Artwork and video game projects mostly focused on Scottish Gaelic.
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Welcome. This project was created as part of my honours year at University. This project was created to investigate language learning through games, with a focus on Scottish Gaelic. This project took the form of a conceptual game where the player would run a post office on an island, and interact with different characters and develop their Gaelic skills through conversations with the NPCs.
You can view the portfolio of development and the associated dissertation through the following buttons.
ABOUT
My project is focused around the idea of learning a language through games, in order to preserve native languages. I will be looking at ways to use art style to influence opinion and translate the feeling of learning a language and then “unlocking” a culture.
This will be realised through the medium of concepting for a hypothetical game, including character and environment design. The game will have the player working in a post office and navigating interactions with the characters in Gaelic. It will start out simple and progressively become harder as the player is introduced to different concepts within the language. The characters will each have distinct personalities, and some will be more willing to speak English than others, simulating complete immersion into a language and culture.
The game currently exists conceptually, and in the form of a pdf demo which shows a basic version of what it might look like. I am hoping to continue to develop this idea and hopefully work on properly creating the game.
THE PROJECT
