[olofsj]

Thanks for the great ideas. I'll think about how to add more gamification and some social aspects as well. I think you're on to something with the levels and seeing the path towards the next level.

For the moment, I'm at least planning a web interface where you can see your how you're doing and get more details about your progress than on a small phone screen.

[AznHisoka]

Codeacademy is nice, but if I were you, I'd study the ultimate Japanese site in the entire web: alljapaneseallthetime.com . Gamification is nice, but your customers already are motivated to learn Japanese. They just want something that can effectively get them up to speed, and increase their confidence. Rather than have points/badges, tell them they just learned 50% of the most popular Japanese words after 1 week.

[politikus]

Ok. If I were you, I would keep in mind "deep focus on core features of the app, then and only then, let's add social/gamification layers."

[politikus]

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