Yes, we at DOMA Games have started work on a new puzzle game idea.
We call it “The Cube”, and, in essence, it will be a 3D maze game. More precisely, it will be a 3D spaceship maze, where you can manipulate the environment. In addition, there will be items to collect; including various tools to help you achieve your goals and overcome obstacles.
Your challenge is to get to the next level and safe the spaceship from exploding. Are you as excited as we are? If so, the first MVP is ready to be played, and, whilst still very much a work in progress, we have played through it a few times and we’re hooked already.
Sign up today and join us on the journey as the first cohort to play this exciting new puzzle game!
About a month ago, we had only two bugs left to fix. They are fixed now! YAY!
What a great feeling to be so close to releasing our Alpha candidate. Close means we are not over the line though. As we worked through the previous bugs, we noticed some areas we could polish whilst we were at it. The usual unexpected paperwork and challenges with artwork added more delays.
In other words, our new planned release date for Alpha is this week Friday and all signs are positive we’ll get it done.
Whilst working hard on fixing the final bugs, the DOMA team indulged in a quick round of the board game Scrabble. Given we are working on a Spanish Verb Conjugation game, we chose the Spanish version which is called Intelect in Spain due to licensing laws.
My Spanish is not yet perfect, and I wanted to double check the spelling of the past subjunctive of “oír” (to hear). Our game allows you to search for verbs using the infinitive. There isn’t much I could spell incorrectly with “oír” – or so I thought. Still, the game didn’t find “oír”. We were flabbergasted. What had happened?
It turns out that the search insisted on the accent above the “í”!
What is the size of the issue?
Of our game’s over 3,600 verbs, there are only 9!
They have one thing in common: they have a hiatus. What is a hiatus?
Spanish has strong vowels and weak vowels. The“a”, “e” and “o” are strong vowels. The “i” and “u” are weak vowels. When a strong vowel and a weak vowel are combined they can either form a dipthong or a hiatus. In a dipthong, the vowels are combined to be pronounced as a single sound. In a hiatus, the vowels are pronounced separately. To indicate that the vowels should be pronounced separately – a hiatus – the weak vowel is accented. In the example “oír”, you pronounce it “o-ír”, and “reír” is pronounced “re-ír”.
The full list includes:
desleír
to dilute
desoír
to ignore
engreírse
to become conceited
entreoír
to half-hear
freír
to fry
oír
to hear
reír
to laugh
sofreír
to sauté
sonreír
to smile
This issue is now fixed. You can now search for “oír” by typing “oir”. However, once this issue was fixed, we realised there may be other potential, similar issues. Fortunately, there are no verbs with “ú”, but there is the “ñ” character. You may want to search by just typing “n”. And, guess what? We have 53 verb infinitives with the “ñ” character. So, we’ve fixed that issue too. You can now search for “bañar” by typing “banar”.
In other news: our new design is being applied as we speak and our first Alpha version should be released next week! Go team DOMA!
If you want to sign up for the Alpha version, email us at info@doma.games or enter your details into the early access form below.
What are you waiting for?
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UPDATE: The game is live and you can download it here:
Yes, you read that right: We only have two more bugs to fix before we can put it all together and show you how the Spanish Verb Conjugation game will play like!
We’re all set up to put in the graphics and make some videos, which you’ll be able to watch on our YouTube channel or on our Google PlayStore.
If you want to sign up to play it before the official release, use the subscription form or contact us directly on info@doma.games.
UPDATE: The game is live and you can download it here:
On our Spanish Verb Conjugation game, we have implemented a speed slider; so you set the speed of how fast the verbs move across the screen! We also added scroll buttons to the revision section; so, if you have more than 10 verbs to revise, you can scroll through them rather than having to pick them off one by one.
The settings section is also updated to make it easier to understand your options and choose between them.
Most importantly, we have added a section where you can review your progress and visualise your learning streaks. You’re in control of what you set as your goal and that is what you’ll be measured against – nothing more, nothing less. Get in touch to be on the early user list to try it out for yourself!
My favourite update though is that the first version of our mascot is ready. It’s Georgy, a little bull who is happy to see you and will smile when you get a word right.
Spanish Verb Conjugation will teach you how to conjugate Spanish verbs in a fun and friendly way. It includes all 86 irregular ways of conjugating Spanish verbs. It includes the 10 different tenses from the indicative through the subjunctive to the imperative across all six different persons. And it does this with over 3,600 verbs!
