Play Hangman and Learn Kiswahili by bkmld

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made by bkmld for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Play Hangman to Learn Kiswahili. Keep the person alive. Maybe keep yourself entertained while quarantined to stay alive:)

Ratings

Overall 2516th 2.42⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Fun 2513th 2.12⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2502th 2.2⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 2377th 2.771⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 2304th 2.06⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1993th 1.857⭐ 23🧑‍⚖️
Mood 2362th 2.068⭐ 24🧑‍⚖️
Given 24🗳️ 23🗨️

Feedback

🎤 bkmld
20. Apr 2020 · 20:25 UTC
Play Hangman and learn Kiswahili at https://bkmgit.gitlab.io/ld46/
source code at https://gitlab.com/bkmgit/ld46
sayumeki
21. Apr 2020 · 05:01 UTC
Congrats on the submission! I think it would be improved if the letters you already guessed were shown on screen, and that you couldn't guess them again (though this way makes it more of a challenge). Also, if you could have a restart button after the game ends? When I lose, it just keeps showing the same pop-up over and over.
AdamV
24. Apr 2020 · 03:11 UTC
Congrats on making a game! It was challenging playing hangman with a language I don't know. It would be cool if afterwards it showed the definition of the word so I could learn new words!
Stickle
25. Apr 2020 · 07:26 UTC
[edited review in other comment]
Guille
25. Apr 2020 · 18:29 UTC
I like the simplistic graphics. I pressed letters that were in the word, but it did not show up. The language I have never heard of? Never the less good job! Keep making games!
🎤 bkmld
27. Apr 2020 · 19:20 UTC
@sayumeki Thanks for the suggestions. Will update.

@adamv Thanks. This requires a little more effort to add definitions, the wordlists are quite ong, but should be possible for shorter more carefully choosen wordlists.

@stickle Thanks for trying. What went wrong? What happened when you pressed keyboard letter keys?

@guille Thanks for playing. More information on Kiswahili https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swahili_language Updating so that pressed letters are known
Stickle
27. Apr 2020 · 20:07 UTC
@bkmld Oops my bad, I pressed a few keys and it does seem to be trigging this time. Probably just me being an idiot. Strangely I was still getting letters wrong (parts added to the stickman)even if they were right. Nice job on the game! (also I searched umezungukwa online and I'm only getting song results. Curious on what it means)
🎤 bkmld
27. Apr 2020 · 21:12 UTC
@stickle Thanks for the update, automatic translation tools indicate you have been surrounded. The root verb is "Kuzunguka", to go around/circle.
Stickle
28. Apr 2020 · 01:33 UTC
@bkmld Oh cool :)
Abdurrahman Khallouf
03. May 2020 · 16:58 UTC
my screen was cut for some reason and I didn't see the entire word

I didn't know how to guess since I don't really know the language.

also the popups are a little bit annoying :) I wish there were more sounds and effects to make it fun.

I mean even by using basic HTML and maybe Jquery libraries you can achieve great results for this.

you clearly used what you are comfortable using. good job.
🎤 bkmld
03. May 2020 · 17:07 UTC
@abdurrahman-khallouf Thanks for trying it out and making suggestions. Will fix the issues you mentioned in an upcoming version - cannot fix things in the release version currently undergoing evaluation. Alerts are very old school I guess.
JDK2209
03. May 2020 · 18:40 UTC
Congrats on making a game! It would help a lot if the words definitions were displayed afterwards. Good job ^^
mhsco
03. May 2020 · 18:56 UTC
thought it would be impossible for me, but did seem to learn/guess enough of the phonetics eventually to be able to get a few correct! nice [: maybe could show the meaning of the word after?
🎤 bkmld
03. May 2020 · 19:02 UTC
@jdk2209 Thanks for the feedback.
🎤 bkmld
03. May 2020 · 19:05 UTC
@mhsco Glad for the feedback. Will add translations, though initially may use an automatic translation service.
Flying Dog Fish
03. May 2020 · 22:11 UTC
Interesting idea, making everything with javascript.

Unfortunately it's really hard to play hangman when you don't know any of the words.
Grigri Games
05. May 2020 · 08:16 UTC
Hey ! nice game ! a little bug : i got the same alert box telling me i've win, it keep appearing when i close it. Otherwise, good job !
jk5000
05. May 2020 · 17:49 UTC
Jambo. Asante sana
🎤 bkmld
09. May 2020 · 08:21 UTC
@flying-dog-fish Thanks for the feedback. Hopefully translations which will be added for future versions will help.
🎤 bkmld
09. May 2020 · 08:22 UTC
@grigri-games Thanks for trying it out. Will remove alert box in future version.
🎤 bkmld
09. May 2020 · 13:51 UTC
@jk5000 Karibu