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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
michelleful@scicomm.xyz ("Dr. Michelle Fullwood") wrote:

I've been making a linguistics puzzle game where you decipher a language (which happens to be German) using shared etymology, shared cultural knowledge and pattern matching.

It's called German Is A̶w̶f̶u̶l̶ Easy and the first five levels are up! No German knowledge necessary, and feedback is very welcome.

https://michellefullwood.com/languages/german/is-easy/

#etymology #linguistics #puzzles #LearnGerman

Screenshot of the levels page of the puzzle game "German is Awful, I mean, Easy", subtitled "A puzzle game of linguistic decipherment by Michelle Fullwood". The current mode selected is Competitive, rather than Casual or Challenging. Total points are 100/100. The first level, which has salt shaker and red wine emoji, has been completed with 100/100 and the second level, with family and cat emoji, is activated. There are three further locked levels with miscellaneous emoji and 5 more levels that are locked and have an under construction emoji.
First level of the "German is Awful, I mean Easy" puzzle game. The player is being asked to translate the German phrase "Salz und Pfeffer" for 10 points. There are three blanks to fill in, as well as a Hint button (marked minus 3 points) and a "Reveal letter" button (marked minus 3 points).