Games for Learning Old and Special Alphabets – The Case Study of Gamifying Mrežnik (original) (raw)

2019, CLiC-it 2019: Sixth Italian Conference on Computational Linguistics

This paper presents many different custom made web games which are created for learning the Glagolitic script, the sign language, and the Braille alphabet. These games were created within The Croatian Web Dictionary Project – Mrežnik where the author works on gamifying dictionary content. The games for learning the Glagolitic script, sign language, and Braille alphabet will be connected to the entries glagoljica (the Glagolitic script), brajica (Braille alphabet), and the subentry znakovni jezik (sign language) of the entry jezik (language) in Mrežnik. In the paper, each of these games will be presented by stating the game type, mechanics, and gamification elements such as scoring, leaderboards, levels, and badges, etc. The position of these games in the structure of Mrežnik will be shown and the reception of the published games through Facebook likes and shares will be presented. For Glagolitic games, a statistical analysis will also be given to show how many players have completed the game, submitted their results, and replayed the game. At the end of the paper technology used for creating, testing, and publishing these games will also be analyzed.