Best of all: Once it’s downloaded, you don’t need an internet connection! So wherever you are, you can keep learning and practising.
How will you play it?
You can select any verb you want, learn today’s verb of the day, or continue your journey through learning the most important verbs first using our version of the spaced repetition learning technique. Once a verb is selected, you choose which tense you want to practise. Then the fun begins.
The Flowers game will show you flowers containing random conjugations of the verb. Your goal is to pick the correctly conjugated form for the person and tense before they float away. Here is a preview of what the screen will look like with the verb “hablar” (to speak; to talk):
What do you think?
It’s not ready yet in that the final verb display and scoreboard is still being worked on. We are also working on a little bull as a mascot to be our logo and stand in the field. More on that next week though.
Do write in and share your ideas on how to improve it, what you like and what you want us to change.
If you want to play it, get in touch to get on the early user list so you can give it a go sooner than anyone else!
UPDATE: The game is live and you can download it here:
There are many reasons to improve your Spanish. And, what better place to start than verbs – the action words of every language?
Verbs are the only word needed to make a sentence. Just think about this for a moment. How often do you tell someone to “Look” or “Stop!” or “Move”?
It may not just be the love of grammar. You may also need to learn Spanish verb conjugation for school or university. Possibly, you were inspired when you holidayed in any of the 21(!) Spanish speaking countries such as Spain or Mexico.
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As for me, I wanted to be able to speak Spanish from a very young age. I don’t know why. I just knew that I would want to speak Spanish one day. There were many failed attempts and my main hurdle was the complex verb conjugation. I looked for more fun ways than mere repetition, but I didn’t find anything that would cover my need to learn all of the tenses and not just the present tense and one of the past tenses. So we decided to build our own game!
Fast forward a year or two and the game is now ready for testing. Our database contains over 3,600 verbs which rotate as the “Verb of the Day”; for those who want to practice every day without getting bored. If you think long term, that’s nearly 10 years worth of a new verb every day without repetition! And yes, they cover all the 83 irregular conjugations we are aware of.
Does 3,600 verbs sound like too much? Fear not! We have prioritized the most important verbs by how often they are used in every day speech in the “Learn New Verb” section. This way, you’ll stay focused on what you need the most. It also feeds into the “Revise Verbs” section, which helps you stay on track with your revisions. It uses our version of the spaced repetition learning technique, to ensure revision is beneficial – without overdoing it of course.
Our demo version will be free and will contain the most important verbs and tenses so you can get a feel for the game. The full version will contain all of the 3,600 verbs, all of the 10 tenses and all of the persons you’ll ever come across.
If you want to be one of our early access testers, please sign up with the form below and let us know what you think of it. Your feedback is very welcome!
Fun fact: did you know that the Spanish language features more than 12,790 verbs?
UPDATE: The game is live and you can download it here:
Mine Sweeper is now ready, published and all feedback implemented. You can get it for free – and ad free – from the Google Play Store. As always, if you have further improvement suggestions, do get in touch and let us know.
Whilst we were putting the final touches on Mine Sweeper, we were also busy on the first version of our next game. We call it “Spanish Verb Conjugation”, because that is what you can learn with it.
Did you know that the Spanish language contains more than 12,000 verbs? In addition, there are over 80 ways of conjugating irregular verbs. Yes, it is indeed a lot of work to get the conjugation right when you are learning to speak the language. That is why we created this game: to help everyone who wants to learn conjugation fast and with some fun. The premium game includes over 3,000 of the most common verbs and conjugation of all 10 tenses. We will also be releasing a free version, which will include your first 100 verbs and the first 3 tenses.
Currently, we are working on making the game available for early testing. Ideally, we would like to provide the game for free to the first 100 early access users. Having actual users would really help to get early feedback. The game is functionally ready and we’re working on the polish.
So, if you are interested in speeding up your learning curve, sign up to our updates on the Spanish Verb Conjugation game with the below form. We are aiming to send updates at each major milestone which we expect to happen about every two weeks.
After a steep learning curve, and a lot of effort, we’re close to publishing our first game. It’s now available for open testing. The first 100 people will be eligible to take part in testing the game and provide early access feedback.
We think the game plays well with no known bugs. In addition to being able to customize the dimensions of the field and the number of mines, it now includes visual feedback: a fireworks display when winning and an explosion when losing.
Try it for yourself today by downloading the game for free at Mine Sweeper in the Google Play Store, and let us know what you think.
