You can get the books as paperback editions, in Kindle format or just read them in your browser, for free. If you’re looking for an interactive story written specifically with German learners in mind, I’d also like to point you to my own project “ Aschkalon”, a medieval fantasy adventure spanning over three episodes. You’re a mercenary working for the emperor’s army to get rid of a bandit’s nest. You wake up and your head is spinning …Īnother story by the same author “ Düstere Dickichte 1: Schurken-Alarm!” is more of a fantasy-adventure story. Frey is an interactive horror adventure story and it starts like many text-adventures, in a small, dark room. A benefit of reading/playing in your browser is that you can easily use tools like lingua.ly to translate and save words for further study.īut where to get text-adventures in German? Here are a few suggestions: Don’t know what I’m talking about? A text-adventure is basically an interactive story where you get to decide over what happens next, like a choose your own adventure book, only digital. One of the best ways to learn German through online games is with a good text-adventure.
Text-Adventures: Online Games As Interactive Stories Today, I’d like to show you a few games you can play directly in your browser, no downloads needed.
#Free online text adventure game how to
I’ve already written about how to use classic adventure games or your Steam library for learning German by gaming. Playing video games can be a fun way to learn German (or any language, for that matter), but the problem is that most games designed specifically for learners are utterly boring, so learners will often be better off to just play games designed for native German speakers.