In Language Barrier you take on the role of a translator, translating from a random language into English. For that reason, this game is targeted towards the English-speaking audience, as English (British or American) will be used as the base language for puzzle solving.

At the start of each challenge/puzzle the player will be presented with a foreign message, followed by particular words lighting up and the unlit words translating into English, it is your goal as the player to input the English equivalent of the highlighted words.

To avoid cheating, a countdown clock will be added as a form of time pressure, to prevent the player from translating through google.

Mechanics:

• Different languages = different difficulties
  • If the language uses the Latin/Roman alphabet (with the addition of a couple similar letters, for example Español) then it would be listed under easy
  • However if the language fully adopts its own set of characters, such as Chinese or Japanese then it will be listed as a harder difficulty
• Another source of varying difficulty will depend on the word being translated
  • If the word is something commonly learnt by young children (numbers, days, months) then it will also appear under the easier difficulties
  • However if the word is simple, but not necessarily what a child would learn, then it would be classified as moderate/medium difficulty
  • And lastly, more uncommon/complex words would be regarded as harder difficulty
• Possibly add an additional mode including slang terms from English (Maybe even urban dictionary if I were to be so bold)

Features:

• Similar art direction to the flat textures/shapes of the WarioWare franchise, to add charm to the game, keeping the player interested – but keep the primary focus on words
• Solving multi-lingual word puzzles whilst under the pressure of time
• Increasing difficulty as the game persists, involving foreign characters and uncommon words
• Potentially learn another language, or at least some important terms

Intended for handheld devices such as: iOS/Android and Nintendo 3DS.

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