Codex: Lost Words of Atlantis
✰ Practice everyday skills!
✰ Play in English or Spanish!
✰ Visit real-world locations!
✰ Unlock the secrets of Atlantis!
SOLVE PUZZLES TO BUILD LITERACY
Transform your literacy skills with engaging, puzzle-solving gameplay. Learn to recognize letters, build words, and read and write sentences by deciphering the ancient language of Atlantis.
PRACTICE EVERYDAY SKILLS
Play fun, timed mini-games that test your reading skills in everyday situations, from figuring out a bus schedule to paying the correct amount of cash when you go shopping.
PLAY IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH
Whether you are a native English speaker looking to boost your literacy skills or a Spanish speaker learning to read English, we support you with instructions delivered in your native language.
VISIT REAL-WORLD LOCATIONS
Visit real locations in Egypt and Australia, the first two regions in a planned five region journey around the world.
UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF ATLANTIS
Seek out hidden ancient relics and energize the mysterious crystals that power Atlantis. As you learn more, you can dig deeper into the history of the once great civilization.
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WHO WE ARE
People ForWords, the development team behind Codex: Lost Words of Atlantis, is a partnership of Southern Methodist University (SMU) Guildhall, SMU Simmons School of Education and Human Development, and Literacy Instruction for Texas (LIFT). We are professionals dedicated to bringing new approaches to closing the literacy gap.
WHY WE MADE THIS GAME
In the United States alone, 32 million adults cannot read, including almost 20% of high-school graduates. Reading is a key skill in today’s modern, fast-paced, and dynamic lifestyle. Programs targeting our adult learner population are few and far between.
Codex: Lost Words of Atlantis presents a new approach to learning, combining university developed and tested teaching methods with the game development expertise of industry professionals and a premier game development university program. We focus on how adults learn to read and respect their sensibilities and character, while still making a game suitable for all ages.
MORE INFORMATION
People ForWords: http://www.peopleforwords.org/
SMU Guildhall: https://www.smu.edu/guildhall
SMU Simmons School: https://www.smu.edu/Simmons
LIFT: http://lift-texas.org/
Adult Literacy X-Prize: http://adultliteracy.xprize.org
Category : Educational
Reviews (9)
Had no idea how to play the game until I realized I had to have my audio turned up to be able to understand the instructions which where not given visually but by someone talking to you. Wish I had the option to read the instructions
Easy to learn gameplay with very nice artwork. Voiced dialogue and instructions ensure users of all levels literacy can play and learn.
Awesome to see that an educational game can actually be fun. Nicely done!
It's a clever way of learning basic English while playing fun games.
The sounds are amazing!
My six year old is learning so much!
EDITED REVIEW FIRST: took 12 minutes to get past the opening scene. Each scene was frozen for a good long while. So much lag. Sound was messed up and way out of sync. It actually started playing 5 or so minutes after i closed the game. Had to reboot to get it to stop. Tried contacting company and have not gotten any response (not even a standard auto email). The lag calms down for all of a few minutes one your on the island. But once you open any note to begin playing, you press a button and the sound and clicking is out of sync and takes forever to be able to answer it. What should take 10 minutes per location, is actually 10 minutes per note out of 5 or 6 notes in a location. All that nice artwork and cool concept is worthless with this much lag. END OF EDITED REVIEW. ORIGINAL REVIEW: So far there is some serious lag. I have contacted them and am waiting for a response to this issue. While the graphics i have been able to see are nice, how well the plot actually plays out is unknown. I will update this review after some time has passed.
Very interesting! Just started a little, seems very user friendly & pleasing to the eye.yall need to advertise more to get more people to download it, like the language museum in Texas or Smithsonian Institute website....national news, talk shows! It's pretty good!
Unfortunately inattentive to reading automaticity. Research points to need for speed and accuracy but this game is too slow and has many graphics distractors. Users will take years to get to automaticity. And pairing pictures with words merely helps learners get cues and avoid reading. please publish reading rates!