game and that he will accidentally learn a language. This is to

be rather a tool for people who already are in the mind to learn a language and

can use it as a crutch, to turn the pain of studying into pleasure of gaming

(and maybe even a small addiction, like many a game tend to be)



![Gameplay Screenshot][screenshot0]



The graphics is currently put together from open art I've found around the web.

Ideally I'd like to commission an artist to create art in a darker and more

realistic style, but it is what is is for now. (Coincidentally if you'd like to

hire/contract me, let me know, since I could use some currency now. I can

program in Haskell and do other "computer things", I can also juggle, so you

know, great value for your money).



Current version (0.1) is more of a demo, showcasing the vision of this a bit and

there isn't really more then 5 minutes of gameplay there (and even that is

a stretch). You start with 5 Runes (characters from hiragana a Japanese

syllabary, as an example for now) there is a short tutorial, you can kill some

enemies and get some items from chests distributed around the island, and that's

it.



There is quite a bit of core things to do still, some major things need to be

optimized, and so forth, but I feel like enough of the ground work is laid down

now to showcase this. So here we are.



# Setting things up



Currently I have only tested this on linux, and I still haven't setup CI to

produce binaries yet, so you'll going to have to build it yourself.



First you'll going to have to install nix if you don't have it already:



```

$ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

```



Then clone this repo & submodules:



```

$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/MaxOw/RuneSlayer

```



And build it with `nix-build` (when running this command for the first time,

even with binary caches this will probably take a while so go make yourself some

coffee / read some news).



```

$ nix-build

$ result/bin/RuneSlayer # to run it

```



Alternatively if you'd like to enter development environment:



```

$ nix-shell

```



Then:



```

$ cabal configure; cabal build

$ dist/build/RuneSlayer/RuneSlayer # to run it

```

# License

Copyright (c) 2018-2019, Maksymilian Owsianny



All rights reserved.



THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS

"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT

LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR

A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT

OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,

SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT

LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,

DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY

THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT

(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE

OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.



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