[game_edu] Interactive Fiction Games for Mobile Learning?

[Siobhan Thomas]

This is not at all interactive fiction but I just downloaded the duolingo app. It was quite interesting and I could see how that structure could be used for IF.

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On 7 May 2013, at 15:41, Clara Fernandez <telmah at mit.edu> wrote:


> Hi, Tiffany,

> 

> 1. I have only found 2 games in the Interactive Fiction Database that may fit what you're looking for, a game to teach German and another to teach English 

> Ausflug am Wochenende nach München http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=rurv9kv8vm3rve4r

> London http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=ztw7mqwosxv2mia0

> 

> 2. There is plenty of interactive fiction on iPad right now. Some of it can be programmed in Inform / Glux and then played on Frotz for iOS or Twisty for Android. Recent releases are standalone apps for iOS, such as The Warbler's Nest, Shade, The Dreamhold, Host Sail for the Heliopause and Home.

> 

> For more information on IF and resources, you can start here http://pr-if.org/

> 

> Hope this helps!

> 

> Clara

> 

> 2013/5/7 Tiffany Taylor Attaway <jiminica at gmail.com>

>> Hi,

>> 

>> I'm doing some information-gathering and I'm hoping you all can give me some leads, as the things I'm researching are not necessarily easy to google and come up with concrete answers. Plus I was given this assignment yesterday and my proposal is due Thursday!

>> 

>> My organization wants to create a tool/game for language learning that can be used on a mobile device. One of the ideas under consideration is that of using the interactive fiction game model of a parser that the user "talks" (types) to and gets feedback.

>> 

>> 1. Are there any interactive fiction games, or games that use a parser to decipher language input from the user, that are used for educational purposes? We're interested in examining those that teach a language or ESL, but I would like to look at some from other content domains in the research phase.

>> 

>> 2. Are there any interactive fiction games, or games that use a parser to decipher language input from the user, that work on a mobile device? 

>> 

>> I'd appreciate any directions that you can point me in. I've got links to some IF sites and a copy of a book on IF, so any suggestions you can give me to narrow my search are greatly appreciated.

>> 

>> Thanks!

>> 

>> Tiffany Taylor Attaway

>> jiminica at gmail.com

>> 

>> 

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