One Shared System, Multiple Language Apps

The Language Conservancy (TLC) works with communities to revitalise endangered languages. Its vocabulary research needed a reusable route into games, so that each language could have its own learning app built on the same technical foundation. One repository supports multiple language apps. Ocean View Games built Vocab Builder as a shared Unity system with nine mini-games. The language content is kept separate from the gameplay code, allowing the same games to serve different language communities. An API key connects the system to the relevant language data. That data is brought into the shared project and used to populate the mini-games. The flow is straightforward: configure the API key, retrieve the language data, and populate the games with that content. Each app uses its own language material while drawing on the same repository and game systems. Language expertise stays with the client. TLC provides the linguistic content and cultural guidance; our role is to turn that material into playable learning experiences. Separating content from game logic gives the organisation a foundation for creating further language apps without rebuilding the nine games for every release. This is the engineering approach behind our educational game development work. Published apps show the system in use. Rincon Luiseño Vocab Builder on Google Play supports Luiseño learning, while Kehkimin Vocab Builder on Google Play supports Wolastoqey learning. These are separate language apps built from the shared system.