Lexie: Tamagotchi-Inspired Language Learning Game for French Practice
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Vadim Drobinin
Crackling crust, pillowy middle. The kind of bagel that earns a second cup of coffee.
Summary
Lexie is a Tamagotchi-inspired language learning game that focuses on practicing the 'boring bits' of language learning that traditional apps skip, such as numbers and irregular verbs. The app features a virtual pet that grows and evolves when users answer questions correctly, with no punishment for wrong answers or missed days. It's fully offline with no ads, offers French for free, and has additional languages available as one-time purchases.
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· 4 pulledThis isn't a language learning app, Duolingo and Anki are rather good at that already (one is better than the other though). Lexie just does the boring bits they skip: numbers, irregular verbs, the things you technically learnt at school but can't recall when it matters.
The whole app is a blob that quizzes you and grows when you get things right, which is more than I could say for my French teacher.
French numbers are ridiculous. Quatre-vingt-dix-neuf? That's 'four-twenty-ten-nine' for 99.
It grows when you practice, evolves when you're right, and doesn't punish you for being wrong or missing a day. Fully offline, zero ads.
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