Magicians: Language Learning RPG
Hey everyone,
So I've written an RPG designed to help players learn a language. Essentially, it's a game in which everyone plays magicians who go to a college of magic and where the magic system is the Korean language. I've launched a kickstarter for it and, to my surprise, it's being really well received. I'm looking at putting out a version for Japanese next but that's after the dust settles on Magicians.
If anyone is interested, the kickstarter is here:
http://kck.st/TuOkPaIf anyone has any questions, comments I'd love to answer them!
Comments
I actually think a language you should consider is Hebrew. It's less useful in the modern world, but it lends itself well to being used for magic spells and is thematically relevant to clerics.
The Latin version would be fucking hardcore.
Anyways, I'd agree that in general the term wouldn't be apply, though if we take Wikipedia's definition an argument could be made: After all, a gender identity of "zombie" is not consistent with whatever the zombie's assigned sex happens to be.
Wonderful idea though, guy or gal.
It's like watching a trainwreck. Except it's more like a highway, and all the cars are donuts, and then the Dunkin' Donuts logo rolls down the street.
I can't really announce anything yet but I've got some very cool, very credible people wanting to help out with a Japanese version which is probably going to be the next step. Especially since Korean and Japanese are so related, Korean will be a good stepping stone for those that wan to learn it but I don't want people to have to wait for my other versions before they get to hacking their preferred languages!
Korean doesn't have gender issues so it wasn't something I had to consider but, going forward, there will be lots of adaptations I'll have to make for future languages for sure!
And don't worry about the when/if it comes out thing - the game is written and complete, all the artwork is in and paid for and the kickstarter will pay for printing and shipping. I'm working with industry vets like Ryan Macklin (Dresden Files, Leverage) and Daniel Solis (Happy Birthday Robot, Do, Houses of the Blooded). With so much time and money invested you best your ass it's coming out!
Your game idea seems awesome, by the way; it's definitely something I would want to try.
And hey, if you do come on down, We'll grab a few drinks. That'd be pretty sweet.