Vocab games

h4rrydog
 May 14, 2007, 08:02 AM posted in General Discussion

Any update on when the new vocab games will be up?  At least bring back the Vocab Isle game (or whatever it was called).  It was really kitschy and cheesy, but I actually enjoyed playing it, believe it or not.  It reminded me of my old Atari 2600 days, except that I'm also learning Chinese in the process!

Thanks,

h4rrydog 

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trevelyan
 May 15, 2007, 08:26 AM

I'm told by reliable sources (Hank) that we'll be moving towards having an open API for user vocab list content, allowing them to be used with third-party games as well as the stuff on the site. Memory Isle will probably make its comeback as the first test-bed game for this. The reason it's offline now is that changes to the backend database structure are going to require some work to get it working again. So... in time? So.... gone but not forgotten?

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h4rrydog
 May 15, 2007, 09:43 PM

Thanks trevelyan!

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Kyle
 May 16, 2007, 08:15 AM

Is the API the vocab database that we used in the last version? If so, when will that be available? All I want is to be able to locate and add non-lesson related vocabulary! 烦死我了.