OK, so this may not sound like exciting news to people who know I’ve been working with 3D games for 8 years. But I’ve never made a game all by myself before! This is a little 2D ap that I made to help teach my children Elvish. As I make more lessons, it will become a Quenya/English language course. (My son chose Quenya for his foreign language this year.) We are quickly learning that you have to substitute some Sindarin words for Quenya words (and also the other way around, neither language is totally complete) so the vocabulary is a bit mixed, and “Elvish” is a better choice as a description than just Quenya. Anyway, I formatted the “game” or ap to fit on a mobile phone. But I haven’t figured out how to get it on a mobile phone yet. So that is yet to come. But I am excited I actually got it to work! YAY! I will put the Windows PC version for download on http://tinyzoo.com if you want to try it.
For those who may not know, J.R.R. Tolkien invented several written languages for his stories, complete with an invented alphabet (one that is impossible to write in a Windows font because of the way the vowels work) and it’s own grammatical structure. Quenya is old Elvish (but not ancient Elvish, there is a language older than Quenya) and Sindarin is 3rd age Elvish, though some elves do still speak Quenya in the 3rd age. Also, J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were both friends, and they belonged to a writing group called the Inklings where they would discuss their stories and help each other. And finally, both J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were once Atheists who became Christians, and their very famous books reflect their Christian faith in theme and overarching story. So anyone who is concerned about the ramifications of me teaching my children Elvish need not worry, one of the most respected Christians in modern history invented the language! 
