汉字大厨

A simple Unity game that challenges players to create Chinese characters out of their component parts.

The character 鲜 is created by combining 鱼 and 羊, successfully fulfilling the customer's order for xiān (located in the upper left).

Description

This was my final project for CHN 5393: Classical Chinese, and an attempt to prototype a game that could be used to help Chinese language learners study Chinese characters.

Putting them in the role of a "Character Chef," this game asks the player to fulfill orders for Chinese characters, the catch being that the orders only contain information about the type of character, its pinyin, and its translations. Utilizing this limited information alone, the player must select ingredients in their kitchen (character components) to combine and create the requested character.

This prototype illustrates how how an understanding of 会意字、象形字 and 形声字 can help a Chinese language learner recognize and remember Chinese characters.

Play The Game

The game can be downloaded or played in-browser here.

Credit

Artwork: Anita Feng

Tools Used

Languages: C#

Software: Unity, Aseprite, Shader Graph